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Amit Agarwal
Co-Founder · CA, CPA
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Navigating Dematerialization: Regulatory Guidelines for Dematerialization of Shares by September 2024The Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Second Amendment Rules, 2023 (PAS Amendment Rules) usher in a new era of digitization in the corporate domain by extending the benefits of dematerialization of shares to private companies. It’s essential to grasp the nuances of the updated dematerialization compliance regulations to ensure stress-free operations in the new […]Read the article The new buzzword- Metaverse!The origin story It all happens in waves – the Pandemic, the Industrial Revolution, the Evolution of the World Wide Web. The Web first started evolving in the year 1989. It was still Web 1.0 back then. It was used mostly by companies and corporations, and only experts knew how to actually work with it. […]Read the article Investor Guide to NFTs and its Tax ImplicationsGetting started with NFT investments NFTs or Non-Fungible Tokens are all the rage today, as evidenced by their popularity within the modern trend currents sweeping through the digital ocean. According to the author, speaker, and social entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk, NFTs are the “holy grail for humans, it’s just that we’re fortunate humans that are here […]Read the article A Guide to Financial Cyber Frauds and Why they Happen?Can you read this? “It wsa a well-knwon peracher woh wsa fuond daed in a fisrt-calss rialway carraige with a thrid-calss tikcet in his pokcet.” You sure can. This is because – the phenomenon is called or transposed letter effect – the human mind reads the […]Read the article Regulating the unregulated– Should Governments be able to regulate CryptocurrencyShould Governments regulate Cryptocurrency? It is not a surprise that the changing landscape of the digital environment has brought with it a lot of changes, both good and bad. The one aspect that is at the top of that ranking table is Cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, Solana are just a few of the 13,000 Cryptocurrencies […]Read the article Role of the CFO in Digital TransformationThe lineage of the CFO can actually be traced back to a specific year in corporate history, namely, 1976 when the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) introduced brand new, never-before-seen accounting standards that 1000 of the largest companies in the USA needed to use for reporting assets. The legal ambiguities involved therein prompted several […]Read the article Everything you need to know about the National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP)Asset Monetisation Heretofore Simply put, asset monetisation is converting your asset into cash either through outright sale or by lease. But the term now has taken a new significance in the context of public assets and how these are monetised. After World War II, countries had to quickly build up infrastructure and in the absence […]Read the article A Guide to Core Indian Audit Requirements for US based promotersIntroduction to audit system in India In layman’s terms, an audit is defined as an official inspection of the organization’s accounts conducted by an external independent auditor under Government regulations. The audit system in India is regulated and governed through the laws, The Companies Act, 2013, is the core regulatory law that highlights the essential […]Read the article The NFT Marketplace – Potential Evolution of Pharma and Bio-tech?The word “NFT” has become synonymous with digital art, massive payouts for small-time artists, virtual worlds, and of course, memes! However, beneath the trendy and artsy masquerade lies a treasure trove of potential, which is being exploited by the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries. There are digital rumors along with entire paradigm shifts being […]Read the article