Tax expert with 19+ years of experience in Management Consultancy, Transaction restructuring, Automation, Litigation handling (related to all IDT laws - GST, Customs, Excise, Service Tax, VAT, CST), GST Advisory, planning and compliance

Heading the tax functions, responsible for benefits optimization, minimization of cash outflow by utilizing tax-free avenues at source level, ensuring complete compliance, automation of tax function by synchronizing it with the ERP to increase the level of accuracy, efficiency, productivity, transparency, reliability and to focus on team development. Presently also leading the GST implementation project.

Heading the tax functions, responsible for benefits optimization, minimization of cash outflow by utilizing tax-free avenues at source level, ensuring complete compliance, automation of tax function by synchronizing it with the ERP to increase the level of accuracy, efficiency, productivity, transparency, reliability and to focus on team development

Heading the tax functions, responsible for benefits optimization, minimization of cash outflow by utilizing tax-free avenues at source level, ensuring complete compliance, automation of tax function by synchronizing it with the ERP to increase the level of accuracy, efficiency, productivity, transparency, reliability and to focus on team development

To provide tax opinion to the clients;To perform ongoing review of all the transactions entered done or to be done by the client from taxation aspects;To ensure the proper compliance of Direct and Indirect laws in the matters related to the clients;To calculate the monthly TDS / TCS, quarterly Advance Income Tax, Self Assessment Tax u/s 140A, monthly Central Excise / Service Tax / VAT / CST / WCT liability for the client;To assist the client in calculating the impact of Accounting Standard 22 (Deferred Taxes) issued by ICAI;To assist the client in handling day-to-day affairs and correspondence with the Revenue Authorities and preparing replies to the letters/ notices issued by the Government departments like Income Central Excise department/Tax authorities;To assist the client in ERP (Oracle) implementation regarding the matters related to taxation as well as accounting related to taxation. Providing proper guidance to ERP team to understand the reports required for TDS/VAT /CST/Excise/Service Tax compliances or to prepare the export documents;To assist the client, regarding the taxation matters, in correspondence with the suppliers or customers and providing opinions as per the client’s requirement. Eg. one client had wrongly deposited a substantial amount of TDS without recovering the same from the payee and I assisted the client to get the same recovered from payee by convincing the payee to go for the refund route with I.T. Department ;To prepare reconciliation statement between tax credits, viz, CENVAT Credit, Input Tax Credit etc. as per statutory records and financial accounts.

Representing the company to the tax authorities and handling day-to-day affairs of the company;Coordinating with consultants and lawyers working on the cases of the comnpany, proving the necessary inputs to them and ensuring the best outcome for the company;Ensuring the legal compliance in respect of Income Tax, Central Excise, Service Tax and VAT laws;Ensure the timely issuance of statutory forms to the suppliers and the customers;Assisting the Corporate office in income tax assessment;Handled Revenue audits conducted by Central Excise, Service Tax & Commercial Tax department;Reviewing the processes for possible revenue leakages and suggest process improvement;Optimising the Tax benefits, ensuring minimum tax outflow by doing proper Tax planning;Preparing the reconciliation between the tax balances as per financial accounts and Tax records for the differnces (if any) with proper justification;Preparing the reconciliation between the financial accounts and HR department's records for Travel advances, Loans, recoveries etc.

Handling Indirect Taxation matters of my clients;Drafting of reply to Show Cause Notices, written submissions;Preparing Appeal books at Commissioner (Appeals) and CESTAT level;Providing opinions to clients under Central Excise & Service Tax laws;Assist the clients in handling day-to-day affairs with the Revenue Authorities;Representing the client in Departmental Audits like Excise & Service Tax Audits;Performing Indirect Tax Review of the clients

After qualifying as a CA, I finished my remaining articleship from M/s R. Gopal & Associates, Chartered Accountants (one of the leading Chartered Accountant's firms in Jamshedpur) upto Jun’06.I have independently handled the Statutory Audit of Tata Steel Ltd’s Employee’s Pension Scheme and Internal Audit of TDM’s office of BSNL at Dumka during my articleship.

I did my Articleship from M. Moonka & Co. under guidance of a very focused and knowledgeble principal, CA. Manish Moonka, who had always been a mentor during my articleship. He always encouraged us to focus on reading and learing instead of short-cuts, and it certainily helped me to grow as a good professional