Our Team

Professional Qualifications and Certifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce (2005)
  • Chartered Accountant (2008)
  • Certification in International Taxation (by FIIT) (2009)

Contact:

  • Mobile: +91 9819208701

CA Jhankhana Shah

Jhankhana is Founder Partner at Jhankhana Shah and Associates. She has more than 14 years of experience in the field of Income Tax - domestic as well as international tax. In the past she has worked with Big4 consulting firms viz. KPMG and PwC, in their Direct Tax and Regulatory services vertical, wherein her clientele comprised of listed companies, foreign companies, Indian subsidiaries of large multinationals and closely held companies.

Her area of experience includes domestic and international tax advisory and compliance, inbound/ outbound structuring, representation before income-tax authorities and conducting tax due diligences.

She is a member of Bombay Chartered Accountant’s Society and Chamber of Tax Consultants. She has undertaken technical sessions and have contributed to research articles on various direct tax topics at her previous organizations. She was runner up in Kaun Banega Chatur Chankya 2.0 - a tax and general knowledge quiz competition organized by Pune branch of WIRC.

Key Expertise
  • Advising on tax implications of cross border transactions
  • Advising on various domestic tax issues and withholding tax applicability on proposed business transactions
  • Investment Structuring (Inbound as well as Outbound) from Indian Tax and Regulatory perspective
  • Representation for Tax Assessments/re-assessments and Appeals
  • Non-resident/ Expatriate taxation
Key Projects handled
  • Advising on tax implications of various domestic tax issues such as availability of tax incentives/holidays, allowability of various business expenses (capital vs revenue), deemed dividend transactions, ICDS impact analysis, etc.
  • Advising on tax and regulatory implications of various cross border transactions such as taxation of software license/subscription, networking charges, cloud services, management fees, permanent establishment exposure analysis, etc.
  • Tax compliance support and handling tax assessments/re-assessments of listed companies, Indian subsidiaries of large multinationals and closely held companies
  • Inbound and outbound investment structuring including advising on holding company jurisdiction for various MNC’s
  • Tax dispute resolution representation and support

Professional Qualifications and Certifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce (2005)
  • Chartered Accountant (2007)

Contact:

  • Mobile: +91 79774 24470

CA Zankhana Sanghvi

Zankhana is an Associate Partner at Jhankhana Shah and Associates. She brings on board more than 14 years of experience in the field of Income Tax, domestic as well as international taxes and Mergers and Acquisitions advisory. Prior to associating with the Firm, she has worked with Big4 consulting firm viz. Deloitte, in their Direct Tax – Mergers and Acquisitions tax services vertical

Her area of experience includes domestic and international tax advisory, Mergers and acquisitions advisory, inbound/ outbound structuring, and conducting tax due diligences. Her clientele comprised of BSE 30 listed companies, foreign companies and Indian subsidiaries of large multinationals

Key Expertise
  • Mergers and Acquisitions advisory
  • Tax Compliance Support and advisory (domestic tax and international tax)
  • Investment Structuring (Inbound as well as Outbound)
  • Tax Due Diligences
Key Projects handled
  • Conducting tax due diligences of target companies
  • Advising on tax and regulatory implications of various cross border transactions such as taxation of software purchase, networking charges, cloud services, etc.
  • Advising on tax efficient consolidation of group entities
  • Advising on strategic alliance alternatives from tax perspective considering key objective of business synergies
  • Inbound and outbound investment structuring including advising on holding company jurisdiction for various MNC’s
  • Tax compliance support to various listed companies and Indian subsidiaries of large multinationals
  • Issuing Chartered Accountant’s certificates for foreign remittances
  • Drafting of appeals and representation before the appellate authorities
  • Briefing legal counsels for representation before the higher appellate authorities

Professional Qualifications and Certifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce (1998)
  • Chartered Accountant (2002)

Contact:

  • Mobile: +91 9821325890

CA Piyush Sangoi

Piyush is veteran in the field of Indiract tax and Foreign Trade Policy (‘FTP’). He is associated with the firm as an Indirect tax expert. Piyush has overall 20 years of post-qualification experience, out of which for 8 years he was associated with various Big4 consulting firms such as Deloitte Haskins & Sells, PwC and KPMG in their Indirect tax line of service

During his tenure with Big4 consulting firms, he has practiced in the fields of Central Excise, Customs, Service tax, State VAT, and FTP related matters. In the year 2017, he had resigned as an Associate Director of KPMG and travelled to UAE (Dubai) and had assisted various local and multi-national corporates in migrating from non-tax regime to VAT regime

Piyush is a vivid trainer and has successfully conducted various trainings sessions, seminars, workshops in pre-GST and post-GST regime to provide the understanding of Indirect taxes to the attendees

Key Expertise
  • Tax Compliance Support and advisory (Multi-State Indirect Tax and FTP)
  • Transaction structuring (Domestic and International)
  • Tax reviews and advisory
  • Litigation support
Key Projects handled
  • Multi-State VAT/GST compliance support to various multinational corporates
  • Advising on transaction from Indirect tax and FTP perspective optimising the credit inflow
  • Advising on Entry/Exit from tax free zones considering the key business object
  • Advising during Mergers & Acquisition, Takeovers, Spin offs in order to establish tax efficient structure
  • Assistance in various certification such as GST audits, Refunds, etc.
  • Assisting UAE clients in transitioning from zero tax regime to VAT regime and End-to-End support including setting up IT infrastructure and compliance mechanism
  • Drafting of replies to the Show Cause Notice, routine enquiries conducted by the authorities
  • Assistance in drafting and preparing appeals and representation before the appellate authorities
  • Briefing legal counsels for representation before the higher appellate authorities