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4-Day Workshop on MSME Consultants (Expanding Professional Horizons for Practicing Chartered Accountants)
About the Programme
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) play a pivotal role in India’s economic growth by fostering entrepreneurship, generating employment, and driving innovation. With the evolving business ecosystem and increasing regulatory complexity, MSMEs require professional guidance for compliance, financial management, funding, and strategic growth.
Chartered Accountants, as trusted business advisors, are ideally placed to provide these services. Recognizing this growing opportunity, ICAI presents a 4-Day Workshop on MSME Consultants, designed exclusively for practicing Chartered Accountants who wish to diversify their practice, explore new advisory domains, and strengthen their role as partners in the MSME growth story.
Programme Objectives
- To equip practicing Chartered Accountants with comprehensive knowledge of the MSME and start-up landscape.
- To enhance consulting capabilities in business structuring, compliance management, funding, and restructuring.
- To familiarize members with Central and State Government schemes, incentives, and support mechanisms.
- To help practitioners identify and tap new avenues for professional growth within the MSME sector.
Workshop Highlights
- Structuring MSMEs and Start-ups:
Understanding legal forms of business entities, registration processes, taxation implications, and conversion mechanisms—enabling practitioners to guide clients effectively on the right structure for growth and compliance. - Advisory on Branding and Marketing:
Practical insights into how MSMEs can strengthen their market presence, customer retention, and brand value—helping CAs provide holistic business advisory beyond accounting. - Regulatory and Statutory Compliances:
Comprehensive understanding of Income Tax, GST, Labour Laws, ROC filings, and other compliance requirements to help clients remain fully compliant. - Government Schemes and Incentives:
Deep dive into financial and non-financial support schemes offered by Central and State Governments, including guidance on eligibility, application, and documentation. - Funding and Financial Advisory:
Overview of MSME financing options—Bank loans, NBFCs, SIDBI, and TReDS—along with attestation and certification functions, credit rating advisory, and due diligence support. - Professional Avenues for Practicing CAs:
Exploring emerging roles in incubation, mentorship, project evaluation, export-import advisory, and cross-border consulting opportunities within the MSME ecosystem. - Debt Restructuring and Revival Advisory:
Techniques and legal frameworks for assisting clients facing financial stress, including restructuring options and revival planning. - Working Capital Management:
Estimation, assessment, and optimization of working capital; preparation of CMA data; and advisory on efficient financial planning for MSMEs. - MSME Procurement and Payment Systems:
Insights into PSU procurement norms, payment provisions under MSMED Act, role of MSE Facilitation Councils, and government e-marketplace (GeM). - Preparation of Project Reports:
Practical training on preparing professional project reports, understanding TEV studies, and using digital tools for feasibility analysis and client presentations.
Key Takeaways
- Broaden your practice portfolio with specialized MSME consultancy services.
- Gain practical knowledge of MSME compliance, funding, and restructuring mechanisms.
- Learn to guide MSME clients in accessing government incentives and schemes.
- Strengthen your advisory role as a strategic partner for growing businesses.
- Network with fellow professionals and share best practices in MSME consulting.
Who Should Attend
- Practicing Chartered Accountants engaged in audit, taxation, or advisory functions.
- Members interested in exploring new professional opportunities in the MSME and start-up ecosystem.
- Professionals aiming to provide end-to-end financial and business consulting services to MSMEs.
CPE: 24 Hours
Duration: 4 Days
Mode: Virtual
Fees – Rs. _____ + GST