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Audit, tax, advisory and business support for startups, SMEs and multinationals, from Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
Chartered Accountants · Bengaluru · Hyderabad
K. Raghu & Co. brings assurance to every decision a business makes.
01Services
Seven practices. One firm built around your business.
Assurance, tax, CFO advisory, startup advisory, business automation, strategy and transactions, and family business advisory, connected by one objective: helping businesses make better decisions at every stage of their journey.
All services-
01 / 07Explore the practiceCFO Advisory
Financial planning and analysis, management reporting, profitability advisory, fundraise and transaction support, restructuring, and the controls and automation a scaling finance function needs.
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02 / 07Explore the practiceAudit & Assurance
Partner-led, risk-focused and technology-enabled audits that go beyond compliance: statutory, internal, forensic, management, concurrent, operational and compliance audits, plus due diligence.
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03 / 07Explore the practiceStartup Advisory
Entity and tax structure, registrations, accounting and compliance, cash flow and MIS, financial models and forecasts, fundraising and investor readiness, and the controls and transaction perspective a scaling company needs.
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04 / 07Explore the practiceTax & Regulatory
Corporate, international and transaction tax, transfer pricing, representation and litigation; personal tax, trusts, estates and succession for individuals and families; and GST compliance, structuring, credits and disputes.
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05 / 07Explore the practiceStrategy & Transactions
Fundraising and capital advisory, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, valuation and transaction structuring, from evaluating the opportunity to executing the deal.
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06 / 07Explore the practiceFamily Business & Succession
Ownership, leadership and wealth structures for promoter families: family trusts, holding structures, governance and succession frameworks designed to carry a legacy forward.
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07 / 07Explore the practiceBusiness Automation
From automating employee reimbursements to building a profitability dashboard: workflows, business tools, dashboards, system integrations and AI applied where it matters. Give us a use case and we can build it.
02Who we serve
Founders' Operating Partner
The reality
Founders are building the product, hiring the team and raising capital while finance, compliance and cash flow become increasingly complex. As the business grows, the numbers need to do more than record what happened. They need to help decide what happens next.
Our role
We work alongside founders as their finance partner: building the finance function, managing accounting and compliance, tracking cash flow and performance, and turning numbers into decisions. From financial modelling and fundraising to planning the next stage of growth, we bring the perspective of a CFO without requiring one on the payroll.
Growth, Transactions & Everything In Between
The reality
As businesses expand across entities and markets, finance becomes more than reporting. Acquisitions, restructuring, cross-border expansion, tax positions and regulatory requirements all need to work together without losing control of the underlying business.
Our role
We work alongside management through growth and change, from audit, tax and financial controls to M&A, due diligence, transaction structuring, transfer pricing and international tax. Our teams bring the financial and regulatory perspective needed to make complex decisions with clarity and execute them with confidence.
Concurrent Assurance
The reality
High transaction volumes where errors and fraud must be caught as they happen, not at year end, and where lapses in control and governance carry regulatory consequences.
Our role
Concurrent audit that examines transactions in real time, forensic audit that analyses irregularities to the standard of court evidence, and IT internal controls across ERPs and access management.
For What You've Built
The reality
Individuals and families often have tax, capital gains, cross-border, trust and estate matters running in parallel, with complex structures, regulatory requirements and disputes that need careful handling.
Our role
We bring personal tax, cross-border structuring, trusts, estates and succession planning under one coordinated team, protecting wealth across generations while navigating the tax and regulatory decisions that come with it.
03How we work
Understand the business before assessing the risk
Every business carries risk differently. We look beyond the numbers to understand your ownership, operations, commercial model and ambitions, so our approach reflects the business behind the accounts.
Structure it right from day one
The right entity, tax position, compensation framework and compliance roadmap designed upfront, so the business starts on the right footing.
Confidence in every number. Clarity in every obligation.
We bring together audit, tax and regulatory expertise to navigate complexity, anticipate issues early and give business owners confidence in every number, filing and decision.
Built for the next stage of growth
As businesses scale, the questions get bigger. We bring together finance, strategy, technology and market-entry expertise to help leadership teams make better decisions, build stronger systems and scale with confidence.
- Understand
- Structure
- Assure
- Grow
K. Raghu & Co. keeps businesses compliant, credible and growing.
Put a firm behind your numbers, wherever your decisions are made.
05Insights
Payroll & Labour · September 2026EPF wage ceiling is now ₹25,000: what every startup employer must do this month
Notification S.O. 5109(E) raises the EPF wage ceiling from ₹15,000 to ₹25,000 with immediate effect. Who is newly covered, what it costs per employee, why "wages" is not just basic pay, and the steps to take before the September payslip.
