Our Tax team helps in formulating effective strategies for optimizing taxes, implementing innovative tax planning and effectively managing compliance. The firm comprises of lawyers and chartered accountants having expertise in INDIRECT taxes and extensive domain knowledge that is complemented by technical proficiency. Our team has a strong reputation in developing new ideas and solutions that have helped clients to improve efficiencies and the underlying industry and business issues that our clients face which help us to customize solutions for their specific needs.
The firm assists its clients in planning and structuring cross border and multi-jurisdictional investments and transactions; advising on international technology transfers and service contracts as well as International EPC contracts, advising on Transfer pricing and advance rulings etc.
We also advise our clients on a wide variety of tax disciplines including income tax; wealth tax; excise duties; customs/import duties and antidumping duties; research & development cess; sales tax/ value added tax; service tax; professional tax; works contract tax; octroi/ entry tax; stamp duty; and property tax. The firm regularly advises on matters relating to business restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, minimizing corporate, tax, fringe benefit tax and capital gains taxes, recovery of taxes from the Government and compensation planning for employees etc.
HST LEGAL also assists in planning expatriate remuneration and provides all tax filing, withholding taxes and other related compliance services to the employer and the employee.
With the framework of Goods and Services Tax (GST) model law already in public domain and with its implementation from 1st April 2017, our firm offers range of services including but not limited to-
- GST Impact Assesment
- Advise on structuring of transactions and its legal implications under GST
- Review of existing contracts and its implications under GST and advise on planning opportunity.
- Advise on Optimization of Tax Credit
- Assistance seeking clarification/advance ruling from the competent authority
- Representation/Recommendation before GST Committee regarding issues which are not covered and have negative impact on the client
- Assistance in Service tax and Excise Audits including reply to memos, reply to show cause notices till the Appellate stage.
- Appellate Tax Litigation ranging from tribunals (ITAT, CESTAT) till Supreme Court of India.
