Jignesh Shah

Partner Direct Tax

Background

  • Jignesh is a one of the leading Partners at BSC in the international and corporate tax practice. With a work experience of more than 28 years, Jignesh specializes in providing international tax, corporate tax and personal tax services to multinational and Indian companies of considerable size.
  • Prior to joining BSC, Jignesh was working with Ernst & Young LLP for more than 15 years.
  • Jignesh is an fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Commerce Graduate from the Mumbai University

Skills

 Jignesh has experience inter-alia includes the following:

  • Tax planning including transaction restructuring;
  • Tax Litigation including representation before various income-tax and appellate authorities
  • Compliance and project management
  • Tax technical advisory
  • Cross border tax advisory
  • Compensation structuring

Professional experience

  • Conceptualized, advised and managed tax planning assignments of serval IT / ITES companies including some of the largest MNCs operating in India;
  • Made representations before the CBDT on various tax policy matters;
  • Assisted several companies in resolving their tax disputes at various forums such as CIT(A), ITAT, High Court, AAR, etc
  • Advised clients in assessing efficacy of their tax processes/ controls and formulating standard practices for various tax advisory and compliance functions
  • Assisted large companies in undertaking several restructuring transactions including mergers, capital reduction, buy-backs, slump sales, etc
  • Advised clients on compensation structuring for the employees including ESOPs, RSUs, Trust, etc to reduce tax incidence
  • Provided supporting before various regulatory authorities such as RBI for FEMA approvals, compounding, ROC for Company law matters, etc
  • Advised Clients on internal reporting, tax provision working, tax audit report preparation, deferred tax working, FIN 48 calculations etc