Direct Tax Services
We offer fully integrated Direct Tax advisory and litigation services.
Direct Tax Litigation Services:
Direct Tax litigation requires a comprehensive approach involving people with adequate understanding of tax laws and insightful handling of controversial issues.
The firm’s approach has been to prepare the case from the first level of litigation to the higher courts to ensure a uniform strategy with relevant evidence to support the positions taken by the tax payer.
In the area of litigation, we represent clients before quasi-judicial authorities, Tribunals and High court.
Our services in this area include:
• Representation before Assessing Officer and other tax authorities during the course of audit or investigation by the revenue authorities.
• Drafting & submitting appeal and appearance before Commissioner Appeal, Income Appellant Tribunal, High Courts.
• Advisory on litigation strategy and its implementation.
• Diagnostic review of litigation history and assistance in litigation risk analysis.
• Assistance in evaluating sustainability of tax positions and assistance in remedial actions.
International Tax Advisory Services:
Our objective is to help businesses achieve global tax efficiency by minimising tax incidence and reducing tax and compliance costs in multiple jurisdictions.
Our international tax services include:
• Advise on International tax treaties entered into by India and related tax planning.
• Advise and provide assistance on specific provisions applicable to non- residents.
• Assistance with preparation and filing for applications before the Authority for Advance Ruling.
• Outbound investment advisory
• Outbound due diligence
• Advise on BEPS rules and the multi-lateral instrument entered in to by India
• Applicability of BEPS and GAAR for international tax structures Advise on equalisation levy and other forms of digital payments such as cloud computing, etc.
• Advise on investment treaties signed by India
• Assistance with Mutual Agreement Procedure under the tax treaties
Tax Advisory Services:
Our Direct Tax Advisory services include providing services relating to tax assessments, tax advisory, structuring and investment strategy, due diligence and litigation.
Our attorneys advice tax payers on issues relating to business re-structuring, setting up new units, withholding taxes, royalty and fee for technical services, transfer pricing and contracting.
Our tax attorneys have undertaken investment structuring, tax due diligence and review. We also advice on various clauses that have tax impact.
Our key Direct Tax Advisory Services offerings are:
• Statutory compliance support
• Tax diagnostic reviews to identify uncertain tax positions and ensure risk mitigation
• Tax withholding health checks
• Tax minimisation and optimisation strategies, availability of tax deductions, etc. and other tax planning ideas.
• Review of applicability of ICDS and related disclosures
• Review of Ind-AS applicability and related action points
• Review and applicability of POEM
• Advise regarding applicability of GAAR Identification of uncertain tax positions for FIN-48 purpose