Pune OpenCoffee Club Meeting: Company formation / taxation and related issues for startups February 7, 2009

For this POCC meeting, we will have a session on company formation, registrations, tax planning and other related issues as they pertain to early stage startups.

We have invited the following people:
Jayesh Baheti is a partner at CA firm Baheti & Somani http://bandsindia.com
Prakash Shah, is a partner at a well known CA firm in Pune, started by this father.
Pawan Chandak is a practicing Company Secretary. He also handles corporate legal matters. [ http://chandakcs.com/proprietor.html ]

We will try to cover topics like:
1. Differences between sole proprietorship / partnership / pvt. ltd. and the new LLP. Which is appropriate in which circumstances. Licenses, costs, tax implications.
2. Understanding issues a young startup might face like: FBT, STPI registration, depreciation, PF, equity distribution
3. Tax planning, expenses and deduction.

Jayesh will give a presentation giving the basics of the above topics, so that everybody has an overview of the area, then we will have a discussion session where we can get our questions answered by Prakash, Pawan and Jayesh.

This is a free event. Anybody may attend. No registration is required.
Location: Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research
7th Floor, Atur Centre, Gokhale Cross Road Model Colony, Pune.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/sicsrmap