Introduction

• Are you a freshly qualified chartered accountant or company secretary looking for a job?
• Are you stuck in a low paying job and wondering how you can start earning at least Rs 1 lakh per month?
• Are you struggling to earn enough money on account of getting only low ticket work from clients?
• Are you a CA / CS trainee tired of not being able to earn enough and wondering when things will get better?
• Do you feel that your seniors always have an advantage over you and that the only way in which you can get work is by slashing your fees?
• Do you feel unfulfilled in your current job, which seems to consist of only clerical work or basic accounting work, and yet face intense competition?

Most chartered accountants or company secretaries experience the above at some point or other in their career.

All this could change in a few months if you jump onto the international remote work bandwagon, and start to serve clients in the US. 

It is possible for you to work on international assignments and earn in dollars sitting in India, without having to get a US visa.

In fact, earning a dollar is easier than earning a rupee!

At LawSikho, we are teaching our students how to get work in the US as remote freelancers and charge between USD 10-30 per hour and earn upto USD 2000 per month through such work.

This avenue has opened up in a big way after the pandemic, thanks to people getting used to remote work.

Plus, the rise of the gig economy and freelance culture in the USA has increased the volume of work being given across to highly talented remote workers in low-cost jurisdictions such as India.  

Those who start now have a huge early mover advantage as there is almost no competition in this area right now. 

Who should take this course?

• Accountants/ company secretaries/ compliance professionals who want to perform US tax compliance work for foreign CPAs, corporate secretaries, startups in US or other countries which are expanding to the US 
• You can perform US tax compliance work sitting at your home in India as it is online and still earn a lot more than you can by performing domestic work for clients 
• It does not matter if you are a registered CPA or not - you can still perform work as a paralegal 
• Accountants/ company secretaries/ compliance professionals who want to assist their existing clients in expanding to the US - more than 41% of Indian startups aim to expand internationally, and US is a top destination for such startups 

What will you learn from this course?

• You will learn domestic US tax compliance work and you can perform it online sitting at your home
• You will be able to assist US entrepreneurs and small business owners with tax requirements for setting up and running a new business 
• You will learn the tax implications for the most common types of business transactions involving US companies or US residents 
• You will be able to assist US businesses which are planning their international expansion strategy on US tax implications
• You will be able to assist foreign businesses which intend to expand to the US on US tax implications 

Who will be your potential clients

• US tax lawyers, CPAs and corporate secretaries who need assistance with tax filing work of their clients
• US businesses and startup founders who need tax assistance 
• Foreign entrepreneurs who need tax guidance with respect to establishing business presence in the US 
• Indian startup entrepreneurs and businessmen who want to expand their business offshore 

What is unique about this course?

• This course aims to impart a wide range of US tax compliance skills to the participants, which would enable them to take up remote freelance work on US tax compliance directly or through various freelancing websites on the internet and will instil in them the required confidence to generate global clientele over the internet. 
• We will also guide you in developing your online presence as a tax compliance Paralegal through various freelancing platforms such as Upwork, Fiverr, People Per Hour, etc. and through social media networks such as Linked In, Facebook, etc. 
• By the end of this course, you can expect to have secured enough skills to be able to take up paralegal work assignments from startups, small and medium sized companies in the US as well as law firms/CPA firms/corporate secretaries in the US.
• You will also be equipped to assist international startups and other businesses with their US tax needs as a paralegal.
• The course is tough and intensive, you will not be awarded the certificate unless you complete the required number of assignments. You will have to invest 7-8 hours per week in developing your skills, in addition to the classes on this course.
• You will have interactive classes with high-quality discussions which will be taken by the experts of this course. You can get all the doubts resolved in the classes or even outside the classes through course groups and email.
• You will get personal attention and coaching from our trainers who will be assigned to you, and have access to a dedicated course anchor who will help you with submissions or any guidance or issues you may have as you progress through the course.
• You will receive in-line feedback for the assignments you submit, which will improve your performance to a significant extent. You can upload the corrected assignments on Upwork as your work samples as well. 
• You will have access to other doubt clearing mechanisms also, in addition to the online classes such as a discussion forum where queries are responded to within a period of 24 hours, a Discord group that will include your peers and batchmates as well as the course anchor, evaluator and support team from LawSikho. 
• You will be trained in writing for six writing assignments during the term of the course and if these are of publishable quality, these shall be published on the iPleaders blog which sees a footfall of more than two million visitors a month.

