Ankur is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India. He has several years of experience in compliance and consultancy space spanning across various industries in VAT. He has over 14 years of experience in indirect taxation with the Big 4 accountancy firms. In one of his roles he worked as the Director of the Indirect Tax team. Ankur has worked closely with the team that assisted the Delhi State Government in drafting of VAT laws and regulations. He has helped clients in migrating from single point tax to the VAT regime. Ankur has also led teams in conducting indirect tax diagnostic review of various multinational companies, identifying potential revenue and tax leakages in their existing structure and recommending planning opportunities to mitigate tax exposure. He has also handled representation before the VAT authorities to seek clarification on debatable VAT issues. He has assisted various clients in end-to-end GST implementation in India which included determining the financial impact of GST on their business, review of operating models to assess tax optimization, review of contracts, review of ERP systems and business processes and to suggest changes required from the GST perspective. Key clients handled by Ankur include: CB Richard Ellis, Panasonic, Sony, Dominos and Dunkin Donuts.