Tax consulting, transfer pricing

SAMIKSHA ADUKIA

Jersey City, US – *************@*****.*** I +1-201-***-****

EXPERIENCE

ERNST & YOUNG

Mumbai, India

Tax & Regulatory Services I Technology, Media & Telecommunication (‘TMT’) During my 5+ years in EY India, I have extensively worked on transfer pricing assignments, ranging from compliance and litigation to advisory and due diligence. Besides, I have also got the opportunity to handle various corporate tax and international tax matters. My experience has provided me with adequate confidence in work management and people management.

Manager Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

• Collaborated with teams in India and US to represent the largest media company before the Advance Pricing Authorities

• Led the assignment to assist a client in restructuring its operations in line with best transfer pricing practices

• Managed due diligence project and advised a client on efficient inter-company pricing policies resulting in reducing group tax impact by ~40%

• Piloted EY India’s diagnostic service offering of helping clients with their related party transactions so as to ensure compliance with various legal frameworks; aim to target over 100 clients

• Represented clients before various levels of Revenue Authorities on wide range of issues including AMP spends, loss justification, usage of latent comparable companies, benchmarking of royalty transactions, intra-group support services

• Handled assignment to determine ‘place of effective management’ for the oldest and largest industrial conglomerate headquartered in India

• Advised clients on corporate tax matters, especially on structuring operating and revenue models of companies, routine tax advisory, compliance, assessment and litigation matters

• Mentored consultants on complex advisory assignments Senior Consultant Oct 2013 – Sep 2014

• Collaborated with counterparts in US and UK to assist an Indian client with implementing an operating structure to set up overseas presence as part of its business expansion, both from corporate tax and transfer pricing standpoint

• Handled wide variety of transfer pricing assignments for clients across the TMT spectrum, including those having monopolistic business, dynamic business environment, highly integrated business transactions, multiple lines of business, etc.

• Represented a client before the Advance Ruling authorities, winning an unprecedented favourable outcome on taxation of overseas film shooting, resulting in tax savings of ~75% annually

• Assisted technology companies with implementing tax efficient operating structures and avoid creating PE

• Assisted Indian and foreign companies with various direct tax and transfer pricing compliance, assessment and litigation matters

Consultant Feb 2011 – Sep 2014

• Assisted in advising on aspects of tax laws, corporate laws, foreign exchange rules and regulations and various other laws applicable to TMT industry

Others

• Got an accelerated promotion from senior consultant to manager

• Took active interest in writing – co-authored co-production report released by Motion Pictures Association in affiliation with EY in FICCI Frames 2013, CCH publication, M&E section for EY Publication ‘Doing Business in India’, various internal alerts and articles for publications

EDUCATION & ACTIVITIES

Certified Public Accountant I AICPA Sep 2017

Chartered Accountant I Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Nov 2010

• Placed 2nd all over India in PCC examination

Bachelors of Commerce I Mumbai University Apr 2009

• Distinction – 90% I Placed 6th in Mumbai University

• Member of the Student Council (apex student body comprising of 20 students nominated from 10,000+ students) for 2 consecutive years

• Member of the core-committee (comprising of 8 people) of the annual college festival – Kshitij (20K attendees)

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