Chartered Accountant · India & the Gulf

Clear numbers.
Calm decisions.
Better systems.

I'm Waleed Shaikh, a Chartered Accountant helping NRIs, individuals, and growing businesses with taxation, audit, and the unglamorous-but-vital work of making finance functions run properly.

Services

What I do

From a single ITR to rebuilding how your finance team works — engagements sized to the problem, not the other way around.

01

NRI Taxation

Residential status assessment, ITR filing, TDS refunds on NRO interest and property sales, DTAA relief, and planning your return to India (RNOR window).

02

Income Tax & Compliance

ITR filing for residents — salary, capital gains, house property, F&O. Notices, rectifications, and advance-tax planning handled end to end.

03

Accounting & Bookkeeping

Clean books, month-end close discipline, reconciliations, and management reporting your decisions can actually rely on.

04

Internal Audit

Risk-based internal audits, control testing, and practical recommendations — findings that get fixed, not filed away.

05

Process & Systems Improvement

Mapping and redesigning finance processes — P2P, O2C, close cycles — removing manual effort and building controls into the workflow itself.

06

Advisory for SMEs

Setting up finance functions, budgeting and MIS, cash-flow discipline, and being the finance sounding-board growing businesses usually lack.

Free Tool
Am I an NRI?

A free, plain-English checker built on Sections 6 & 9 of the Income-tax Act. Answer a few questions — or just enter your travel dates — and find out your residential status, what income India can tax, and how to file your return.

  • Counts your days across all three statutory windows automatically
  • Covers the 182/120/60-day tests, deemed residency & RNOR
  • Updated for FY 2025-26 (AY 2026-27)
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Approach

How an engagement works

i.

Listen first

A short call to understand the actual problem — often it isn't the one in the subject line.

ii.

Scope honestly

A clear written scope, timeline, and fee before any work starts. No surprises on either side.

iii.

Do the work

Regular updates in plain language. You'll never have to decode jargon to know where things stand.

iv.

Leave it better

Documentation, checklists, and handover — so the improvement survives after the engagement ends.

Let's talk

Whether it's one tax return or a full process overhaul — the first conversation is free, and there's no obligation after it.

+971 52 979 7544  ·  dwaleedshaikh@gmail.com