Advisories over import compliance, HSN classification, FTA-CAROTAR, MOOWR, DBK, Bonded Warehouse, Liaison, litigation, etc.

Classification of goods, exemptions, GST-ITC

Indirect tax: -Central excise - preparing replies in upcoming and ongoing litigation;Facing service tax audit - liaison with department during audit and preconsultation.Customs - Advisory for enterprises evaluating a shift to India.Drafting opinion on Indirect tax (Excise, Service tax and Gujarat Vat) related to provisioning in financial reports.State incentives: -Evaluating eligibility for large and mega industrial projects in various states of India; Preparing and filing applications in time with the Industries Department of the Govt of Gujarat and follow-up.

Legal:- Opinion forming in the area of evaluating possibilities in appealing against judicial orders (unfavorable to the govt.)Tax Recovery: - Initiating attachment of properties for recovery of defaulted arrears in state taxes.

Anti-Evasion:- Concluded several cases of evasion of service tax, including many under Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme.

Anti-Evasion.

Audit:- Thoroughly implemented Computer Assisted Audit Program (CAAP) for EA-2000 audits of about 35 factories spread 200 km under the Kolhapur Commissionerate.

Adjudication:- Redrafted hundreds of SCNs under central excise and service tax laws. Collected legal material for several quasi-judicial proceedings.

"Audit:- Learnt auditing factories for central excise as well as service tax compliance by methods combining EA-2000 norms and with help of Computer Assistance(CAAP) under Pune - I Commissionerate. Audited about 70 Units.Offered lectures at Mahratta Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI), Pune, on topics related to Central Excise and Service Tax."

S&I:- Handled reports in respect of Service Tax collection in the commissionerate.ComAdmin(Commissionerate Administrator):- Did all that can be done for implementing Automation of Central Excise & Service Tax (ACES) in Pune-I Comm'te. Designed and allocated the Roles and RoleGroups under ACES to officers in the commissionerate as well as Chief Commissioner's Office.Offered lecture at Mahratta Chamber of Commerce and Industries (MCCI), Pune, on topic 'Registration under Central Excise Law'.

Survey, Inspection & Verification(SIV) - Service Tax:- Brought to book several cases of evasion of service tax. Finalized demand SCNs related to evasion by software units.

Vadgaonsheri Range - Bond Officer and Sector Offr for STP/EHTP/EOU/Excise routine operations of industry names like Cummins, Honeywell, Tatas, Tyco, Zensar, Cybage, Dell, Jonhson & Johnson, Mahindras, Mercedez, Phillips, Atlas Copco, Concentric, Mphasis, Spadeworks, Crest, and many more..

Pune VI Divn -Handling paperwork for IGCR, registration, jobwork, exempt units, etc

Anti-Evasion. Conducted dozens of searches(raids), (participated in innumerable), from Pune, over Mumbai, New Delhi, Daman(DDNH), Vapi and Goa. Assisted in concluding of several investigations and drafted many SCNs alleging evasion of Central Excise or Customs duties. Brought to end several evasion cases and actively pursued new detection up to filing prosecution

OPERATION SWAN - Coastal Patrol upto 12 nautical miles jointly with INDIAN NAVY and STATE POLICE - Headed patrol team for 1000 hours off Malwan port in equipped boat.SHORE GUARD - Road patrol up to 50 km inland. Other significant achievement: Signed off containerized cargo of local fresh fish near local port for export through Mumbai port. First ever container-sealing by Customs lower formation without help of Central Excise staff.Coastal 100% EOU in Port-town - Incharge Inspector

Filed Application in Central Administrative Tribunal for 'notional' parity with the pay of the Inspector of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over the period of effectiveness of the Fourth Pay Commission.

Central Excise Range - Chakan. In addition to Range work handled all CERA correspondence and got all pendency cleared.

Revenue Task Force - Managed first time use of Pagers for communication with 40 Range Officers in field under Pune Commissionerate. Handled transmission of more than 1000 messages in achieving revenue targets for the commissionerate.

Handled Excise returns for 40 to 60 factories in Bhosari MIDC Area, including second top taxpayer in the Commissionerate.

Primarily assessed RT-12 returns for about 40 manufacturing units. Attended to sealing of hundreds of export consignments for about two dozen factories. Handled correspondence regarding CERA, Show Cause Notices, Input & Capital Goods Declarations. Drew hundreds of samples of chemicals and pharmaceuticals and proposed approvals and/or disapprovals of the tariff classifications with help of Laboratory Reports, Central Excise Tariff and the HSN. i made first time use of computer for a multi-crore demand in early 1997. Proposed bifurcation of the Range.

Adjudication Section. Dealt correspondence of all Unconfirmed and Confirmed Arrears relating to districts Ratnagiri & Sindhudurga. Manual Reports and Reconciliation of figures with Commissionerate at Pune.

Marketed the largest range(200 products) of Diagnostic Reagents for the market leader(50% share of Indian Subcontinent), to pathology labs, blood banks and major hospitals within the districts of Pune, Satara, Sangli, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri and Raigad.Apart from booking sales handled work related to dealer appointment, dealer recovery, customer service, complaint redressal, product survey, competitor activity reports, etc. Also manned shop at annual seminars of Pathologists and Microbiologists, both statewide and subcontinental.