Yatin Pahuja

Tax Reporting

• Ensuring timely compliance of all typical tax obligations applicable to Indian legal entities and Foreign companies, including advance tax computations, tax audits, TP audits, master files, Cbcr, ITR, WHT, SFT filings.
• Designing and monitoring effective risk management framework and control standards over critical tax reporting and tax payment functions.
• Driving transformation across various tax processes to enhance operational efficiency and delivery standards.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders across the organisation (Business, Tax leads, Regional SPOCS) in respect of critical tax obligations, transaction advisory and M&A deals.
• Managing Group’s relationship with Revenue authorities. Handling income tax assessments including Transfer Pricing from tax officer to appellate levels, in collaboration with external advisors.
• Engaging in legal entity rationalization projects to simplify the Group’s operating structure and achieve synergies.

Tax Accounting

• Preparation cum review of monthly group tax provisioning of India entities in accordance with Group reporting standards including necessary GL postings.
• Assisting statutory auditor in finalization of the statutory accounting tax provisions, deferred tax computations, as well as other tax related disclosures in the financial statements.

Tax Advisory

• Collaborating with regional tax advisory leads to review critical tax advisories on the subject of secondment, PE, BEPS 2.0, tax efficient repatriation options, WHT on cross border payments.
• Documenting Group’s tax position in respect of routine/non-routine transactions, principal investments undertaken by Business.

• Assisting in corporate tax and regulatory compliance (SEZ, RBI) for diversified clientele.
• Tax due diligences and annual health check up to assess the compliance scale, risk areas and suggesting rationalization measures.
• Dispute resolution - Representation before Revenue authorities for various tax matters, and appellate authorities till High Court level.
• Tax advisories on key tax issues of domestic and international taxation, judicial precedents and demystifying Union Budget.