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In a limited way, yes. Clause (7) of the Chartered Accountants Act allows a write-up of services and particulars under Council guidelines, and the guidelines in force from 1 April 2026 let that write-up appear in print, directories, websites and social networks. It must stay factual: no fees, testimonials, catch words, superlatives or comparisons. Soliciting work remains misconduct under Clause (6).

The Council's December 2025 decision, applied from 1 April 2026, widened the write-up, allowed push technology for services not exclusive to CAs such as accounting and consultancy, permitted naming clients with their consent, and let network firms run their own websites. The bans on solicitation, fees, testimonials and exaggerated claims stayed.

No. ICAI's Code binds its members and CA firms. A tax consultant, GST practitioner or bookkeeping company without CA partners follows ordinary advertising law instead: the ASCI code on truthful, substantiated claims, consumer protection law, data protection law and the ad platforms' own policies. They still must not present themselves as chartered accountants.

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For many sole practitioners, a clear website plus an accurate map listing, kept up through <a href="/services/local-seo">local SEO</a>, does most of the work, because clients arrive by referral and only need to confirm what they were told. Add articles through an <a href="/services/seo">SEO programme</a> if you want to be found for specific questions, such as RSU taxation or GST annual returns, by people who were not referred.

Firm name, year of establishment, registered addresses, contact details, partners with qualifications and areas of experience, staff numbers, job vacancies including articleship, services, peer review status, articles, blogs and educational videos. With client consent it may name clients and describe assignments. Fees, banner ads and soliciting visits are not allowed.

Yes. A CA firm may keep social pages and post write-up content and educational material in push mode, as the guidelines have allowed since 2020; from April 2026 its website may also push non-exclusive services. It should not ask people to like or follow the page, and event photographs are limited. Non-CA firms have no ICAI limits, only platform rules and ad law; our <a href="/best-meta-ads-agency-for-accounting-firms-in-bengaluru">page on Facebook and Instagram for tax practices</a> covers both cases.

Enquiries cluster before the July and August return dates, again before the 31 December GST annual return and late-filing deadline, and on a smaller scale before each monthly GST date. Retainer clients are easiest to onboard in April and May, when the new financial year starts and teams have capacity.

That is a decision for the partners, made against the write-up conditions and the bar on advertising that solicits website visits. Copy with fees, offers, catch words or claims of being the best is clearly out. We explain the trade-offs on our <a href="/best-google-ads-agency-for-accounting-firms-in-bengaluru">page on paid search for tax practices</a> and will not run copy that reads as solicitation.

Set-up takes about 15 days. Map listing fixes can show in weeks, while search content usually needs several months to rank, which is why we publish deadline guides well ahead of the season. Most accounting firms judge the first year by whether referred prospects convert more often and whether unreferred enquiries begin to appear.

CA firms should avoid words like best, leading, top or number one, any fee or discount, testimonials, client logos used without consent, and fear-driven lines about notices or penalties. Non-CA firms have more freedom but should still avoid promised outcomes, unsupported comparisons and anything implying government links.

Yes, with each client's permission. The updated guidelines allow a client's name, and what the firm did for it, to be shown. For services reserved for chartered accountants, such as statutory audit, only the client's name may be mentioned. Fees charged still cannot be published except where a regulator requires it.

We draft them. A partner or senior team member reviews each one for technical accuracy and approves it before publishing, because the professional responsibility for content stays with the accounting firm. Partners usually spend a short review session per article rather than writing from scratch.

It replaced the 1961 Act from 1 April 2026, renumbered sections and introduced the term tax year. Clients will search for the new terms and for the old section numbers they remember. Accounting firms that publish clear old-to-new explainers early give both groups something useful to find.

If no chartered accountant is a partner or proprietor and the firm does not present itself as a CA firm, ICAI's fee ban does not apply. Fees must then be stated honestly, with what is included and excluded, under the ASCI code and consumer law. If a chartered accountant's firm offers the bookkeeping, its fees stay off the page.

Pull means information is available when someone looks for it, as on a website or in a directory. Push means sending it out, as with social posts, emails or ads. From April 2026 a CA firm's website may push non-exclusive services, but services reserved for CAs, such as audit and attestation, stay pull-only.

Sending due-date reminders and checklists to existing clients who have agreed to receive them is normal client service. Sending promotional messages to people who are not clients would amount to soliciting work, which Clause (6) still prohibits. We set up consent records and keep the two lists apart.

Yes. Trader clients in Bengaluru's wholesale core judge practitioners by language, speed and recommendations from other traders. For those practices we usually focus on an accurate map listing, a simple Kannada and English website, and WhatsApp handling of document requests rather than broad campaigns.

If the firm or any of its partners is a CA in practice, we treat the firm's marketing under ICAI's guidelines, because the professional responsibility attaches to the members. A separately constituted non-CA company may market under ordinary law, but the two must not be presented as one to sidestep the rules.

Yes. Job adverts for the member's own office, trainees under articleship included, sit within a recognised exemption, so long as nothing in them promotes the firm or hints that it outshines others. A plain post with role, location and how to apply is the safe format.

Enquiries by source and service, the questions people asked, pages that gained or lost visibility, posts published, any paid spend and its result, and what we plan next. For Bengaluru practices we also note how deadline weeks went, so the next season's plan improves.

KaamGPT's people sit in Bengaluru and meet clients over the phone, on WhatsApp and in video calls. Most accounting firms prefer that, since partners can review drafts between client calls. You can reach us on +91 79767 82366 to set up a first discussion.

No. Lead volume depends on your services, capacity, location and the rules you work under, and a CA firm cannot use several tactics that drive volume in other industries. A sound agency, as our <a href="/best-digital-marketing-agency-in-bengaluru">Bengaluru digital marketing guide</a> argues, explains what is lawful, sets measurable steps and reports honestly, rather than promising numbers.

Directories are now named in the write-up definition. Firms may also appear on public procurement listings like GeM and on ICAI's own CA Connect portal. App-based aggregators that also list tradespeople may not be used for services reserved for CAs, though non-exclusive services may be listed.

Newsletters to existing clients and people who have asked to subscribe are fine and useful around budget day and deadline changes. Bought lists or unsolicited mail to likely clients would, for a CA practice, amount to soliciting work. For non-CA firms, consent under the DPDP Act and a clear opt-out are the baseline.

ICAI will not vet a write-up in advance, and its Code of Ethics points an unsure member toward the Ethical Standards Board. We will set out the tactic, the relevant guideline and the risk in writing, and leave the decision with the partners, without running anything until it is resolved.