Sameer Athanikar Email & Phone Number

Performance driven professional with sixteen plus years of experience in areas of Direct tax & Indirect TaxExperience in handling Direct Tax of Corporate includes Income Tax , Withholding Taxes ,Transfer Pricing. Experience in handling Indirect Taxes includes VAT , Service Tax & Now GST with the team members.Hands on SAP FICO module and developing chart of accounts for Integration of Accounting with Taxation reports.Instrumental in driving systems in GST law ,Impact analysis on the critical areas of the system, Integration of system, Data mining for various reports required for GST tax calculation & for the returns. Independently successfully handled EA 2000 service tax Audit & Experience of handling of Assessment of VAT for Various States & Service Tax matters at various levels. Successfully handled taxation at regular assessment, CIT (A) & liaising with Counselor in ITAT for corporate complex issues. Independently successfully handling experience of EA 2000 Audit for service Tax. Assessment of VAT for Various States & Service Tax issue.Liaising with Internal & Statutory auditor for finalization of accounts,Preparing of Tax Audit report and Transfer Pricing return, documentation of Related party transaction, SLA contract for Intercompany transactions of sales, service and management support. Effective Tax planning at corporate level and providing support in dealing with Government vendors, Contractors / Procurement team in minimizing costs.Risk Assessment for critical activity of the organisation as well developing Internal control for mitigating riskAn effective leader with good communication, analytical, team building and relationship management skills – both within the organization and with external stakeholders. Expertise in conceptualizing & implementing processes and thus ensure timely & accurate statutory compliance under relevant statute.