One filing calendar. Two continents. Numbers that tie.
For US-listed companies with India operations, and Indian companies with US listings or US subsidiaries. US GAAP conversion, intercompany cleanup, consolidation that survives audit, and a close calendar that works in both time zones: designed by a US CPA who runs exactly this stack having led finance and accounting for a US-listed public company for 10 years.
If three or more of these sound familiar, you are the company this page was written for.
1Ind AS books, US GAAP filing. Your India entity closes under Ind AS (or Indian GAAP for smaller ones), and every quarter someone converts to US GAAP in a spreadsheet nobody fully trusts: revenue timing, leases, gratuity and leave provisions, deferred taxes, and FX translation all handled slightly differently each time.
2Intercompany that never nets to zero. Cross-charges booked in different months on each side, transfer-pricing markups applied inconsistently, TP documentation living with an India tax advisor who has never seen your 10-K. At consolidation, the difference gets plugged. Auditors eventually ask about plugs.
3A subsidiary whose books do not tie. The India trial balance arrives late, in INR, mapped to a chart of accounts that drifted from the parent's years ago. Consolidation means re-mapping by hand, and every re-mapping is a chance to be wrong.
4FEMA and RBI items on a US filing calendar. ODI/FDI reporting, FC-GPR and FC-TRS filings, annual FLA returns, RBI approvals for intercompany loans: none of it is SEC work, all of it can freeze the exact transactions your consolidation and your disclosures depend on.
5GST and TDS bleeding into US reporting. GST input credits sitting as receivables nobody ages, TDS deducted on intercompany payments that your US books never accrued for, withholding on royalties and service fees that changes the net intercompany position each quarter.
6Two audit teams, one deadline. A US auditor, an India component auditor, group instructions that arrive late, and a 10-K date that does not move. Someone has to sequence PBC lists, statutory audit timing, and component clearance so the last week is not a war room.
Who you work with
Stated factually, because the facts are the point.
The person on the other side of this page is a US CPA with an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad who has led finance and accounting for a US-listed pharmaceutical company with India operations for 10 years: a US parent filing with the SEC and an India subsidiary consolidating into it. The Ind AS to US GAAP bridge, the intercompany and transfer-pricing coordination, the two-continent audit calendar, the GST and TDS interactions with US reporting: this is the job actually done every quarter, not a service line invented for a brochure. He has trained and operated in both markets and works across both time zones as a matter of routine.
A quiet note on alternatives: ops platforms can incorporate an entity anywhere; they don't sign off on whether your consolidated numbers hold up.
What the work covers
Four service areas. Each can be bought alone; the diagnostic below tells you which ones you actually need.
Cross-border close calendar designA single close and filing calendar for parent and subsidiary: India statutory dates, FEMA/RBI items, TDS and GST cycles, component auditor milestones, and SEC deadlines sequenced so nothing collides. Built once, maintained by your team.
US GAAP conversion reviewA structured review of your Ind AS (or Indian GAAP) to US GAAP bridge: policy-by-policy differences documented, recurring adjustments templated, one-off judgments memo'd so they survive auditor and successor scrutiny.
Intercompany cleanupReconcile and true-up cross-border intercompany balances, align booking conventions on both sides, coordinate with your transfer-pricing advisor so the TP documentation and the ledgers tell the same story.
Filing-readiness for the consolidated entityThe consolidated numbers, the disclosures they drive, and the support behind them, reviewed against what a US filing requires: effectively the Pre-Filing QC Review extended to cross-border mechanics.
Digital-first, like everything on this site: a published price and a defined deliverable, not a proposal cycle.
Cross-Border Close Diagnostic
$2,500 fixed · 10 business days
Document review: last two consolidations, the GAAP bridge, intercompany reconciliations, close calendars on both sides, and the India entity's latest statutory accounts
Written diagnostic report: where the close actually breaks, ranked by filing risk, with a concrete fix for each item and who should own it
A proposed unified close calendar for the next two quarters
One 45-minute walkthrough of the findings (the only meeting, and it comes after the report)
Request the diagnostic below: you get a card payment link and the document list by email within one business day. Same fixed price, $2,500, no calls needed. Work starts when payment and documents are in.
Request the diagnostic or scope bigger work
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Questions worth answering up front
If yours is not here, the form above is the fastest route.
Are you an audit firm? Can you audit our India subsidiary?
No. This is consulting: design, review, cleanup, and coordination work. Statutory audit in India and the group audit in the US stay with your appointed auditors. The value here is making their work, and your close, collide less.
Does using you create an auditor independence issue?
No. This is a consulting service and does not impair your auditor's independence; we are not your auditor and take no management responsibility. Where the work touches areas your auditor will test, deliverables are built to be handed straight to them.
Can you do the India tax filings (GST, TDS, income tax) themselves?
Compliance filings stay with your India CA firm; that is the right structure and this service will not displace it. What you get here is the layer above: making sure GST, TDS, and transfer-pricing positions are correctly reflected in the consolidated US GAAP numbers and the US filing calendar.
How does engagement actually work? Do we need calls?
The diagnostic is fully asynchronous: pay, upload documents, receive the report, then one walkthrough call if you want it. Bigger work is scoped by email from the diagnostic findings, with fixed prices per phase. Standing weekly calls are available for retained work but never required.
What does work beyond the diagnostic cost?
Fixed prices per phase, quoted in writing from the diagnostic findings before anything starts. No day rates that drift, no open-ended retainers unless you specifically want ongoing coverage.
Which time zone do you work in?
Both, genuinely: US filing hours and India close hours are already part of the reviewer's own quarter. Handoffs are designed so each side wakes up to progress, not to questions.
Two sets of books should not mean two versions of the truth.
Start with the $2,500 diagnostic. Ten business days to a ranked list of what is actually broken.
Please note: General information, not legal or accounting advice. Nothing here is an audit or assurance service, Indian or US tax advice, or legal advice on FEMA, RBI, or securities matters. Verify positions with your auditors, India CA firm, and counsel.