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Deepthi Mathur has over 17 years of experience, including nearly ten years in transfer pricing, and specialises in corporate tax, tax assessments before various forums, financial analysis and reporting, and advisory services for multinational entities.
She was previously part of the direct tax team at Adani Cements, where her work covered corporate tax, income tax statutory compliance and transfer pricing regulation, and where she participated in the group's acquisition of cement businesses and supported the subsequent migration process.
Before that she spent eight years as Senior Manager – Taxation with the Penna Group in Hyderabad, overseeing direct tax compliance for all group companies including cement manufacturing, hydro power and thermal power operations, work that carried multinational enterprise reporting obligations.
She worked in the taxation team at IL&FS Engineering Services supporting corporate tax compliance, and at Grant Thornton Bharat as a senior member of the transfer pricing team for the South region, where she drafted transfer pricing study reports.
Prior to that she headed the transfer pricing team at S Talwar & Co.
She qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2008.
She was previously part of the direct tax team at Adani Cements, where her work covered corporate tax, income tax statutory compliance and transfer pricing regulation, and where she participated in the group's acquisition of cement businesses and supported the subsequent migration process.
Before that she spent eight years as Senior Manager – Taxation with the Penna Group in Hyderabad, overseeing direct tax compliance for all group companies including cement manufacturing, hydro power and thermal power operations, work that carried multinational enterprise reporting obligations.
She worked in the taxation team at IL&FS Engineering Services supporting corporate tax compliance, and at Grant Thornton Bharat as a senior member of the transfer pricing team for the South region, where she drafted transfer pricing study reports.
Prior to that she headed the transfer pricing team at S Talwar & Co.
She qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2008.
Recent Matter / Case Highlights
- Acted on the transfer pricing restructuring of a digital education platform’s overseas distribution model, replacing a 3% royalty framework with a limited-risk distributor structure to realign profit allocation with Indian ownership of the underlying technology and eliminate double taxation risk arising from dividend-based repatriation. Matter value: approximately USD 29 million.
- Acted on the successful acceptance of segmentation under the Indian safe harbour rules for a dual-model technology business. Matter value: approximately USD 8 million.
- Acted on an Advance Pricing Agreement covering segmented software development operations for an India-US technology group. Matter value: approximately USD 89 million.
Sector Expertise
- Construction and materials
- Energy
- Industrials
- Utilities
Academic Qualifications
- Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) - 2008
Association / Network Memberships
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
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Website:https://www.steadfastconsultants.in
Suite 5, Level 3, Reliance Cyber Ville,
Vittal Rao Nagar, Madhapur, Hitech City,
Hyderabad, Telangana
500081
India
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