Indirect Tax Services

Our Indirect Tax practice professionals combine advanced technical capabilities in indirect tax with deep understanding of industry and business issues.

We offer a range of indirect tax services:

• advising businesses and their tax teams on the development and execution of effective indirect tax management strategies, including appropriate internal controls and cross-jurisdictional compliance.
• advising on the indirect tax consequences of entering new markets and undertaking corporate transactions such as global restructuring, mergers, acquisitions and capital reconstructions.
• assisting in reducing indirect tax costs and in managing transfer-pricing matters and related Goods and Services Tax (GST)/Value Added Tax (VAT) valuation issues.
• supporting businesses subject to tax audits or other investigations by tax or customs’ authorities.

ABK offers comprehensive advice and assistance backed by litigation support in the following areas of Indirect taxes:-

• Service tax
• Custom
• Excise

Service Tax

The services offered include:

• Advisory services with regard to applicability of the tax, as well as procedural compliance such as registration, assessments, to name a few.
• Review of contracts and agreements to help mitigate the overall incidence of service tax.
• Conducting Service tax health checks in order to determine the service tax implications on client operations, gauge compliance with legal provisions and suggest tax planning opportunities.

Customs

The services offered include:

• Advisory services relating to various aspects of custom law and applicable regulations - covering rates of duties, exemptions, valuation planning, classification assistance and assessments.
• Rendering advice on a wide range of custom procedures and documentation requirements, including those relating to import and export of goods, clearance of imports, warehousing, duty entitlements etc.

Excise

The services offered include:

• Rendering advice on a wide range of issues relating to excise duty implications.
• Providing the right guidance to enable clients to make the most of excise duty concessions and relief.