Attending sessions, research, presentations, writing papers and networking

[i] Outbound Investment structuring [including tax efficient consolidation process for a Software Group and IP structuring][ii] Assisted in obtaining Research and Development Incentives for Group's in Kerala [iii] Assisted in achieving a Tax efficient operational and transaction structuring for a Retail Group [iv] Business Development [including conducting workshops and sessions with respect to services offered n India][v] Due Diligence - Business and Tax point of view

[i] Analysing tax thresholds for business travelers, as per local country tax laws, tax treaties and followed by IBM precedents for business travelers;[ii] Understanding the current process involved for business travelers to ensure compliances from worldwide taxation point of view;[iii] Advising the business unit heads and project managers on the tax thresholds applicability for each country by understanding the arrangement of business (internal and external contract);[iv] Implementing the new process of identifying the taxable business travelers (pro-actively and retrospectively) in order to ensure worldwide tax compliances;[v] Guiding and training the team members on understanding the basic concepts of tax laws, analysing the tax treaties and applying the tax treaties effectively;[vi] People management – accommodating team members from different background like from IA Tax team, Business Controls, Payroll and HR; and[vii] Project management – Metrics reporting and review of the current process for further improvements for 2nd phase of the project.

Specialized in Outbound Investment Advisory Services [as a part of Mergers and Acquisition team][i] Analyzing the business models for Indian and Overseas group;[ii] Analyzing the following preliminary options - - Potential options in increasing the operational tax efficiency for the Group company’s; - Efficient utilization of tax losses within the Group company’s; - Overseas Investment Structuring by Indian company’s (including Green-field set-up and Brown field set-up); - Advising Indian company’s on “tax efficient cash repatriation” from investment overseas; - Advisory services on reducing the Global effective tax cost – as per the Indian tax and regulatory laws - read with relevant overseas jurisdiction tax laws and Tax Treaties.[iii] Assisted on high-level tax due diligence prior to initiating the transaction (including acquisition or hive-off of the business);[iv] Assisted on analyzing the cross-border transaction (including withholding tax on payments to non-residents – classification of payments etc); and[v] Assisted Indian Group's in Merger and De-merger process (including drafting the scheme of amalgamation or arrangement).

Specialized in Expatriate Taxation - Employer and Employee compliance (including advisory services)