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Elle-Sarah Rossato

PwC

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Rating:
  • Highly Regarded
  • Women in Tax Leader
Practice Areas:
Tax controversy
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Afrikaans
Biography

Elle-Sarah spent 14 years with SARS where she managed an Enforcement Division focusing on High Profile investigations (locally and abroad) and now leads the Tax Controversy & Dispute Resolution function for PwC South Africa where she assists clients on a daily basis to escalate, manage and resolve complicated disputes with SARS.

Recent matter highlights
  • Assisted clients to release R220m VAT refund in less than three months (pending seven-month SARS audit) via an urgent High Court application.
  • Assisted client in circumventing R6billion add back of deductions by proactively engaging as SARS had not followed due administration process.
  • Assisted mining client with a tax dispute in achieving settlement that saved them R36million.
Practice areas
  • Corporate Taxes
  • Audit Defence
  • Dispute Resolution
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Litigation
  • Controversy Management
Association memberships
  • Master Tax Practitioner (SAIT)
  • Law Society of South Africa & member of SARIPA
Academic qualifications
  • BCom (Law), 1999;
  • LLB, 2001;
  • LLM (Corporate Law), 2002;
  • MCom(Tax), 2006
  • MBA: 2009
Tel:+27 011 797 4938 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.pwc.com

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