Built for India's compliance reality, not adapted from Western VDR templates.
The checklist is the backbone of DiligenceReady: India-specific categories, tiered coverage, role ownership, action steps, and portal links for MSME diligence.
Written for Indian filings, not translated from an American template
Every item names the actual form, the portal it comes from and the authority that wants it. Your CA does not have to work out what a foreign checklist meant by “corporate records”.
- Corporate and company recordsIncorporation, MoA and AoA with amendments, director appointments, annual and event-based ROC filingsAOC-4, MGT-7, PAS-3, CHG-1
- Share capital and ownershipCap table and transfer history, share certificates, buyback filings, subscription agreementsSH-7, SH-8, SH-11
- Tax, directReturns and acknowledgements, tax audit, TDS credit reconciliation, overseas payments, transfer pricing3CD, 26AS, 24Q, 15CB
- Tax, indirectGST returns for the full review period, input credit reconciliation, notices and demandsGSTR-1, 3B, 2B
- Human resourcesPayroll registers, employment agreements, ESOP grants and vesting, contributions and gratuityPF, ESI, PoSH
- Regulatory and statutoryEstablishment licences, state labour acts, professional tax, contract labour where it appliesUdyam, IEC, CLRA
- MCA21
- GST portal
- Income Tax e-filing
- TRACES
- EPFO Unified
- ESIC
- State labour departments
Six of the areas covered. Every item says which document, for which period, and where it comes from.
The areas the checklist covers
Grouped for reading. In the workspace they appear as separate sections, each with the documents, periods and portals named.
Company and ownership
- Corporate and company records
- Share capital and ownership
- Promoter and founder background
- Stakeholder and related-party transactions
- Competition law and board governance
Money
- Financial records and analysis
- Financial projections and business plan
- Banking and treasury
- Tax, direct
- Tax, indirect (GST and customs)
- Business valuation
Compliance and risk
- Regulatory and statutory compliance
- Human resources and employment
- Litigation and dispute resolution
- Sector-specific licences and certifications
- Health, safety and environment
- AML and KYC compliance
- FEMA and FDI compliance
- International trade and customs
Operations and assets
- Contracts and commercial agreements
- Customer concentration and commercial risk
- Vendor and supply chain risk
- Real estate and physical assets
- Intellectual property and data
- Technology and IT infrastructure
- Cybersecurity and data protection
- Insurance coverage
- Operational risk and continuity
You are not shown items that do not apply to you
The checker asks about turnover, structure, headcount, exports and borrowings, then builds the list from that. A company with no overseas payments is never asked for transfer pricing documentation.
Smaller deals
A focused list covering the areas any buyer or lender will ask about, without the items that only apply at scale.
Mid-size deals
Adds transfer pricing, related-party detail, deeper working capital analysis and sector licences.
Larger deals
The full list, including ESG, data localisation, IP valuation and competition law.
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