What kind of assignments will you get?

• Prepare a chart of compliances under federal and state tax laws that must be undertaken by a startup which is incorporated in: New York
• Advise a US entrepreneur on US tax implications for all of the following business structures: proprietorship, unlimited partnership, LP, LLP, LLC, C-Corp and S-Corp 
• Prepare necessary forms for annual tax filing of a US C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC, LLP, LP 
• Advise an Indian/Canadian client who has incorporated a US company on implications of US tax laws and the US-India DTAA/US-Canada Tax Convention
• Advise and fill necessary tax returns for a US citizen who has been living in Singapore or UK  
• Prepare or review a financial plan of a startup which intends to raise Series A funding
• Compare different state tax (including Franchise Tax) rates applicable to companies in Delaware, New York, Nevada, Wyoming, Texas, Florida and California 
• Advise a client on the procedure for claiming tax credit under a DTAA of US with another country and prepare necessary form filings    
• Advise a US company on withholding tax implications with respect to payments made to foreign subsidiaries - also prepare necessary form filings
• Advise a US private equity investor on company on US taxation upon exit
• Advise an Indian or foreign employee on US tax implications of acquiring shares pursuant to ESOPs and upon sale of ESOPs
• Advise a client in Wyoming on applicability of tax laws on sale of Bitcoin worth USD 500K and fill necessary forms
• Advise a US client who runs a Shopify store/Amazon FBA store on applicability of US tax laws (products are purchased through Alibaba and despatched to buyers all over the world)  
• Draft or review a related party contract for supply of services or license of brand name between a holding company and a subsidiary. Identify appropriate transfer pricing methods and markups. 

Training Methodology

24/7 online access to all materials - study at your convenience

Access to basic study material through an online learning management system, Android and iOS app. Recordings of all classroom sessions will be available.

Hard copy study material covering important chapters

Hard copy study material modules to be couriered to your address in India.

Practical Exercises

2 practical exercises every week, followed by written feedback

Live Online Classes to Teach Specific Work

There will be a live video-based online class to teach you specific US corporate law work performed by paralegals. You can ask questions, share your screen, get personal feedback in this class. Every week there will be approx. 1-1.5 hours of class to teach you the work and give you feedback. There will be recordings available in case you miss a class.

Convenient Class timings

Classes are held after regular work hours. Typically classes are kept on Sundays or 8-9 pm on other days.

Live Doubt Clearing

You can ask questions in class, or on the learning management system when you read a chapter. You can also schedule a one-on-one session with evaluators to perform exercises or write articles.

Certification

This course is recognized by the National Skill Development Corporation, a PPP under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of the Government of India. You will receive a certificate cobranded by NSDC and Skill India on successful completion.

This is how the certificate from NSDC and Skill India will look as per the current applicable format (may change as per the approval authorities):

Money-back guarantee

If you take this course, follow it diligently for a month, attend all classes and do all the exercises but still do not find value in it, or are not able to understand or follow it or not find it good for any reason, we will refund the entire course fee to you. It is a 100% money-back guarantee with only one condition, you must pursue it properly for a month. If you don’t find it valuable after that, get your entire money back.

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Client Opportunities & Recruitment Support where required

Many employers, law firms and companies are happy to recruit our high performing students. If you do well in your exercises and classes, we can help you to get jobs, internships and assessment internships in good law firms, with renowned lawyers as well as in various companies.

Our team helps our students in building their profile on LinkedIn and freelancing platforms to increase their reach to potential recruiters or clients.

Our experts guide the students on how to crack any interview.

On-demand, we provide mock interviews for our students looking for jobs.

We share multiple internship/recruitment opportunities every week on our Whatsapp group.

We help our students to get internships not only at law firms and chambers but also with rising startups in diverse sectors.

Our mentorship helps students to avoid running in the rat race behind the regular job openings; rather we help them design their own path based on their personal interests.

We share multiple and diverse client opportunities with our pool of practicing advocates on a daily basis. Our references have helped several advocates really scale up their practice. The opportunities range from contract drafting to complex international taxation matters.