Aim for a trail where anyone, including a future investor's diligence team, can see which rupee belonged to whom. On the company side, keep bank statements, invoices, bills, and receipts for every expense, and reconcile them regularly with a bookkeeper or accounting tool rather than at year end in a panic. Record any money you put in or take out, salary, reimbursement, loan, or capital, with a clear label and a matching bank entry. On the personal side, keep your salary, your investments, and your own expenses in accounts that never touch company money. Save proof of reimbursements so they never look like income. Good records make tax filing, audits, and fundraising far smoother and protect you if anything is ever questioned. What you must keep, and for how long, is set by tax and company law that changes over time, so confirm the current requirements with a CA.
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A practical India-first reference for keeping personal and company finances (and their tax) cleanly separate.
From ClearTax by ClearTax
Open cleartax.in →A no-nonsense, ad-light India personal-finance site: plain math and free calculators for emergency funds, goals, and asset allocation, with no product to sell you.
From Freefincal by M. Pattabiraman
Open freefincal.com →The same ground, over in Money, pricing & model, our Starting Up track.
