We offer our clients a broad range of fully integrated indirect tax services. We combine experience, insight and knowledge to help your company function without hassles.

Our Indirect Tax team has abundant expertise in assisting leading players in the Automotive, Chemicals, Financial Services, Engineering, Procurement and Construction, Infrastructure and other industries by providing VAT and GST Audit services, Litigation Support up to the Tribunal, Advisory and Compliance services.

Leveraging our experience in handling Sales Tax, VAT, Excise and Service Tax issues over the past several years, our team has been actively providing the following Indirect Tax services to clients since the introduction of GST in India:

Services offerings :

GST Audits, Reviews And Health Check

Our team closely follows the emerging GST trends and controversies impacting specific industries to gain insights to modify our approach to audits and we constantly upgrade the skill and knowledge of our teams to continuously deliver quality services.

  • GST Audit under the GST Laws
  • GST Reviews to help identify possible tax saving opportunities and exposures
  • Client specific GST reviews on Classification/ Valuation/ ITC/Refunds
  • Health Checks to plug compliance gaps and tap opportunities

Advisory

We provide client specific advice and opinions through an in-depth analysis of the business models, supply chains, value chains and contracting arrangements specific to a client’s business, in the light of applicable Indirect Tax Laws(ITC).

  • Advising on applicability of taxes on supplies, classification, valuation, place of supply, admissibility of tax benefits/exemptions, ITC claims and tax refunds
  • Opinions on other indirect tax issues/ matters

Consulting

  • Structuring of contracts and transactions to optimise indirect tax incidence
  • Review of contract documentation
  • Formulating indirect tax efficient business models and supply chains

Compliance

  • Assistance in filing of monthly and quarterly returns GST
  • Assistance in validating and filing Annual Return of GST

Representation and Litigations
Support

We ensure a high degree of senior involvement at every stage of the process of drafting replies to notices, appeals, petitions and appearance before authorities upto the Tribunal level.

  • Drafting of appeals, litigations, submissions and replies to notices
  • Appearing before adjudication and appellate authorities up to the Tribunal
  • Obtaining Advance Rulings and Appellate Advance Rulings on GST issues for clients

Refund related Services

Assistance for claiming periodic refunds of accumulated ITC or GST paid on zero rated supplies is provided by validating the tax credits of the specific client and identifying sustainable legal grounds and by rebutting possible allegations of unjust enrichment.

  • Assistance to the clients in validating and filing GST refund claims

Anti-profiteering
compliance assistance

  • Assistance in identifying and tracking changes in triggering Anti- profiteering provisions
  • Periodic review of changes in output tax rates and ITC entitlement
  • Assistance in preparing costing statements to establish compliance with Anti-profiteering provisions

Consulting

  • Tax optimization opinions
  • Assistance in obtaining/amending registrations
  • Instituting corporate governance policies and control frameworks for Indirect Tax compliance
  • Indirect Tax work-flow documentation and process mapping

Due Diligence

  • Indirect Tax due diligence

Structuring

  • Tax Structuring of end-to-end Supply chain

Compliance

  • Assistance in obtaining/amending registrations

Representations on
policy issues

  • Assistance in approaching Government and GST Council for seeking policy changes and procedural simplifications
  • Assistance during audits and investigations by the Tax Department

Certification And Opinions On
Tax issues

  • Statutory Certifications required under GST Laws, Customs Laws and SEZ laws

Customs And foreign Trade Policy Related Services

  • Assistance in filing applications to be recognized as an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO)
  • Support for instituting processes and controls applicable to AEOs
  • Support for getting a brand rate fixed for specific export products
  • Assistance in filing claims for Customs Duty Drawback
  • Representing clients before the DGFT Authorities