1. Amrit Kumar Agarwal Permanent Address:
Lovely Medicine Mart
Chandini Chowk
(Opp : Post office)
Cuttack- 753 002
Odisha
': +91 72599 88002
* amritagarwal.ca@gmail.com
CAREER OBJECTIVE
I look forward to a career that adds value to the organization and provides me an opportunity to
continuously improve my knowledge and personality in a challenging work atmosphere and by
working in a team with people having diverse capabilities and personalities, able to meet
deadlines, to inculcate a ‘will do’ attitude and above all to succeed by learning and growing.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Ernst & Young LLP, Kolkata, Bangalore (“EY”)
Manager – Direct Tax (October, 2015 onwards)
Senior Consultant – Direct Tax (February, 2014 till September, 2015)
Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP, Bangalore (“DHS”)
Assistant Manager – Direct Tax – (June, 2011 – September, 2013)
Deputy Manager – Direct Tax – (October, 2013 – January, 2014)
D.M. Associates, Cuttack
Article Trainee (November, 2007 – February, 2010)
Rajesh K. Jhunjhunwala & Co., Kolkata
Article Trainee (February, 2007 – October, 2007)
Job Responsibilities in DHS and EY
As a Team Member - Direct Taxation took active part in various assignments involving:
Compliance support:
§ Preparation and filing of Income tax and wealth tax returns including preparation of return
memo, notes to computation and mutually accepted positions.
§ Review of provision for tax workings for various clients and mining potential opportunities on
the tax front.
Representation services:
§ Representation before various Income Tax Authorities in connection with assessments and
reassessments proceedings, revisionary proceedings, rectification applications, penalty
submissions, stay petitions, refund follow ups, etc.
§ Preparation and filing of “Objections to the draft assessment order” in Form No. 35A before
the DRP along with various submissions from time to time.

2. § Drafting and filing of appeal papers along with detailed notes on arguments for submissions
before the CIT(A) and Hon’ble ITAT.
§ Assistance in conducting research on various judicial precedents to be filed before the
Honourable Karnataka High Court (“HC”) and liaising with the counsel in the course of
hearings before the Honourable HC for one of our most esteemed clients.
§ Representation before the Income-tax authorities including CIT (TDS) in connection with
obtaining a certificate under section 197 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”).
Advisory services:
§ Drafted a memo on the applicability of section 32AC of the Act – ‘Accelerated depreciation on
investments’ to the facts of one of our clients.
§ Assisted in providing a comparative analysis between a STPI and a SEZ unit and the
applicability of formative conditions to the facts of the client.
§ Drafted memos on various withholding tax issues such as TDS on reimbursement of medical
expenses to consultant, TDS on lottery scheme, TDS on payments to resorts/hotels etc.
§ Drafted a note on various funding options available with a foreign holding company to
provide funds to the Indian subsidiary.
§ Prepared an opinion on claim of depreciation on certain intangible assets (including goodwill)
acquired in the course of slump sale.
§ Assisted in conducting a PE (Permanent Establishment) study for marketing support services
rendered by an Indian subsidiary to its foreign holding company.
Assistance in connection with Research & Development services [Section 35(2AB) related]
§ As a team member of “Weighted deduction on expenditure on Research and Development”,
took active part in providing end to end support in obtaining approval from the DSIR for
various esteemed clients.
§ Internal Tax Alerts on various judicial precedents for circulation to clients.
§ Preparation of various proposals in connection with tax services for potential clients.
§ Ensuring due compliance of the independence and risk management procedures before
proceeding with an engagement.
§ Actively involved in preparing the summary of various services rendered to clients for raising
of invoices on a timely basis.
§ Received appreciation e-mail from the client (one of India’s leading information technology
company) for enabling them to obtain weighted deduction under section 35(2AB) of the Act
from the DSIR (leading to tax savings of more than INR 60 crores per annum).
§ Received appreciation from the team for successfully obtaining an order from the AO to
release the attachment of bank account for one of the clients.
ACHIEVEMENTS/APPRECIATIONS
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
INTERNAL SUPPORT

3. § Received appreciation e-mail from the K&S team for obtaining modified ITR-6 with editable
version of ‘Schedule SI’ tab.
§ Rated “Exceeds expectations” during appraisals for the year 2012 in DHS and for the year 2014
in EY.
§ Received appreciation e-mails from the client and internal team for assisting in obtaining long
pending refunds stuck with the tax office, obtaining certificate under section 197, clean
assessment orders for various years and favourable orders from the CIT(A) – TDS.
§ Received appreciation e-mails from the client in obtaining favourable orders from the Hon’ble
ITAT and the CIT(A) for various assessment years leading to enormous tax savings.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Period Qualification Name of the
Institution
Marks Obtained
(%)
Nov 2010 C.A. (Final) I.C.A.I. 51.38 %
Nov 2006 C.A. (P.E. II) I.C.A.I. 54.67 %
Nov 2005 C.A. (P.E. I) I.C.A.I. 68.50 %
June 2010 C.S. (Executive) I.C.S.I. 59.33 %
Dec 2012 C.S. (Professional) I.C.S.I. 50.75%
ACADEMICS
Year Qualification Name of the Institution Marks
Obtained (%)
2007 B. Com (Hons.) South City College (Kolkata) 59.25 %
2004
C.H.S.E (Higher
Secondary)
Ravenshaw College (Cuttack) 82.22 %
2002 C.B.S.E (Secondary) Joharimall high School (Cuttack) 75.80 %
ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
§ Cleared all the levels of Company Secretary Course in First attempt.
§ Won prizes in various quiz and debate competitions organized by various institutions at
school level.
§ Won Prizes in school for ranking first in the class, special prize for being the most disciplined
student of the school, ranking first in Essay writing competition and debate competition.
PERSONAL DOSSIERS
Date of Birth : 1st September, 1986
Father’s Name : Mr. Shankar Lal Agarwal
Father’s Occupation : Business (Pharmacist)
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Oriya and Bengali
Computer Knowledge : Well conversant with MS Office applications
Interests/hobbies : Interacting with people, organizing team outings, arranging funds for
orphanages and old age homes, Playing and watching Cricket &
Sudoku, listening to music.