Income Tax Compliance
Return filing, advance tax and TDS management, computation and review, assessments, notices and representation before the tax authorities.
Chartered Accountant
Omkar V. Ganoo
Virtual CFO, tax and audit services for growing businesses — from the month-to-month statutory compliance that keeps a company clean, through to the strategy, controls and reporting that let it scale.
About
Finance advice that holds up in the real world
I am a Chartered Accountant working across taxation, audit and business advisory. My practice covers the full statutory cycle — income tax and GST compliance, internal audit and assurance — alongside the advisory work that sits on top of it: structuring a new venture, tightening internal controls, and helping management teams actually read their own numbers.
I trained at Marathe Padhye & Athalye in Pune, where I represented clients before the tax authorities, ran internal and statutory audits, and built the budgeting and MIS discipline that still shapes how I work. I then served as Head of Finance at COPA-DATA India, which put me on the client's side of the table as well as the adviser's.
That combination is why the Virtual CFO engagement is the centre of my practice today: businesses rarely need only a filing done — they need someone who can own the finance function end to end without carrying a full-time CFO on the payroll.
Services
Areas of practice
End-to-end support across compliance, assurance and advisory.
GST Compliance
Registration, monthly and annual returns, input credit reconciliation, departmental correspondence and audit support.
Internal Audits
Risk-based internal audit, process and internal-control reviews, balance sheet scrutiny, and reporting management can act on.
Advisory
Financial reporting and accounting-standards questions, structuring advice, and an ongoing sounding board for the finance function.
Business Development
Commercial and financial input on expansion — unit economics, pricing, budgeting and the reporting needed to support growth.
Startup Advisory
Entity structuring and registrations, founder arrangements, investor-ready books, and a compliance calendar from day one.
Corporate Lectures & Training
Sessions and in-house programmes on taxation, GST, compliance and finance for non-finance managers.
Virtual CFO
A finance function, without a full-time CFO
A structured engagement covering strategy, controls, reporting and transactions — delivered as a hybrid of onsite and offsite work, with a team of specialists available behind it.
01 Strategy Formulation
- Short-, medium- and long-term planning
- SWOT analysis
- Support on organisational structure
02 Policies & Procedures
- Fund management
- HR & manpower
- IT controls and mechanisms
- Trade policies — dealerships and agencies
- Designing critical SOPs
- Forex management
03 Finance & Accounts
- Monthly, quarterly and half-yearly review of financials
- Operational and departmental MIS review
- Cash-flow management support
- Budgeting and monitoring
- Banking and institutional management
- Inventory control
- Assessment of legal, commercial, accounting and tax matters
- Defining roles for consultants and the finance team’s KRAs
- Compliance management and critical ratio analysis
04 Transaction Support
- Restructuring support
- Due diligence support
- Migration of finance & accounts software
- Deal making and critical arrangements
05 General Support
- Adding value to non-routine business decisions, large contracts and commercial negotiation and structuring
- Improving the decision-making process
- Team building, including mock interviews of KMPs
- Review of appraisal procedures
Engagement model. Hybrid — a combination of onsite and offsite activity, structured so that a team of experts is available for an effective, goal-oriented approach.
Experience
Professional background
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2022 – Present
Chartered Accountant — Practice
Virtual CFO, Tax, Audit & Advisory
Advising companies, firms, startups and individuals on income tax and GST compliance, internal audit, and business and startup advisory, alongside full Virtual CFO engagements and corporate training programmes.
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Apr 2021 – Mar 2022
Head of Finance
COPA-DATA India
Led the finance function for the India operations — statutory compliance, financial reporting, budgeting and internal controls — working with both local leadership and the group.
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Dec 2015 – Dec 2018
Articled Assistant
Marathe Padhye & Athalye, Pune
Computed and filed tax returns across client types and represented clients before the taxing authorities, including support during litigation on financial matters. Delivered internal and statutory audits, analysed monthly balance-sheet accounts and budgetary control, and prepared and verified annual reports and financial statements. Built and monitored budgets, reporting budget against actuals and recommending changes that improved profitability.
Education
Chartered Accountant
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Bachelor of Commerce
University of Mumbai
Free tools
Calculators & reference
Two things clients ask for constantly, built to be accurate and quick. Free, no sign-up.
Income Tax Calculator
FY 2026-27 (AY 2027-28). Compares the new and old regimes side by side with standard deduction, the Section 87A rebate and its marginal relief, surcharge and cess.
Open calculator →HSN & SAC Code Finder
Search 140+ common goods and services for their GST rate under GST 2.0 — the Nil, 5%, 18% and 40% structure in force since September 2025.
Open finder →Training
Corporate lectures & training programmes
Compliance is easier when the people around the finance team understand why it matters. I run lectures and in-house sessions that translate tax, GST and statutory requirements into something an operating team can use.
- Taxation and GST essentials for business teams
- Finance for non-finance managers
- Internal controls and compliance awareness
- Founder-focused sessions on startup compliance
Contact
Let’s talk
Whether it is a filing deadline, an audit, or a finance decision you want a second opinion on — get in touch.
Email
omkar@omkarganoo.com
Phone
+91 84120 09546
LinkedIn
caomkarganoo
Based in
Chiplun & Pune, Maharashtra