Valsad, Gujarat, India
Strategic tax and litigation professional with deep expertise in Indian direct and indirect taxation, driving strategic tax governance, litigation management, regulatory risk mitigation, and business-aligned tax advisory. With extensive experience across Income Tax, GST, corporate tax, assessments, audits, investigations, and appellate litigation, I partner with business leadership to navigate complex regulatory environments, manage high-stakes tax controversies, and deliver commercially sound, legally robust solutions. My experience spans end-to-end tax leadership across dispute resolution, tax risk management, transaction advisory, compliance governance, and stakeholder management involving tax authorities, consultants, auditors, and business leadership. Key areas of leadership include: • Tax litigation strategy and controversy management • GST and indirect tax governance • Corporate and direct tax advisory • Regulatory risk assessment and mitigation • Tax structuring for business transactions and commercial arrangements • Assessment, audit, investigation, and appellate representation • Input tax credit strategy and dispute resolution • Cross-functional advisory to finance, legal, operations, and business teams • Tax process strengthening, controls, and compliance governance I believe tax leadership extends beyond compliance. Effective tax strategy must protect enterprise value, support commercial decision-making, and proactively manage regulatory exposure in an increasingly complex environment. My professional approach combines legal precision, strategic judgment, commercial pragmatism, and solution-oriented leadership to resolve contentious issues while enabling sustainable business outcomes. Passionate about leadership conversations around taxation, regulatory transformation, dispute strategy, governance, and finance-risk integration. Open to connecting with professionals, business leaders, and experts shaping the future of tax and regulatory strategy.
• Oversee comprehensive Income Tax operations and ensure timely filing of IT returns, Tax Audit, and various forms, managing assessments and compliance procedures to maintain seamless Income Tax operations. • Spearhead tax compliance responsibilities for Atul Limited and 43 domestic subsidiary companies, overseeing tax matters' profitability across key global operations in China, UAE, Brazil, USA, Ireland, and UK, including evaluating operational feasibility in new markets like Bangladesh. • Conduct meticulous reviews of advance tax workings, quarterly and annual financials with a tax-focused approach, ensuring compliance and optimization. • Represented in personal appearances up to ITAT level, supporting legal proceedings before High Court and Supreme Court, managing tax auditors and statutory auditors, and executing precise risk mitigation strategies via gap analysis and due diligence within tax frameworks. • Analyze Cost Audit Reports and annual reports of peer companies to identify areas for enhanced profitability and devise strategic improvements. • Expertise in interpreting and analyzing legal provisions across Acts, Rules, Circulars, Notifications, and Statutes, along with filing representations and engaging in pre-budget memorandum discussions with high-level committees and top management on Direct and Indirect Tax matters. • Manage transfer pricing for specified domestic and international transactions, review GSTR returns, coordinate annual audits, and handle submissions while liaising with tax authorities for assessments, exemptions, rectifications, and rebate/refunds. • Provide financial performance and MIS reports during Monthly Business Meetings (MBM), aiding top management in decision-making processes related to profitability and cost-effective production management. • Proficiently draft petitions and appeals filed before ITAT levels, driving annual income tax assessments, rectification applications, and more in-house.
• Supervising Income Tax matters including ensuring timely filing of IT returns and other forms (Tax Audit, 10CCB, 3CEB, 3CEAB) as well as replies to the department during assessment proceedings; ensuring smooth conduct of Income tax operations. • Review of advance tax workings, quarter closing workings and annual financials from tax perspective. • Attending personal hearings of Income Tax upto Commissioner level; assisting Consultants and Advocates for matters pending before ITAT, High Court and Supreme Court. • Identifying grey areas and preparing risk mitigation based gap analysis • Review of Cost Audit Reports / Annual report of peer companies, • Interpreting and analysing the legal provisions made in the Acts, Rules, Circulars, Notifications and other Statutes • Managing issues relating to determination of transfer pricing for specified domestic transactions as well as international transactions. • Managing tax auditor and statutory auditors predominantly of income tax related data and CARO reporting. • Arranging for timely remittance of advance tax / Tax Deduction at Source and filing of returns under Income Tax matters; liaising with tax authorities for assessments, exemptions, rectifications and claiming rebate / refunds. • Drafting and reviewing annual/monthly highlights for top management to have a birds eye view on matters dealt during the period. • Ensuring analysis of the expenditure on a monthly basis to control expenses. • Preparation of Legal MIS of overall legal function of Direct Taxation and Indirect Taxation • Exposure of having dealt with matters of allied laws such as Benami matters, Mining matters and Land Tax matters. • Furnishing financial performance/MIS reports to top management to facilitate the decision making process related to management of profitability and cost of production • Drafting petitions and appeals to be filed in the court of law; worked with tax planners to resolve tax issues