Direct Tax Services

It is crucial to understand the developments in regulatory and tax requirements, their impact on your business and to use them strategically to your advantage. Keeping pace with new compliances and meeting them becomes a daunting task for most businesses. We understand that effective tax planning for enterprises requires both technical resources and in-depth knowledge of each client’s unique financial situation. In a highly competitive landscape, aligning your tax strategy to your business strategy is a critical part of optimising profit margins.

Indeed, an effective tax-cost management provides a distinct competitive advantage. This requires the application of appropriate tax strategies proactively identified and surgically implemented. Our specialist teams provide a holistic and the most tax-effective solutions to large multinational companies, mid-size businesses, high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs looking to grow their businesses.

We offer a comprehensive blend of fully integrated tax services combining tax advisory, tax litigation, tax regulatory and compliance services, helping the clients in variety of intricate tax issues.

Corporate Tax

We have a highly experienced team of corporate tax professionals to deal with an increasingly complex body of tax legislation. Tax planning plays an important part and our primary objective is to help mitigate the burden of taxation within the confines of the law. Our focus areas offer unique tax services that help increase cash flow and/or decrease effective tax rates.

Our key corporate tax service offerings are:

Corporate Tax Advisory

  • Tax planning
  • Tax diagnostic reviews
  • Tax withholding health checks
  • Tax minimisation and optimisation strategies
  • Tax deductions assessments
  • Tax optimisation on various transactions

Corporate tax compliance

  • Registration & Compliance Management
  • Assistance in preparation and filing of withholding tax returns
  • Assistance in preparation and advise on advance tax payments
  • Preparation and filing of tax returns

Corporate tax representation and litigation

  • Assistance in drafting tax representation before Assessing Officer and other tax authorities during the course of audit or investigation by the revenue authorities
  • Tax litigation support before revenue and appellate authorities (Appeals, DRP and ITAT)
  • Assisting external counsels for representation before Hon’ble High Courts and Supreme Court
  • Advisory on litigation approach and its implementation
  • Diagnostic review of litigation risk analysis

International Tax

Our objective is to help businesses achieve global tax efficiency by minimising tax incidence and reducing tax and compliance costs in multiple jurisdictions.

Our team comprises of dedicated tax professionals with in-depth technical knowledge and practical experience, who the client can trust in relation to various tax matters and helps clients manage the complexities of multiple tax systems and cross-border challenges.

Our international tax services include

  • Advise on International tax treaties entered into by India
  • Advise and provide assistance on specific provisions applicable to non-residents
  • Advise on equalisation levy and other forms of digital payments
  • Advise on double taxation avoidance agreements
  • Advise on investment treaties signed by India
  • Tax efficient structuring of cross boarder transaction
  • International tax dispute resolution

Strategize, analyse, evaluate and structure inbound and outbound investments

Transfer Pricing

With objective to effectively navigate the myriad of tax, and regulatory issues in cross-border transactions to help manage compliance risks and potentially enhance returns, the need for factoring in the cross-border dimensions of taxation arises. Properly managing of this aspect is, therefore, crucially important for both MNEs operating in India and for Indian enterprises seeking expansion abroad.

MNEs opt for standardising their Transfer Pricing policy for intra-group transactions, inter alia; to meet with the demands of the respective Tax Jurisdictions they operate in. Our tax advisory service, helps MNEs in formulating TP Policy that may be implemented uniformly within the Group.

We offer the following services under Transfer Pricing Domain

  • Transfer Pricing Policy
  • Domestic Transfer Pricing
  • Due Diligence / Health Check-up
  • Audit, Certification & Study Report
  • Drafting & Review of Inter-Company agreements
  • Financial Transactions, Cost Sharing & Intra Group Services
  • Representation, Litigation, MAPs & APAs
  • Applicability of BEPS and GAAR for international tax structures

Advise on BEPS rules and the multi-lateral instrument entered in to by India