CA Durgesh Chavda, working CA for founders beyond borders.

/ Who I am

Chartered accountant, working practitioner.

I qualified as a Chartered Accountant through the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and have spent the past decade building a cross-border advisory practice focused on Indian founders operating globally. The work is almost entirely hands-on: filings get signed with my name, structures get defended before authorities when questioned, and clients talk to me (not an associate or offshore team) when the question is hard.

Bharat Quantum Prospera is my firm. We are headquartered in Ahmedabad with offices in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Rajkot and Dubai, serving clients across India, US, UAE, UK, Singapore and Mauritius. The practice is intentionally small-elite rather than large-generic: every engagement is scoped with a founder, priced in writing, and run to a deliverable with my sign-off.

/ Practice areas

What I work on.

Over the last decade I have deepened in a narrow but connected set of cross-border practices. The map below is accurate — these are the areas where I personally run the file, not areas we outsource.

/ How I work

Scoping, pricing, deliverables.

Every engagement starts with a free 20-30 minute scoping call. I use the call to understand your business, your 12-month plan, and the actual question you are trying to answer. By the end, you have a clear sense of whether BQP is the right fit and what the engagement would cost. If it is not a fit, I will tell you and often refer to someone who is.

Mandates are priced in writing before work begins. We do fixed-price for standard engagements (US incorporation, Form 5472 annual, FBAR, SME IPO readiness) and hourly-with-cap for structuring work where scope flexes. You see the number before you commit.

Deliverables are documents, not slides. You get: the memo explaining the structure and the trade-offs considered; the filings executed and the acknowledgements retained; the ongoing compliance calendar if applicable. Everything in writing, signed off, defensible if questioned later.

Direct access. You WhatsApp me, I WhatsApp you back. For complex questions we schedule a call. For routine filings an associate drives the file but I sign and I am responsible.

/ Published work

240+ working-CA guides.

I have written and personally reviewed over 240 practitioner guides covering US incorporation, cross-border tax, FEMA ODI, NRI taxation, flip and reverse-flip structures, ESOP mechanics, SME IPO, GIFT City, and the specific DTAAs with India's main treaty partners. Every page carries my author attribution and is written to be executable — not a definition, but a how-to with the specific sections, forms and timelines.

The library is organised at bharatquantumprospera.com/insights with topic clusters and live search. Most frequently referenced:

• US Incorporation (Delaware C-Corp & Wyoming LLC) — the main hub for Indian founders setting up in the US.
• India-US DTAA Withholding Rates — the practitioner reference for cross-border payment-side treaty mechanics.
• Form 5472 for Foreign-Owned US LLC — the USD 25,000 penalty avoidance guide.
• India-to-Delaware Flip Structure — pre-US-VC flip mechanics for Indian founders.
• US-India Reverse Flip — Delaware parent back to Indian parent for Indian IPO track.
• NRI Taxation Pillar Guide — the full working-CA map for NRIs with India exposure.
• Overseas Incorporation Guide — Delaware vs UAE vs Singapore vs UK vs Estonia vs Hong Kong decision framework.
• Delaware Franchise Tax Calculator — free tool used by hundreds of founders each month.

/ Media & speaking

Available for media and events.

I am available for background and on-record commentary on cross-border tax, Indian start-up incorporation structures, flip and reverse-flip mechanics, SME IPO, FEMA, NRI taxation, and GIFT City developments. For reporters covering Indian founder topics or regulatory updates, I can be a reliable technical source with specific-section citations and worked examples.

For speaking engagements at founder summits, CA / tax conferences, accelerator cohorts, or corporate briefings, standard topics include:

• US incorporation for Indian founders — the mechanics and the mistakes.
• India-to-Delaware flip timing: why early beats late by millions in tax.
• UAE Corporate Tax 2023 and what it changed for Dubai holdcos.
• NRI taxation and the RNOR return-to-India planning window.
• Form 5472 and other USD 25,000+ compliance traps for Indian-founder US entities.
• GIFT City IFSC fund structures — the Mauritius / Singapore replacement.

Reach: durgesh@bharatquantumprospera.com · WhatsApp · LinkedIn. Full press kit: bharatquantumprospera.com/press.