Tax
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : India
Band 4
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+91 124 4390 600About
Provided by JSA
JSA’s direct tax practice is primarily focused on providing M&A Tax and allied advisory services to its corporate clients. These include international tax advisory and corporate restructuring. Other areas of focus are tax policy advisory and litigation support at the Income Tax Appellate Authority level and higher Courts. The practice aims to expand in other areas geographically and have a pan India footprint in the next few years.
JSA’s indirect tax practice aims at advising clients on diverse Indirect tax issues pertaining to domestic and cross-border transactions and provide litigation support at all forums.
Every business, regardless of its scale, is impacted by levies such as Goods and Services Tax (“GST”) levied on the sale of goods, Customs duties on import of goods into India from a place outside India, etc. and other levies such as value-added tax, excise duty etc. on goods outside the ambit of GST. The indirect tax and duties regime is constantly reinventing and evolving in India, the practice area is full of opportunities and challenges for businesses and individuals.
Chambers Review
JSA offers a team with a wide range of experience providing advice on both direct and indirect tax issues ranging through transaction structuring, GST, customs law and SEZ tax law. The practice regularly assists corporate clients in a variety of sectors such as energy, pharmaceuticals, steel and technology with both domestic and cross-border matters.
Work Highlights
- JSA assisted BSES Rajdhani Power with challenging the Circular concerning certain ancillary activities' charges issued by India's Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs before the High Court of Delhi.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"JSA's technically competent and practically-oriented advice makes it adept at handling complex matters."
"JSA's technically competent and practically-oriented advice makes it adept at handling complex matters."
Notable Practitioners
Manish Mishra co-heads the practice and heads the indirect tax practice from the firm's office in Delhi. Mishra is adept at providing advice on tax classification and GST, assisting with both cross-border and domestic matters.
"Manish Mishra is technically sound and practically excellent."