Skill Arbitrage Blog

Let me tell you about my friend Deepak, who is a resident of the US, but had to return to India because of his poor investment plans.  Deepak had worked…

Ask any tax professional what their most peculiar memory from the last decade! 9 out of 10 will have the same answer. The Introduction of Goods and Services Tax in…

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…