Saiful Ali Email & Phone Number

Bradford, Gb

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

• Working both independently and alongside the wider VAT Team to promote and manage the sale of VAT Consultancy services.• Support the expansion of VAT Consultancy Services and generate income through the achievement of sales targets.• Manage and facilitate routine VAT seminars to potential clients.• Prepare technical VAT documents and communications for clients.• Working with finance and commercial teams to support on billing arrangements. Provide internal and external training to develop the team and clients.• Provide VAT consultancy services to clients such as Partial Exemption and Business/Non-Business reviews; VAT Capital reviews; Output Tax reviews; Contract reviews and; any ad-hoc work required by client organisations in order to meet their VAT statutory obligations.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Advising on technical issuesWorking within and supporting client service teamsProviding high quality Indirect Tax advisory services on a broad range of indirect tax issues to a range of clientsMaintaining, and developing strong relationships with clients and internal colleaguesBecoming the day- to-day contact for allocated clientsAssisting with the innovation of indirect tax opportunities, and the delivery of those opportunitiesDelegating work to and developing new staffAdvising companies on customs and excise due diligence and to ensure that the site is fully HMRC complaintAdvising the businesses about customs and excise statutory requirements and ensuring that these are complied with by reviewing and drafting processes and controlsHelp monitor the management of the duty of suspended stock held in the excise warehouseAdvising to ensure that client sites are fully HMRC complaint – help with completing all HMRC reporting (W5D warrants, W1 monthly stock returns and EMCS for inbound and outbound movements)Advising Legal departments on excise risk in relation to legal requirements and case precedent, Producing reports, including audit reports Helping to minimise administration costs and improve processes Conducting customs and excise reviews and drafting processes, reports and controls.

As a CITEX officer I have responsibility for assuring the compliance of businesses engaged in a wide range of taxes and regimes.I deal with the control and movement of goods in to and out of the European Community. I have to make sure satisfactory level of due diligence checks are being carried out by traders.I have responsibility in the control of registered traders in Alcohol, Oils, Betting and Gaming, Environmental Taxes and Tobacco.I make sure wholesalers and traders meet certain standards and be approved prior to trading. They are required to demonstrate they are ‘fit and proper’ to trade. This requires investigating all aspects of the traders life from personal to business. I visit applicants at their premises to carry out check on their ‘Fit and Proper’ status. I am required to carry out ongoing interventions to wholesalers to ensure that registered applicants are continuing to trade in a way that is ‘fit and proper’.My role involves making regular unannounced visits to trader’s premises where I have to deal with confrontation from traders. I have always successfully dealt with these matters calmly. I have gained exceptional negotiation and facilitation skills from my visits to customer premises. Investigating alcohol trade to ensure compliance. I set conditions and make seizures when none compliance is identified. These decisions have to be made while on trader’s premises and I have to ensure I strictly follow standards and procedures. As seizure cases go to tribunals this experience has developed my organisational skills. I am well organised when I make seizures or refuse approvals. I make sure I have good evidence before I make any kind of decision.

Bradford, United Kingdom

Researching, analysing and interpreting changing tax legislation – keep up to date with all old and new tax laws to be able to advise taxpayers correctly and effectively, they include high net worth individuals, employers, Agent and the general public. Working with tax law and revenue provisions – make sure when advising he is taking into consideration all tax rules are being complied with. Liaising and negotiating with customer regarding tax liabilities – When Taxpayers can’t afford to pay their liabilities I deal with face to face appointments and phone calls where he has to negotiate a payment plan. Deal with complaints effectively via pacesetter methods. This includes processing complaints through the right channels and having regular updates. I ensure all stakeholders effected are kept inform of the complaints progress via phone, email and post. Help reduce tax liabilities where mistakes have been made or the taxpayer has missed out expenses, reliefs and professional subscriptions. Interpreting compliance (tax) returns & PAYE codes – knowledge of tax allows me to advise people on all compliance rules when it comes to self-assessments whether it’s to do with individuals, partnerships and trusts. My experience in PAYE & employment tax allows me to advise taxpayers on complex tax codes this sometimes is related to self-assessment so knowledge of both PAYE and Self-Assessment gives me superior ability to deal with queries effectively. Overseeing the completion of Tax Returns and advising on all aspects of the form. I also look through completed tax returns for manual calculations and check for any discrepancies. Establishing and structuring customer trusts. Providing guidance on taxation issues such as VAT and Corporation Tax. I have full knowledge when it comes to calculating VAT and doing returns. Manual Calculations – To help customers understand benefits, relief, subscription, investment income and u/p coded.