Arijit Ghosh

Review of corporate Tax Returns for both Federal and states (1120).

Preparation and review of Tax Provision calculations.

Preparation and review of international tax forms 5471, 5472.

Preparation of Partnership forms 1065, 8985, 8986.

Conducting tax research for advising clients on compliance regulations.

Handling communications with clients.

Managing engagements as an owner from initiation to close out.

Delivering tax technical trainings for tax staff.

Handled clients across sectors like capital markets, oil & gas, technology, etc.

• Performing Manager review on Corporate tax Engagements for both Federal, SALT and for a limited number of tax provision clients.
• Responsible for increasing leverage on engagements with the objective to increase efficiency and profitability.
• Managing a team of 8 people to monitor their utilization and learning and development. Also monitoring their compliances with firm policies and practices.
• Performing Second level review of corporate tax returns for Canadian businesses having offices in US.
• Providing tax tools training to Montreal office members from time to time.
• Also had the role of a coach for 6 members where I am responsible for their overall professional development within the firm.
• Conducting interviews for lateral/experienced hires.
• Reaching out to US and Canadian teams to increase levels of collaboration for both within the teams and increasing synergies with the client.

• Taking engagement ownership to oversee coordination among US team and India staff members resulting in increased penetration in terms of billable hours.
• Performing second level review of tax returns which led to delivery of better-quality returns which are ready for signer in all aspects.
• Coaching of 5-7 staff members assigned to me. Objective achieved was higher utilization which ultimately enhances firm revenue and personal growth of team members in terms of both skill building and job satisfaction.
• Designing niche learning materials which cover certain peculiar aspects of tax technical. Also helped in preparing role specific guidelines and best practices for Associates and Senior Associates.
• Monitoring methods involved in preparation and review with a goal to reduce redundant steps and drive efficiency in terms of reducing overall time taken to complete the task.
• Collecting feedback from US teams and using them as an advancement tool to mentor staff and seniors for future assignments. As part of my responsibilities, I also share with seniors my feedback with seniors and staff to make them ready for the next role.

• First level review of 1120 Federal and State returns and corresponding workpapers to enhance quality.
• First level Review of 1065 state returns and workpapers.
• Review of income tax returns and tax workpapers for Canadian Corporations who have tax obligations in US. This involved working in sync with my counterparts in Quebec office
• Analysis and interpretation of tax statutes given by IRS
• Engagement Management activities such as - allocation of work among preparers based on skillsets, troubleshooting staffing related issues, setting up internal deadlines and handling communications with US team.
• Additional responsibilities include providing trainings to new hires on US tax principles including tax tools and providing timely feedback which ensure that quality improved over time.
• Have exposure of working in tax software such as Go system, Corp tax, OIT
• Have been part of implementation of extension vouchers preparations through use of BoT (Artificial Intelligence).

• Preparation and Review of Canadian Income tax returns for individuals (T1), Corporations(T2), and Partnerships(T5013).
• Performed computation and audit of Current and Deferred tax assets and liabilities along with Current tax expense using tools like EMS.
• Served US Business Tax Team engaged in preparation of Federal 1120 returns.
• Additionally, as part of securitization team, involved in preparation of passive foreign income computations (PFIC) and Tax Financial statements for CDO and CLO clients and for Regulated Investment company (RIC).
• Conducting Quality review of firm standard tax workpapers
• Facilitation of training sessions.

• Reconciliation of TDS and CENVAT to eliminate any omission and/or duplication errors that occurred in the data entry phase.
• Preparing Cash Flow Statements; computation and Allocation of credit of input service to avoid any credit slippages and minimizing the outward liability of indirect taxes as much as possible.
• Drafting of responses to Income tax department queries and notices of assessment to ensure any penal charges and/or escalations of tax disputes are rooted out as early as possible .

• Internal control evaluation of the chain of retail process.
• Taking up a project to control shrinkage and damage in the company's leading hypermarket chain segment 'Big Bazaar'. This resulted in decrease in avoidable losses ranging from 6-8 % in FMCG and apparel segment
• Preparing exception reports of centralized pricing change done through VK12 module of SAP accounting software.

As an intern, conducted external and internal audits of several companies across industries like public sector banking, Oil and Gas, Power, Heavy Metals, Hotels, Healthcare and Capital Markets.