The NBFC Opportunity in India: A Strategic Guide for Entrepreneurs and Investors
India’s credit ecosystem is evolving rapidly. While banks continue to play a dominant role, Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) have emerged as a critical pillar of financial inclusion, specialized lending, and credit innovation. With increasing demand for unsecured loans, SME financing, loan against property, supply-chain financing, and digital lending, establishing an NBFC has become an attractive […]
Annual Performance Report (APR) Filing: The Complete RBI Compliance Guide
Every year, Indian businesses and resident individuals with overseas direct investments must meet a crucial Reserve Bank of India (RBI) compliance requirement: filing the Annual Performance Report (APR).The deadline is 31 December, and missing it can lead to penalties, blocked outward remittances, and FEMA contraventions. The APR is a mandatory annual disclosure filed in Form […]
RBI Widens Approval Scope for Cross-Border Mergers Under FEMA
🚨 Big Regulatory Update: RBI has amended FEMA Cross-Border Merger Regulations — and this changes the game for Indian M&A! The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has notified the Foreign Exchange Management (Cross Border Merger) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026, introducing a landmark change in how cross-border mergers are approved in India. The amendment broadens the approval framework by replacing […]
India’s New Transfer Pricing Rules: What Every Multinational Needs to Know
India’s New Transfer Pricing Rules: What Every Multinational Needs to Know How the Income-tax Act, 2025 and the 2026 IT Rules are reshaping arm’s-length pricing, audits, and safe harbours — effective 1 April 2026. India’s transfer pricing (TP) regime has undergone its most sweeping overhaul in over two decades. Anchored in three instruments — […]
10 Reasons Indian Companies with Global Ambitions Choose SilverSix Consultant
The Cross-Border Advisory Landscape in 2026 Indian companies navigating cross-border investments, FEMA compliance, international tax, and corporate restructuring face a fundamental challenge: the advice they need is not available from a single traditional source. Large accounting firms may have the depth but not the agility or responsiveness. General practice CA firms may handle domestic compliance […]
Cross-Border M&A Due Diligence in India: The FEMA, Tax, and Regulatory Checklist for Acquirers
Why Cross-Border M&A Due Diligence Is Different In a domestic Indian M&A transaction, due diligence focuses on financial performance, legal title, litigation risk, and commercial contracts. In a cross-border M&A transaction — where the target has foreign investors, overseas subsidiaries, cross-border service arrangements, or international employees — the due diligence scope expands significantly to cover […]
Cross-Border Compliance for Indian Family Offices: What Every Wealthy Family Must Review in 2026
What Is FEMA Compounding? FEMA compounding is a mechanism under Section 15 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, that allows a person who has contravened FEMA provisions to settle the violation by paying a compounding fee to the Reserve Bank of India — without facing adjudication or prosecution. It is the primary tool for […]
Cross-Border Mergers Under Section 234 of the Companies Act: A Complete Guide for 2026
India’s Cross-Border Merger Framework Section 234 of the Companies Act, 2013 (read with Rule 25A of the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016) enables two categories of cross-border merger: inbound mergers where a foreign company merges into an Indian company (with the Indian company as the survivor), and outbound mergers where an Indian company […]
Transfer Pricing Safe Harbour Rules 2026: The IT Sector’s Biggest Compliance Opportunity
What Is Safe Harbour and Why Does It Matter? Transfer Pricing Safe Harbour Rules provide pre-determined profit margin benchmarks that, if met by the taxpayer, result in mandatory acceptance of the declared transfer price by the Indian income tax authorities — without any arm’s length price determination, detailed benchmarking study, or assessment scrutiny. In practical […]
FEMA Guarantees Regulations 2026: What Indian Group Companies Must Review Immediately
A 25-Year Framework, Replaced The FEMA (Guarantees) Regulations, 2000 — which governed cross-border guarantees for a quarter century — have been replaced by the FEMA Guarantees Regulations, 2026. The old framework was built on a narrow permissibility list: guarantees were broadly prohibited unless specifically allowed, creating significant interpretational ambiguity for modern corporate structures. The new […]