ReadStartup Funding · September 2026CCPS vs CCD vs convertible notes: choose what is right for you
A complete comparison of CCPS, CCDs and convertible notes for Indian startups: company law, FEMA, income tax, Ind AS, allotment deadlines, RBI filings and the 2026 changes, with the clocks that start the day money arrives.
ReadDirect Tax Alert · March 2025TDS under Section 194-O reduced from 1% to 0.1%: what the CBDT's new guidelines mean for e-commerce
Effective 1 October 2024, the TDS rate under Section 194-O has been reduced. The CBDT has now clarified multi-ECO transactions, additional charges, GST treatment, purchase returns and discounts.
ReadGST · December 2024After the 55th GST Council: CBIC clarifications on vouchers, ex-works ITC, ECOs and online services
Following the 55th GST Council meeting on 21 December 2024, the CBIC issued circulars clarifying matters where interpretation had varied across the industry.
ReadPrimer · September 2024What is tax, and what is taxation? A primer on India's direct and indirect tax system
Tax is a part of income paid by individuals and business entities to the government. A short primer on the tax base, its history and the principles behind it, with the current direct tax rules.
Read06The firm
The next generation of business will be built on trust, not paperwork.
Vision
Build a strong value proposition and strive to be one among the most trusted Chartered Accountant firms in the country.
Mission
Ensure services are delivered in a simple, timely and efficient manner, to ensure the utmost client satisfaction.
Values
Integrity, commitment, skill and professionalism. Transparency, trust and consistency in every business process. A personalised relationship with every client, and a happy, paperless workplace.
07Questions clients ask us
Where is K. Raghu & Co. located in Bangalore?
Our head office is at #281, K. R Pinnacle, II Floor, 7th Main, BTM II Stage, Bangalore 560 076, with a second office in Puppalaguda, Hyderabad. Clients across Bangalore, Karnataka and the rest of India work with us in person and online.
What should a business look for in a CA firm in Bangalore?
Partner involvement, depth across audit, tax and advisory rather than a single service, and a team that understands your industry. K. Raghu & Co. has practised since 1955, is led by a former President of the ICAI, and keeps partners on every engagement.
Do you work with startups as well as established companies?
Yes. We act as the finance partner for founders from incorporation through fundraising, and as auditors, tax advisors and transaction advisors for SMEs, family businesses, listed groups and multinationals with Indian operations.
Can one firm handle our audit, GST, income tax and CFO advisory?
That is how we are built. Statutory and internal audit, GST and income tax compliance, transfer pricing, CFO advisory and business automation sit under one roof, so the advice accounts for every consequence and you deal with one team.
Do you provide virtual CFO services?
Yes. Our CFO Advisory practice provides fractional and virtual CFO services for startups and growing businesses: management reporting, cash flow and budgeting, financial models, fundraise support and board-level perspective without a full-time CFO on the payroll.
How do we get started?
Write to [email protected], call the Bangalore office on 080 2668 0897, or send the form on the contact page. We reply within one working day and usually begin with a short conversation about the business before proposing a scope.
08People
CA K. Raghu
CA K. Raghu
Born and raised in Bangalore and a graduate of St. Joseph's College of Commerce, K. Raghu qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1990 and was elected President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for 2014–15. He specialises in taxation, audit, business, investment and technology consulting, and has served on the Board of the International Federation of Accountants and on numerous national committees and advisory boards.
- Fellow Member, ICAI, with more than 25 years of standing
- President, ICAI, 2014–15
- Board Member, International Federation of Accountants
- Honorary Member, CPA Australia
CA Arjun KR
CA Arjun KR
CA Arjun KR is a Partner at K. Raghu & Co., leading Business Consulting and CFO Advisory for startups, SMEs and international businesses. He works with promoters and leadership teams on fundraising, financial strategy, business structuring, India entry, and building finance functions that support growth, bringing together the perspectives of a CFO, advisor and Chartered Accountant.
- B.Com, ACA, CPA Australia
- Co-opted Member, Corporate Laws Committee of the ICAI
CA Vamsi S
CA Vamsi S
With 22 years of experience, including 14 with Deloitte's USI practice planning and managing multi-million-dollar global projects across the US, Europe, APAC and India, and earlier roles at Oracle and ING Vysya Bank, Vamsi leads the Hyderabad office serving clients across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
- Associate Member, ICAI, ICSI and ICMA
- Insolvency Professional · Registered Valuer (Securities and Financial Assets)
- Diploma in Forensic Audit · Project Management Professional