๐—œ๐—–๐—”๐—œ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—œ๐—™๐—ง ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†!

I had attended the GCC Summit conducted by ICAI at GIFT City, where an important announcement was made that opens global opportunities for our profession.

๐Ÿ”‘ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€:
๐Ÿญ. ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฑ
โ€ข CAs can now set up ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—œ๐—™๐—ง ๐—œ๐—™๐—ฆ๐—– without losing exclusivity of their domestic firms.

๐Ÿฎ. ๐—ง๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐˜€ (๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ)

  • CAs can now hold ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ข๐—ฃ๐˜€:
    โ€ข One in India
    โ€ข One abroad (UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, etc.)
  • Earlier, this was not allowed to avoid conflict in RBI & CAG empanelments.

๐Ÿฏ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—œ๐—™๐—ง ๐—–๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

  • CAs can offer ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—•๐—”๐—ง๐—™) ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ globally from GIFT IFSC.

๐Ÿฐ. ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

  • This move will create ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ in GIFT City.
  • Strengthens Indiaโ€™s role as a ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฏ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐Ÿ“ˆ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—œ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€:

  • India currently has ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฑ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ต ๐—–๐—”๐˜€.
  • By ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ, demand is expected to touch ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ต ๐—–๐—”๐˜€.
  • This reform ensures:
    โœ… Growth opportunities for CA firms
    โœ… Global expansion while retaining domestic practice
    โœ… Stronger positioning of GIFT City as an international financial hub

This reform will be empowering CAs to practice globally, expand through GIFT City, and contribute to Indiaโ€™s vision of becoming a ๐—ด๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Radhika Goyal is Author of Taxconcept Gurugram head office, for deeply reported tax, gst and income tax articles on issues that matter. He splits her time between New Delhi and Bengaluru, and has worked...