The situation
A startup's ESOP scheme had been administered without a clear model of the perquisite tax and valuation implications for employees at exercise, creating a latent liability estimated at roughly ₹1 crore across the pool.
The approach
The ESOP scheme was reviewed against current valuation and tax rules, the exercise and vesting mechanics were corrected, and a compliant administration process was put in place going forward.
The outcome
The exposure was identified and resolved before it crystallized into an employee-facing tax liability or a compliance finding.
A composite, anonymized account built from the kind of engagement Clairvoyis regularly handles, not a case-by-case record of a single named client.