How we work
Three steps. No mystery.
Every Mizenna engagement follows the same shape, because the shape is the point: first see everything, then fix what needs fixing, then keep it running, permanently.
The engagement model
Diagnostic Fixed fee
A written map of every obligation, exposure, and opportunity, in every jurisdiction you touch. Yours to keep and act on with anyone.
You leave knowing exactly what needs doing and in what order. Most clients call this the most useful document they've ever received from an advisor.
Remediation Scoped, fixed fee
Catch-up filings, restructuring, cleanup of whatever the diagnostic found. Scoped precisely, priced before we begin.
Everything brought current. No loose ends, no exposure left unaddressed.
Stewardship Annual retainer
The calendar runs, filings happen, books close, the picture stays whole. Year after year, without you carrying any of it.
Compliance becomes infrastructure, not anxiety. You run your business; we run your obligations.
The Mizenna Standard
Four commitments, stated plainly.
- Every deadline on a shared calendar you can see. No more wondering whether something is due. Your whole compliance year is visible, to you and to us, from day one of the engagement.
- Every fee agreed before work begins. No hourly meters. No surprise invoices. Every scope is fixed in writing before we start. You always know what you're paying.
- Every question answered within one business day. Not a target. A commitment. One contact, one consistent answer. You will never be left wondering where things stand.
- Every year closed with a written summary of what was filed, where, and why. A complete record of the year's compliance activity, in plain language. Yours to keep, share with counsel, or hand to a successor advisor.
In practice
How this plays out.
A Gulf trading company enters the US
A Dubai-based trader needed a US presence for American customers. We selected the entity, formed in Delaware, obtained the EIN without an SSN, registered the state obligations, and built the full filing calendar, Form 5472 included.
First year closed: every filing on time, zero penalties, one team across both countries.
A US software company expands to India
A growing SaaS business hired its first Bengaluru engineers. We structured the subsidiary, set up Form 5471 reporting, aligned transfer pricing on the inter-company flows, and applied the treaty positions.
Both sides of the border compliant from day one, and a board that sees one consolidated picture.
A founder prepares a seed round
A founder approached diligence with books that hadn't closed in a year. We rebuilt them to US GAAP, prepared the data room, cleaned the cap table, and put the Delaware topco in place before the first investor call.
Diligence passed without a single accounting question stalling the round.
Representative engagements: composites of the situations we handle. Details are altered; client confidentiality is absolute.
Experience
Fifteen years in India.
Eight in the UAE.
Mizenna brings that cross-border depth to American compliance. The same discipline, the same standard, now for the US.
Most US advisors understand US tax. Few understand what happens when a business crosses into the Gulf, India, or Singapore. Mizenna was built at that intersection. Market-entry structuring, treaty positions, and multi-jurisdiction holding architecture aren't edge cases here. They're the core work.
15
Years in India
8
Years in the UAE & Gulf
8+
Jurisdictions served
CPA
Signed & attest deliverables
via licensed US CPA partners
The name
Why "Mizenna"
Mizenna comes from mizan, the balance scale, the oldest word for what accounting is. We chose it as a standard, not a decoration: everything weighed, everything reconciled, nothing left hanging over you.
Start with a conversation.
Thirty minutes. Bring your situation; leave with a clear picture of what needs doing and in what order.
No sales pitch. No obligation. Just clarity.