Abdul Rauf

He has hands on experience of more than 29 years of practicing taxation laws in Pakistan including direct/indirect/service tax . Possesses experience in the areas of tax planning, tax efficient transactions structuring, cross border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, tax due diligence and review of transfer pricing documentation besides tax compliance and other advisory services. Significant experience in the review of tax provision of financial statement. He has aslo served clients from different industry segments including manufacturing & trading, energy and natural resources, information technology, communication, airlines, banking & finance, other service industries and non-resident contractors. He has also been involved in number of advisory ventures which includes merger, restructuring of business, double tax treaties issues, transfer pricing studies etc.

Experience also includes representations before the assessing and appellate authorities and representations before Revenue authorities, advising clients on changes in tax regulations and assisting them in evaluating impacts of changes, advising local and foreign investors on various incentives available for investment in different sectors and advising tax effective tools of investments.

He was also involved in Quality Performance Review (QPR) of KPMG Pakistan and other member firms of KPMG in the MESA Region.