Posts by SkillArbitrage

Do you know that many Indians from small cities are doing remote accounting work for US SMEs, CPAs, and other clients—that too without having fancy degrees like CA, CS, or…

It is not hard to learn US accounting and you certainly do not have to clear some tough exam like CPA or ACCA to get started Most people take 3-4…

One of my students, an Indian accountant, was working with US SMEs and startup clients using the strategies we had shared for the past few months. He approached me for…

Won’t they hire locally?  Of course they can hire locally.  But you have an advantage. Hiring accountants and bookkeepers in the US is damn expensive.  Here’s how much accountants and…

NRIs have been benefiting from cost arbitrage from the 70s, when it became fashionable in India to nationalise everything and jobs became scarce. The smartest people in India, especially in…

It’s not impossible to get rich on a salary if you save 30-50% of your income every month, invest in the right places, and have great financial discipline to not…

If you are an Indian bookkeeping, accounting or tax professional, you can now be a part of a 56 Billion USD accounting & finance outsourcing market, and you probably don’t…

If you want to get disproportionate growth in your career, it is important that you learn international labour laws and HR compliance. Most HR professionals are scared - they don’t…

Due diligence is a moment of feverish activity for startups. Investors’ lawyers need a lot of documents, and the founder usually wants the deal to go through really quickly.  Have…

There are over 100 state and 40 central labour and employment statutes applicable in different parts of the country.  As you become a senior HR manager, you cannot hope to…