Girija Srinivasan, CA
Partner, Cross-Border Tax & Corporate FP&A, Rubric Financial
LinkedInChartered Accountant with 15+ years in finance leadership, ERP, and cross-border compliance. Leads U.S.-India cross-border tax and corporate FP&A at Rubric Financial.
About Girija
Girija is a Partner at Rubric Financial and leads the firm's U.S.–India cross-border tax and corporate FP&A practice. She is a Chartered Accountant (CA) with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, holds the Grad CWA (Cost Accountant) designation from the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, and is completing her U.S. CPA licensure. Her Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance is from Ethiraj College for Women.
Before joining Rubric Financial, Girija spent more than 15 years in senior finance and systems leadership. Four of those years were as General Manager, Finance at Multivista Global, where she owned the full finance function end to end; the surrounding years covered ERP implementation, systems-and-process consulting, and, most recently, SAP cloud implementation.
At Rubric Financial she works directly with owners and finance leaders on the U.S.–India cross-border side of tax and compliance, on corporate FP&A build-outs (budgets, rolling forecasts, variance analysis, and management reporting), and on the accounting-system infrastructure that lets the numbers arrive fast enough to be useful.
Guides by Girija
Tax
Form 3520: Reporting Gifts and Inheritances from Family Abroad
A gift or inheritance from a parent abroad is usually not taxable in the U.S., but above $100,000 it must be reported on Form 3520. The threshold, the aggregation rule, the 5%-per-month penalty, and how to fix a late filing.
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Foreign Interest Income on a U.S. Return: Savings, Fixed Deposits, and NRE/NRO Accounts
Interest on accounts abroad is taxable to a U.S. resident even when it is tax-free at home. How NRE, NRO, FCNR, and fixed deposit interest is reported, when the foreign tax credit applies, and how the accounts hit FBAR and Form 8938.
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Selling Property Abroad as a U.S. Resident: Gain, Foreign Tax Credit, and Repatriation
How the U.S. taxes the sale of a flat or land abroad: computing the gain in dollars, why there is no indexation, how tax withheld at source becomes a credit on Form 1116, and what your accountant abroad handles. Written with India as the worked example.
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Substantial Presence Test: When a Visa Holder Becomes a U.S. Tax Resident
The 31-day and 183-weighted-day test that makes an H-1B, L-1, or other visa holder a U.S. tax resident, the exempt-day rules for students, dual-status first and last years, the first-year choice, and ITINs for a spouse or parents.
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U.S. Citizens Living in India: How to File U.S. Taxes from Abroad
Americans and green card holders living in India still file a U.S. return every year. Form 2555 versus the foreign tax credit, the June 15 extension, FBAR and Form 8938 at the overseas thresholds, EPF, self-employment tax with no totalization agreement, and catching up with zero penalty.
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Form 5472 for a Foreign-Owned U.S. LLC or Corporation
A U.S. company that is 25% or more owned from abroad, including a single-member LLC owned by an Indian individual or company, files Form 5472 every year. What counts as a reportable transaction, the pro forma Form 1120, the $25,000 penalty, and the state and owner-level filings that come with it.
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Girija runs client engagements directly. Scoped to your business, quoted as a fixed monthly fee after a discovery call, no rotating team.