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Corporate.

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Acer offers a bouquet of end-to-end services on India tax, regulatory and corporate related matters.
Acer has a team of professionals with deep knowledge and skill sets in the fields of direct taxation, indirect taxation, transfer pricing, legal, regulatory, corporate law and governance, exchange control, comprehensive real estate services, human resource services, accounting and payroll and offers services covering advisory, compliance and litigation support in the above fields.
Acer’s all-round credentials on advisory, compliance and litigation aspects enables it to provide a range of tax, regulatory and corporate services and support the client with end-to- end services.

Expert Tax, Legal and Regulatory Solutions for Businesses & Individuals

Indirect Taxation

  • End-to-End GST compliance, advisory and litigation services
  • Compliance, advisory and litigation services on customs and other indirect taxes.
  • Indirect Tax implication analysis and optimisation
  • Indirect Tax risk mitigation
  • Assessment, audit and representation services
  • Supply chain analysis and improvement support for tax efficiency

Direct Taxation

  • Tax advisory – both personal and corporate, including tax planning
  • Tax withholding advisory – both for domestic transactions and international transactions
  • Tax advisory for payroll tax withholding and compliance
  • Assistance in Tax Compliance including withholding tax returns, annual tax returns etc.
  • Tax advisory for expatriate employee taxation and assistance in compliance
  • Assistance in tax assessment including submissions and representation
  • Assistance in tax appeals including representation up to Tribunal

Transfer Pricing

  • Transfer Pricing Benchmarking Study
  • Transfer Pricing Documentation – Study Report
  • Transfer Pricing Certification
  • Transfer Pricing Consultancy
  • Transfer Pricing Assessment before Transfer Pricing Officer
  • Litigation services before Dispute Resolution Panel & ITAT

Regulatory Services

  • SEZ unit setup, renewals, exits, and ongoing compliance and reporting
  • Exchange control compliance under FEMA regulations
  • Compliance in connection with international assignees
  • Drafting/Review of employee hand book and corporate policies

Corporate Law and Governance

  • Setting up and formation of corporate entities
  • Corporate secretarial compliance management
  • Due diligence, corporate restructuring, compliance with regard to ESOP, and share issuance
  • Designing CSR compliance processes
  • Providing legal opinions, and ensuring corporate governance compliance
  • Compliance review and health check and due diligence

Comprehensive Real Estate Services

Legal Services

  • Title scrutiny and due diligence
  • Document validation
  • Litigation and dispute resolution
  • Drafting of deeds/Agreements/notices
  • Assistance in computation of duty, cess and other cost
  • Assistance for registration, obtaining title documents
  • Paper publication
  • Succession documentation
  • Compliance documentation and filing under exchange control regulations

Advisory Services

  • Tax implication advisory for residents and non residents
  • FEMA implications on real-estate investment and divestment
  • Financial implication and management

Transaction Related Services

  • Property valuation
  • Circulation of event and compliance calendar
  • Assistance in documentation for availing loan facility
  • Remittance related and other bank transaction related assistance
  • Liaising with stake holders and sharing reports
  • Search and inspection of the physical assets

Human Resource Services

  • Advisory on HR policies, procedures and practices;
  • System diagnosis and audits
  • Staffing strategies and deploying and managing HRMS tools
  • Design and develop recruitment and staff selection system
  • Developing and deploying performance evaluation system
  • Designing training and development programs and calendar
  • Develop and execute leadership programs
  • Succession planning
  • Exit management

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Bishnu Agarwal

Partner – Indirect Taxation
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Bishnu holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (B.Com) from Bangalore University, fellow membership of Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), qualified Company Secretary from Institute of Company Secretaries (CS) and Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) from Information System Audit and Control Association, USA.
He has more than 15 years of experience in the various areas such as Indirect Tax, Internal Financial Control, Audit & CFO Services which includes his stint of about four years with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) dealing in indirect taxes and audits. He has handled matters of clients from diverse industries and has conducted many tax reviews. He has also represented clients in many tax forums.
He has served various fortune 500 companies in the area of indirect taxes and various types of audit.
He is rendering comprehensive professional services in the areas of Indirect Taxes, FTP, Internal Audit including Internal Financial Control and Other Regulatory Compliances.

