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Audit, tax, advisory and business support for startups, SMEs and multinationals, from Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

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Chartered Accountants · Bengaluru · Hyderabad

K. Raghu & Co. brings assurance to every decision a business makes.

01Services

What we do

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
Founders' Operating Partner
Growth, Transactions & Everything In Between
Concurrent Assurance
For What You've Built

02Who we serve

Startups

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.

Corporates & MNCs

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.

Banks & PSUs

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.

Individuals & HNIs

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

Step 01 of 04

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.

Step 02 of 04

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.

Step 03 of 04

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.

Step 04 of 04

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

04The work

K. Raghu & Co. keeps businesses compliant, credible and growing.

Put a firm behind your numbers, wherever your decisions are made.

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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.

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Startup 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.

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Direct 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.

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GST · 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.

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Primer · 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.

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06The 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.

About the firm

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. Our guide to choosing a CA firm in Bangalore goes into more detail.

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 +91 99164 48103, 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

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