LDS & Co. is a firm of Chartered Accountants with offices in Cochin, Calicut, and Trivandrum, offering audit, tax, regulatory, and business advisory services to clients across India.

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+91 62822 62373

Email

support@ldsandco.in

Location

Cochin | Calicut | Trivandrum

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Services

Everything you'd expect from a Chartered Accountant. A few things you wouldn't

Our services cover the full lifecycle of a business — from registering the entity to closing the books, from filing the first GST return to defending an assessment in appeal. Below is the complete catalogue, grouped into the practice areas. Each engagement is scoped to the client; nothing on this page is sold as a package.

Audit & Assurance

Audit done well is a useful exercise — for management, for the board, and for the auditor. We approach every engagement with that in mind: the working papers should be thorough, the report should be defensible, and the conversations along the way should be worth having.

  • img Statutory audits under the Companies Act, the Income Tax Act, and the GST laws
  • img Internal audits — risk-based, with recommendations management can actually use
  • img Management and operational audits
  • img Information systems audits, including audits under DISA frameworks
  • img Process audits — for organisations that want to understand where work is being lost
  • img Stock audits and physical verifications
  • img Due diligence reviews — financial, tax, and operational
  • img Certification services across statutory and regulatory requirements
  • img Consolidation of financial statements for groups and holding structures

Direct Tax Compliance & Advisory

Income tax law in India changes every Budget, and often between them. We help clients stay current — not just compliant — so that decisions are made before deadlines, not after.

  • img Tax audits under Section 44AB
  • img Income tax return filings for companies, firms, individuals, and trusts
  • img Tax planning, structuring, and diagnostic reviews
  • img Litigation support and representation before tax authorities and appellate forums
  • img International taxation and transfer pricing — including documentation, advisory, and compliance

Indirect Tax & GST

Nine years after GST went live, the law is still evolving — and the cost of getting it wrong is still rising. We work with clients on the everyday filings and on the harder questions: classification, input credit eligibility, place of supply, and the cases that end up in litigation

  • img GST audits under the law and under management mandates
  • img Monthly, quarterly, and annual GST filings
  • img Litigation and appeals — drafting, representation, and strategy
  • img Tax planning and structuring for GST efficiency
  • img Export and import compliance, including SEZ, STPI, and Foreign Trade Policy matters

Corporate Compliance & Regulatory

Companies Act, FEMA, RBI — the rules that govern how a company is structured, funded, and run. We make sure the paperwork is right, the filings are on time, and the board knows where it stands.

  • img Annual ROC compliance for companies and LLPs
  • img Change in registered office and other secretarial filings
  • img Corporate compliance for fundraising rounds — both equity and debt
  • img Charge creation, modification, and satisfaction
  • img FEMA and RBI compliance — inbound and outbound transactions, ECBs, and reporting

Transaction Advisory

Most owners go through a major transaction once or twice in their working lives. We've been on both sides of enough deals to know where the value is created and where it leaks.

  • img Fundraising and debt syndication — bank funding, NCDs, and structured debt
  • img Private equity syndication advisory
  • img Mergers, acquisitions, and takeover advisory
  • img Investment due diligence — buy-side and sell-side
  • img Business and share valuations under the Income Tax Act, Companies Act, and FEMA
  • img Financial reconstruction, revival, and rehabilitation

Setting up a Business

The right structure on day one saves a lot of work — and tax — later. We help founders, investors, and overseas groups choose the form that fits the plan and get the registrations done quickly.

  • img Partnership firms
  • img Private Limited Companies
  • img Limited Liability Partnerships
  • img Public Limited Companies
  • img One Person Companies
  • img Indian subsidiaries of foreign companies
  • img Nidhi Companies
  • img Trademark registrations
  • img Startup India registration and DPIIT recognition
  • img GST registration
  • img MSME (Udyam) registration

Outsourced Finance & Accounting

For businesses that don't want to build a full finance team — or that want a steady hand alongside the one they already have — we run the day-to-day finance function as an extension of our clients' organisations.

  • img Accounting and bookkeeping across major platforms (Tally, Zoho, QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, and others)
  • img Resource augmentation — embedded accountants and finance professionals, on-site or remote
  • img Bank, vendor, and inter-company reconciliations
  • img MIS reports — designed around what management actually needs to see
  • img Preparation of invoices and related documentation
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