Direct Tax & Litigation

Most tax exposure is created years before it is assessed. We handle the annual cycle — computation, return filing, tax audit under section 44AB, TDS compliance — with an eye on what an assessing officer will later ask about. When a scrutiny notice does arrive, the partner who handled the return also handles the response, the assessment hearings, and the appeal before CIT(A) or the ITAT if it goes that far. Expatriate and NRI positions are advised on before they are locked into a structure, not after.

The work divides between businesses that want the annual position handled without surprises and those already in dispute. For the first we take on the full compliance calendar for companies, firms, LLPs, trusts and individuals with complex income. For the second we are often brought in after a notice has been answered badly, which is the hardest point at which to enter a matter — the record made at assessment stage is what an appellate authority will read. The earlier a demand reaches us, the more can usually be done with it.