Practice Areas:
General corporate tax
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Hindi
Biography
Rajesh Vaishnav is a Partner at Steadfast Business Consulting LLP with over a decade of experience across the Indian and UAE tax and regulatory landscape. His practice focuses on Indian and UAE income tax compliance and advisory, international taxation, withholding tax, FEMA and foreign direct investment matters.
Rajesh advises on permanent establishment determinations for foreign companies operating in India, royalty and fees for technical services characterisation, and treaty interpretation issues arising under India's double taxation avoidance agreements. His controversy practice includes representation before tax authorities, the Commissioner (Appeals), the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the High Courts.
He also advises on the tax and litigation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, conducts tax due diligence exercises, and oversees statutory and tax audits for clients across manufacturing, real estate, consumer goods, media and entertainment, technology, and pharmaceutical sectors. In addition, Rajesh handles transfer pricing matters for multinational clients, focusing on the interaction between transfer pricing positions and domestic and international tax outcomes.
Prior to joining Steadfast Business Consulting LLP, Rajesh worked with a Big Four firm. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Certification in Transformational Leadership. He regularly writes and teaches on tax and accounting subjects.
Rajesh advises on permanent establishment determinations for foreign companies operating in India, royalty and fees for technical services characterisation, and treaty interpretation issues arising under India's double taxation avoidance agreements. His controversy practice includes representation before tax authorities, the Commissioner (Appeals), the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal and the High Courts.
He also advises on the tax and litigation aspects of mergers and acquisitions, conducts tax due diligence exercises, and oversees statutory and tax audits for clients across manufacturing, real estate, consumer goods, media and entertainment, technology, and pharmaceutical sectors. In addition, Rajesh handles transfer pricing matters for multinational clients, focusing on the interaction between transfer pricing positions and domestic and international tax outcomes.
Prior to joining Steadfast Business Consulting LLP, Rajesh worked with a Big Four firm. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Certification in Transformational Leadership. He regularly writes and teaches on tax and accounting subjects.
Recent Matter / Case Highlights
- Represented a UAE oil and gas engineering company before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in a fees-for-technical-services dispute under the India-UAE Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, successfully obtaining favourable treaty characterisation. Matter value: approximately USD 40.5 million.
- Led a constitutional challenge to reassessment proceedings conducted outside the faceless assessment regime. Matter value: approximately USD 7.3 million.
- Defended treaty entitlement against automated tax adjustments under the India-UAE Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement where system-generated adjustments overrode treaty positions. Matter value: approximately USD 1.2 million.
- Advised on India-UAE film intellectual property structuring for global OTT, theatrical and international licensing monetisation. Matter value: approximately USD 10.9 million.
- Structured cross-border coal trading operations through a UAE free zone involving India, the UAE and Indonesia. Matter value: approximately USD 32.7 million.
Key Practice Areas
- Corporate tax
- International tax advisory
- Tax consulting
- Transfer pricing
- Tax compliance management
- Tax controversy management
- Tax litigation
- Dispute resolution
- Pre-litigation advisory
- Audit support
- Audit defence
- International tax planning
- Cross-border project management
- Mergers and acquisitions tax advisory
- Restructuring and transaction tax matters
Sector Expertise
- Consumer goods and services
- Industrials
- Media and entertainment
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences
- Real estate
- Technology and telecommunications
Education / Alumni
- Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
- Certification in Transformational Leadership, year not provided
Bar Admissions
- Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), year of admission not provided
Address:
Tel:+91 63 0315 8739
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Website:https://steadfastconsultants.in/sbc-team/ca-rajesh-vaishnav/
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India
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