Tax
We pride ourselves as being one of the few law firms in India that provides specialised and quality tax advice on both direct and indirect tax issues. We offer end-to-end advisory, structuring, and litigation services across the tax spectrum, including tax structuring for mergers and acquisitions, cross-border tax strategies, and compliance with Indian tax regulations.
Our direct tax practice includes advising clients on tax efficient structuring for inbound and outbound investment, withholding obligations, transfer pricing issues, permanent establishment and business connection analysis under the tax treaties, loan structuring for subsidiaries, employee stock option plan structuring, personal tax planning for expatriate executives. We also advise on emerging issues such as cross-border software payments taxation, digital taxation, and equalisation levy in India in relation to OECD/ BEPS initiatives.
Our indirect tax practise encompasses advising on all indirect taxes in India including Goods & Services Tax (GST). We also advise clients on customs duties and the erstwhile indirect taxes such as service tax, VAT and excise. We guide clients on optimizing tax efficiency for cross-border and domestic transactions, leveraging available exemptions and navigating the complexities of GST law.
We act for leading domestic and multinational corporations across industries, representing them in complex tax disputes and litigation at all levels of adjudication, including tribunals, high courts, and the Supreme Court of India.
Direct Tax Experience - ALMT Legal’s direct tax practise includes advising on tax efficient jurisdictions for investment into and from India, advising foreign clients on adopting tax efficient structures for their Indian entities, advising on transfer pricing issues, structuring of loans to subsidiaries, structuring employee stock option plans and on a more micro level, personal tax structuring for expatriate executives who are deputed to India. ALMT has also been advising on more topical issues such as taxation of cross-border software payments, withholding and other tax issues arising as a result of Indian call centres and BPOs. We have also assisted clients in defending disputes before various income tax authorities.
Indirect Tax Experience- ALMT Legal’s indirect tax practise encompasses all indirect taxes in India including issues relating to service tax, VAT, customs duties and excise. We have advised foreign clients on indirect tax implications relating to goods and services flows into and outside India and on structuring such flows to minimize the incidence of tax. We have also advised on various related issues such as export and import of services including the reverse charge mechanism, availment of input tax credits, appropriate classification of services, taxation of works contracts, exemption from tax for both goods and services, import duties, etc.
