Ravi S. Raghavan
Partner, Tax and Private Client Group
Ravi S. Raghavan has more than 25 years of experience in corporate tax advisory work, business re-organizations, international taxation (investment and fund structuring, repatriation strategies, treaty analysis, advance rulings, exchange control regulations, FPI taxation), tax litigation services and other tax issues (including withholding taxes, capital gains tax, permanent establishment concerns, employee taxation, and tax holiday schemes).
Rankings & Credentials
- Investment Structuring and Repatriation Strategy
- Corporate Tax Advisory and Litigation
- Fund Formation
- Financial Services and Insurance
- Technology
- Pharmaceuticals and Life-Sciences
- B. Sc. (Chemistry), Guru Nanak Khalsa College, University of Mumbai
- LL. B., D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce, University of Mumbai
- LL. M., D. G. Ruparel College of Arts, Science and Commerce, University of Mumbai
- Master of Management Studies, University of Mumbai
- India
- Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa
- Friends of IBFD – International Tax Group
- International Tax Planning Professionals Group
Recent Transactions
- Advised Nippon Soda Co., Limited on complex Indian tax and structuring issues in relation to the launch of a business platform in India.
- Advised Grab, Inc., Singapore, on the tax aspects of establishing a limited liability partnership in India.
- Advised Builder Homesite, Inc. on tax structuring, intermediate holding company structures and transfer pricing issues in relation to acquisition of Indian entities.
- Advised Lumiata, Inc. on Indian transfer pricing and permanent establishment issues in relation to its Indian subsidiary.
- Advised Baidu (Hong Kong) Limited on tax issues in relation to the establishment of a subsidiary in India.
- Advised NantHealth Inc. on tax issues in relation to the sale of its Indian subsidiary to Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Articles
New provisions on withholding tax and tax collection at source in India
India’s Central Board of Direct Taxes has issued Circular 17/2020 dated September 29, 2020 (effective October 1, 2020) (the “CBDT Circular”), providing important clarifications in respect of withholding tax on e-commerce transactions and tax collection at source on...
Taxation of seconded employee salary reimbursements and permanent establishment impact
In the recent case of Yum Restaurants (Asia) Pte, the Delhi Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Delhi Tribunal) has held that payments received by a Singapore company from an Indian group company towards salary reimbursement costs in the case of a seconded employee is not...
When can a liaison office or a place of business be taxed in India?
In the recent case of the UAE Exchange Centre, India’s Supreme Court (SC) highlighted the principles surrounding the taxability of foreign entities having a liaison office or a place of business in India. It should not be presumed that a liaison office will not...
SEBI provides preferential treatment to FPIs but will the Indian tax authorities relent?
In September 2019, with a view to easing the regime for investments by foreign portfolio investors (“FPIs”), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (the “SEBI”) notified the SEBI (FPI) Regulations, 2019, which replaced the erstwhile SEBI (FPI) Regulations, 2014....