Corporate tax advisory

The ever-evolving tax landscape has had a profound impact on all industries
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Helping our clients attain their business objectives within the regulatory ambit

The ever-evolving tax landscape has had a profound impact on all industries and has forced the companies to view taxation from a strategic standpoint rather than a compliance requirement. Therefore, taxes have become an important element in shaping up of business strategies and hence, upfront advice can help in attaining tax efficiency. Our professionals are guided by a single, strong underlying philosophy – ‘helping our clients attain their business objectives within the regulatory ambit ’. We endeavour to adopt a ‘handholding approach’ which encompasses various aspects of tax advisory.

 

Our key service offerings include

  1. Advice on various domestic as well as international tax matters including cross-border transactions.
  2. Advice from a tax perspective in respect of agreements to be entered into by various parties.
  3. Advice on withholding tax obligations on payments to residents/non-residents.
  4. Tax advisory for positions to be adopted in the tax return.
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  1. Advice on permanent establishment exposure and its tax impact.
  2. Impact analysis of changes in tax treaties owing to introduction of MLI.
  3. Review of operations and analyse the impact of BEPS measures.
  4. Impact analysis of new EQL of 2% on various entities.
  5. Advise on recent developments (e.g. Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Act 2020, refund of Dividend distribution tax, allowability of education cess, etc.).
  1. Analysis of new TCS and Section 194-O provisions basis the business model of the entity.
  2. Analyse the impact of General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) on domestic and cross-border transactions/structuring.
  3. Analyse the impact of Place of Effective Management (POEM) rule for determining tax residential status of a foreign company/overseas group entity in India having regard to global management structure.
  4. Advise on repatriation strategies.
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  1. Advise on the restructuring strategies from tax and regulatory perspective.
  2. Advise on availing foreign tax credits in India or in overseas jurisdictions.
  3. Review pending litigation and other uncertain tax positions, to comment on probability of success and prevention of recurrence.
  4. Carry out diagnostic health check analysis from a tax perspective.

Key Contact

Gaurav Mehndiratta

Partner and National Head, Corporate and International Tax

KPMG in India