Audit & Assurance
Statutory, tax, internal and stock audits carried out to a documented standard — so the numbers hold up in front of a bank, a board or an assessing officer.
Kolkata · Est. practice · ICAI
Accounts that survive scrutiny. Advice that survives the year.
PARA & CO. is a firm of Chartered Accountants in Kolkata working with owner‑run businesses, professionals and growing companies. We audit carefully, file on time, and stay on the phone long after the return is submitted.
The firm
A practice built on record‑keeping, not promises.
Most compliance problems are not caused by bad intent. They are caused by paperwork that was never written down properly in the first place — a credit claimed without a matching invoice, a loan shown without an agreement, a director change never filed.
We work the other way round. Every engagement starts with a written diagnostic of where your records actually stand, and every month closes with reconciliations that can be produced on demand. It is slower on day one and considerably faster for the next five years.
- Partner‑level review on every return and audit report that leaves the office.
- Working papers retained so a notice three years later is answered in days, not weeks.
- Plain‑English explanations — you should understand your own numbers.
Practice areas
Twelve disciplines, one accountable team.
Nothing is passed to an outside vendor without telling you. If we cannot do it properly, we say so and point you to someone who can.
Direct Taxation
Return filing is the last step, not the first. We plan the year, document the positions, and stand with you if the department asks questions.
GST & Indirect Tax
Monthly discipline beats year-end firefighting. We keep the credit ledger clean and the returns reconciled with your books, every cycle.
Cloud CFO Services
A senior finance brain on your business without a senior finance salary. Numbers, cash flow and controls reviewed on a fixed monthly rhythm.
Company Formation
Choosing the right structure on day one saves years of tax and compliance friction. We advise first, then register.
Corporate Compliance
Every company carries a calendar. We hold it, file it on time, and keep the statutory records in a state you can hand to any due-diligence team.
Flagship service
Cloud CFO — a finance head you share, not hire.
Most businesses between two and fifty crore need CFO judgement long before they can justify a CFO salary. Cloud CFO puts that judgement on a monthly retainer: books closed to a deadline, an MIS you can actually read, a cash‑flow forecast that looks twelve weeks ahead, and a scheduled review where decisions get made.
- A written monthly pack — profitability, cash, receivables, compliance status.
- Rolling 12‑week cash forecast, so a shortfall is visible before it is urgent.
- Controls designed around your team, not a textbook.
How an engagement runs
Five steps, in this order, every time.
Listen
A first conversation with the partner, not a call centre. We map how your business actually earns, spends and records money.
Diagnose
We review the last two years of filings, books and notices, and hand you a written note of what is clean, what is exposed and what is missing.
Structure
Entity, tax positions and compliance calendar are set together, so one decision does not quietly create a problem in another law.
Run
Monthly filings, reconciliations and reviews on a fixed rhythm, with a named person you can call — and reminders before due dates, not after.
Defend
If a notice arrives, the working papers already exist. We reply, represent and close it without disturbing your operations.
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By the numbers
What the firm is built around.
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Practice areas
Audit to valuation, handled in‑house.
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Office locations
Kolkata, Malda and Khagaria.
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First response
On any notice you forward to us.
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Point of contact
A named person, not a ticket queue.
What clients say
Rated 4.9 by the people we actually work for.
Open our Google page to read what clients have written.
4.9
Google rating · 197 reviews
In the press
Quoted in the national and regional press.
Why clients stay
The difference is in the unglamorous parts.
Calendar discipline
Due dates are tracked centrally and reminders go out before the deadline, not after the penalty. You should never learn about a filing from a notice.
Defensible positions
Where the law allows a choice, we document why we chose it. If it is ever questioned, the reasoning already exists on file with the supporting evidence.
One named contact
You speak to the person who works on your file and to the partner who signs it. There is no layer of account managers relaying messages between you.
Readable reporting
Statements come with a short note in plain language explaining what moved and why. A business owner should not need a CA to read their own MIS.
Joined‑up advice
Income tax, GST, ROC and FEMA positions are checked against each other. A saving in one law is worthless if it creates an exposure in another.
Honest scoping
We quote what the work will actually take and tell you when something is outside our competence. That single habit has kept clients with us for years.
Where we work
Kolkata base, regional reach.
Head office
Kolkata
178 Jodhpur Garden, 1st Floor, Opposite South City Mall, Kolkata – 700 045
Associate office
Malda
Serving businesses and professionals across Malda and the surrounding districts of North Bengal.
Associate office
Khagaria
Supporting clients in Khagaria and the wider Bihar region on tax, audit and registration work.
Common questions
Before you call.
Yes. The firm operates from Kolkata with associate offices at Malda and Khagaria, and a large part of our work is handled digitally — documents move over secure links, reviews happen over call or video. Physical presence is arranged wherever a matter genuinely needs it.
No, and that is usually the cheapest stage to get it right. Early-stage engagements are scoped small — incorporation, a clean chart of accounts, GST and TDS discipline, and a monthly closing routine. The Cloud CFO retainer then scales with you instead of being retro-fitted after the mess.
By scope, not by surprise. After the first review we send a written proposal listing exactly what is included, what is billed separately, and the annual compliance calendar it covers. Retainers are monthly or quarterly; one-time assignments are quoted as a fixed fee.
Often nothing about your team. We frequently sit above an in-house accountant — reviewing their work, closing the books to a standard, and taking responsibility for the statutory and advisory layer. It is a review-and-supervise arrangement, not a replacement.