Direct Tax – Compliance & Operations

Opportunity: Direct Tax – Compliance & Operations

📍 Location:

📅 Experience Required:

🎓 Qualification:

• Role Purpose

• Candidate to ensure that direct tax operations comply with Income tax legislations and the group’s norms and standards within the framework of the objectives defined by the Group Finance and Central tax team.

Key Responsibilities

• Candidate should be Agreements (treaties), knowledge of Transfer Pricing provisions & rules
• Should ensure compliance to statutory / regulatory requirements.
• Should be in a position to handle the Tax Audit and file tax returns independently well versed with the Income Tax Act, Double Taxation Avoidance for corporate entities.
• Review and co-ordinate details for tax filings, tax computations, tax audits and other tax compliances including finalization of the monthly withholding tax liability and quarterly returns
• Preparing and reviewing the details for scrutiny assessments and representing before assessing authorities
• Drafting requisite submissions for filing before tax authorities and timely replying to notices
• Collate and review data for tax appeals at various stages
• Drafting submissions for appeals, both factual as well as legal
• Interface with various other departments and group companies for tax matters
• Interact with auditors and advisors to resolve their queries on tax matters
• Briefing to Counsel/Sr. Counsels before the hearing
• Collate, review data and file lower withholding tax orders and follow up for the same.
• Prepare and follow up for Tax Residency Certificate
• Review the advance tax working on quarterly basis and provision for tax.
• Follow-up on status of Income Tax assessment, tax refunds and filing of rectification applications.
• Review and update the tax status charts and contingent liability chart regularly.
• Keeping track of all notices and hearings.
• Drafting appeals before CIT(A), ITAT, review of appeals to be filed before High Court & Supreme Court
• Determination of rates of withholding tax for domestic and international transactions, review of agreements and review and ensuring of filing of Form 15CA/ CB
• The role will encompass all facets of direct tax such as corporate tax, withholding tax, both domestic and international and transfer pricing; compliance and advisory
• Pro-active and timely response to queries raised by business teams including withholding tax and review of agreements
• Update teams on recent changes in the law and keep himself/ herself updated with recent judicial pronouncements at various courts.

Screening Questions

1. Total work experience post qualification and completion of Articleship
2. CA Final Group-1 Completion Month & Year
3. CA Final Group-2 Completion Month & Year
4. Current work location
5. Current base location (Home)
6. Hometown location
7. Current CTC (Fixed + Variable)
8. Expected CTC
9. Notice Period
10. Current Organization