u/total_dilema

The new CAS system is complete shithousery.

Just look at the number of pointless changes they've shoved down everyone's throat over the last 2-3 years. Lot sizes changed multiple times. Expiry days changed. Weekly expiries removed. Bank Nifty weekly expiry, the GOAT, got taken out. And now this CAS nonsense.

Every single time it's sold as "protecting retail traders." What an absolute joke.

I haven't lost a single rupee because of the last two days. That's not even the point.

Instead of making Indian markets more competitive, more efficient, and more attractive globally, they're busy introducing arbitrary changes that make the entire ecosystem worse.

They can't compete at global standards, so instead they're turning the Indian markets into horseshit while pretending it's for investor protection.

Complete clowns.

The new CAS system is complete shithousery.

Just look at the number of pointless changes they've shoved down everyone's throat over the last 2-3 years. Lot sizes changed multiple times. Expiry days changed. Weekly expiries removed. Bank Nifty weekly expiry, the GOAT, got taken out. And now this CAS nonsense.

Every single time it's sold as "protecting retail traders." What an absolute joke.

I haven't lost a single rupee because of the last two days. That's not even the point.

Instead of making Indian markets more competitive, more efficient, and more attractive globally, they're busy introducing arbitrary changes that make the entire ecosystem worse.

They can't compete at global standards, so instead they're turning the Indian markets into horseshit while pretending it's for investor protection.

Complete clowns.

Most CAs I've spoken to prefer offline software because they don't want sensitive client data sitting in the cloud.

What I don't understand is the other side of it.

What happens if a hard drive fails during peak filing season? Or a system gets corrupted? Or someone accidentally deletes data, or you have to travel and can't access your office system?

Genuinely curious what makes offline the preferred choice despite these tradeoffs.

https://reddit.com/link/1v49x0w/video/cnsrcu9mhyeh1/player

I spoke to roughly 200 tax professionals in the past month to identify a problem to solve with technology. I honestly expected AI, tax research, and return preparation to dominate every conversation., but tracking GST notices across a large client base, kept coming up repeatedly.

Was a lil unexpected but also a sign, so I decided to build around that workflow first (video attached).

I'm curious if this matches your experience, or if our sample was biased.

All these years as a trader have made me realize that trading is a mirror. Every win and every loss exposes your discipline, patience, and ego. Every once in a while, I'm reminded how grateful I am to have fallen in love with the financial markets.

https://preview.redd.it/ogq6zlznrqdh1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=128c0781dd171a62f967084bd677917a469d0d8b

We're building software for Indian tax professionals and started by interviewing practitioners instead of writing code.

The biggest pain point we found wasn't filing returns. It was repeatedly logging into GST portals to check notices across multiple clients.

This is our first implementation of a possible solution - https://saralkar.softwired.in/

Surprisingly we already have pilot from 5 CA firms.

https://reddit.com/link/1uyru8t/video/udzxntsbjqdh1/player

https://reddit.com/link/1uyrpez/video/0o8xff3xhqdh1/player

One thing we kept hearing from CAs was surprisingly consistent:

"Checking whether a client has received a GST notice is still a manual job."

Most firms either log into every GST portal periodically or wait for clients to forward notices, which isn't ideal when deadlines are involved.

Over the past few weeks, we've been building a workflow that aggregates notices, due dates, and statuses into a single dashboard.

Here's a short walkthrough of what we've built so far - https://saralkar.softwired.in/

Still very early, but we have surprisingly landed pilot with 5 CA firms

https://reddit.com/link/1uyro3j/video/0bm0yqskgqdh1/player

Handling GST notices for a handful of clients is manageable, but handling them across 20-30+ GST registrations is a completely different problem. Most of the time seems to go into logging into portals just to check whether anything new has shown up.

I tried mapping out a workflow to make this process less repetitive and built something out of it. I'd love to know if this actually reflects how firms work today, or if I'm overlooking something obvious.

Would appreciate feedback from CAs and GST practitioners who've dealt with this at scale.

https://reddit.com/link/1uyrete/video/iefb8f3udqdh1/player

Handling GST notices for a handful of clients is manageable, but handling them across 20+ GSTs is a completely different problem. Most of the time seems to go into logging into portals just to check whether anything new has shown up.

I tried mapping out a workflow to make this process less repetitive and built something out of it. I'd love to know if this actually reflects how firms work today, or if I'm overlooking something obvious.

Would appreciate feedback from CAs and GST practitioners who've dealt with this at scale.

I have a list of leads and want to send them a link to my SaaS demo.

Cold email hasn't been very effective, and my target customers are active on WhatsApp. I'm thinking of saving their numbers as contacts and sending a broadcast message.

Could this get my WhatsApp account banned or flagged for spam? I know the proper approach is the WhatsApp Business API, but I can't afford it right now.

A friend of mine works as an article under a tax lawyer who manages over 300 clients.
My friend wastes mostly his entire weekend logging into each of the clients gst portal and check notices or any notice updates.

Any good tool that you guys are using to manage these notices?