Vani S

Partner – Legal & Regulatory Services
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Vani has over 20 plus years of professional experience in the field of Corporate Laws, Investments, Regulatory matters, Greenfield Projects, Labour Laws, Intellectual Property laws and Arbitration. She has extensive experience in advising clients in the areas of Mergers / Demergers and Reorganisation, Corporate Restructuring, Foreign Investment Consulting / Establishment of WoS, LLP, Joint Ventures, Corporate Law and other Regulatory matters.
Vani’s core area of expertise involves setting up Joint Ventures, Technical Collaborations, M&A, FDI, Real Estate, Secretarial Audit & Compliance, Regulatory Audit & Compliance, Legal Compliance Audit, Litigation Strategies including Arbitration, Due Diligence, drafting various Contracts, Advising on Corporate, Commercial, Labour & Industrial Laws, Employment Laws, Shareholders Agreements, Consortium Agreements, Bids & Tenders, Environmental Compliances etc. Her experience ranges across sectors – IT, Manufacturing, Automotive OEMs & Auto Components.
Vani has rolled out several training programs on Prevention of Sexual Harassment against Women at workplace etc. She has been involved in several workshops relating to foreign investments in India across sectors, and had represented numerous international companies in setting up industrial corridors and hand holding them on their legal requirements.

Prakash Hegde

Principal Consultant – Direct Taxation
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Prakash graduated in Commerce [B.Com.] and Law [LL.B. (Special)] from Karnataka University. He was a University topper both in B.Com. (2nd Rank) and LL.B (1st Rank). He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He also holds a Masters’ in Business Administration [M.B.A.] from Indira Gandhi National Open University.
Prakash initially worked with a leading Co-Operative giant in South India, The Totgars’ Co-operative Sale Society Ltd. Sirsi as its Chief Executive Officer for about 6 years besides his practice as a Chartered Accountant. Later, he worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for about 10 years in the field of direct taxation and with Deloitte Haskins and Sells for about a year as a Director.
Prakash has advised many leading Indian and multi-national companies on a wide variety of matters covering corporate taxation, expatriate taxation, international taxation etc. He also has rich experience in dealing with compliance, advisory and litigation matters across the direct tax spectrum.
He is a well-known speaker and has conducted many seminars and sessions to clients and co-professionals. He regularly contributes to leading financial newspapers on various direct tax matters.

Deepak Rao

Partner – Indirect Taxation
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Deepak holds a degree in law (LLB) from the Karnataka State Law University, a degree in Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) from The Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of India (ICMAI) and also holds a degree in Management in Business Administration (MBA) from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analyst of India (ICFAI). Deepak is a veteran in the field of indirect taxation with more than 25+ years of experience in Industry and Big 4 consulting.
Deepak spent close to 10 years with the global consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) and another 10 years with the leading Big 4 consulting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Ernst & Young (EY) before joining Acer Tax & Corporate Services LLP in the year 2016.
Deepak over the years has advised numerous multinational and Indian companies on a wide variety of matters covering GST, VAT, Service Tax, Excise and Customs. Deepak has rich experience in dealing with compliance, advisory and litigation matters across the indirect tax spectrum and has advised clients on critical and complex indirect tax matters. Deepak is specialized in supply-chain related advisory and structuring and has worked with various industries / sectors including IT / ITES, Manufacturing, Real- Estate, Retail, Automobile, E-Commerce, SME’s etc.
Deepak is a prolific speaker and has conducted various seminars and sessions to clients across the industry and in association with CII, FICCI and other industry forms.

Jayaram Hiregange

Partner – Indirect Taxation
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Jayaram holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) from the University of Karnataka and a degree in Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) from The Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of India (ICMAI). Jayaram is a veteran in the field of indirect taxation with more than 25+ years of experience in Industry and Big 4 consulting firm.
Jayaram spent close to 13 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) tax and advisory practice before leaving PwC to setup Acer Tax & Corporate Services LLP in the year 2014.
Jayaram over the years has advised numerous multi-national and Indian companies on a wide variety of matters covering GST, VAT, Service Tax, Excise and Customs.
Jayaram has rich experience in dealing with compliance, advisory and litigation matters across the indirect tax spectrum and has advised clients on critical and complex indirect tax matters.
Jayaram is specialized in supply-chain related advisory and structuring and has worked with various industries / sectors including IT / ITES, Manufacturing, Real-Estate, E-Commerce, SME’s, PSU’s etc.
Jayaram is a reputed name in the industry circles for his knowledge in indirect taxation and is a regular speaker on indirect tax matters at various industry forums.