Damini Agarwal
Chartered Accountant (CA)
Bengaluru
Summary
Motivated Accounts head with 6-7 years of progressive experience in diverse fields including audit and taxation. Energetic self-starter and team builder. Navigates high-stress situations and achieves goals on time and under budget.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Accounts Head
Witcorp India Advisors LLP
Bengaluru
09.2017 - Current
- Increased revenue by obtaining and securing new accounts while providing value-added services to existing clients.
- Complete Accounting and compliance handling of clients including Bank reconciliation, Processing Payroll, Managing invoicing
- Communicated with customers to immediately determine and resolve problems, avoiding escalation.
- Handling International Tax Advisories for Foreign subsidiaries.
- Handled transfer pricing assignments and remittances outside India.
- Conducting meetings with clients to gather data, help resolve pending issues.
- Provided exemplary level of service to clients, maintaining and improving relationships for future business opportunities.
- Attended customer onboarding meetings to understand fundamental motivations and issues and translated identified challenges into features.
- Conducting presentations for employees to train them on their personal taxation aspects.
Finance & Accounts Associate
Cleartax
Bengaluru
05.2017 - 08.2017
- Handled tax audits of traders dealing in securities trading .
- Individual Tax returns
- GST registration and filings
- Return filings for Partnership firms, LLP, Private limited company etc.
- ROC filings for the Private limited companies and LLPs
- Incorporation as well as winding up of companies
Tax Associate
Pricewaterhousecoopers
Gurgaon
05.2015 - 05.2017
- Direct- Individual Tax Compliance - Independently conducting tax briefings with the inbound/outbound assignees. Application for PAN of the foreign company and consultation of documents in process. Consulation of the documents for PAN application of the company. Review of assignee tax returns, Form 16, NOC (30A & 30C), withholding/hypothetical tax computation.
- Tax Treaty Application & Analysis - Review of revised tax return of ROR outbound assignees taxing their global giving credit for foreign taxes paid. Analysis of PE implications, residency tie breaker clause of tax treaty and split residency concept. TRC procurement.
- Understanding the Tax Equalization Policy of the clients and review of Hypothetical tax (TEQ).
- Preparation of Advance Tax computation, Advising assignees for section 80C investments
- Tax Withholding Compliance : Preparation of TDS return inputs to be filed by the company quarterly.
- Direct-Individual Tax Provisions Analysis, research and Advisory: Review of company Car lease policy from Individual tax perspective (JCB). Analysis of taxability of salary components (Apple). Compensation and Benefit Analysis (IKEA). Taxability of ULIP and employee stock options.
- Conducted presentations: Capital Gains, DTAA, Position papers, Recent Case laws and amendments in the CE sessions of direct tax – Global Mobility Services.
- Application and compliance of tax treaties/DTAA between the country of assignment and India for taking the benefit in case of double taxation.
- Handling Tax scrutiny assessments of the assignees.
- Team handling.
Education
Chartered Accountant - Accounting And Finance
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
Kanpur, UP 12.2009 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Business Management
CSJM University
Kanpur, UP 04.2009 - 03.2012
Skills
Accounting and Bookeeping
Accounting Software : Quickbooks
Customer Relationship
Timeline
Accounts Head
Witcorp India Advisors LLP
09.2017 - Current
Finance & Accounts Associate
Cleartax
05.2017 - 08.2017
Tax Associate
Pricewaterhousecoopers
05.2015 - 05.2017
Chartered Accountant - Accounting And Finance
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
12.2009 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting And Business Management
CSJM University
04.2009 - 03.2012