Ajay Kumar Sanganeria

Ajay is the Head of Tax at KPMG in Singapore, and has over 23 years of professional experience with more than 18 years in Singapore. He has worked with many multi-national companies on international taxation and the most efficient means by which their investments should be managed from a tax perspective.

Ajay maintains a close working relationship with Government agencies including EDB, A*star, Enterprise Singapore amongst others and helps companies to tap on various schemes administered by these agencies to support companies in Singapore. He has helped various clients in obtaining tax incentives and support in relation to their headquarters, manufacturing, trading, finance and treasury centre set up in Singapore.

Ajay’s experience includes advising on intricate corporate tax issues involving, inbound / outbound investments, pre and post IPO structuring, supply chain hub model restructuring, cross border service fee/royalty payments,  procurement model and intellectual property structuring.

Ajay has also helped many companies in conducting health checks and identifying compliance requirements including post health check remediation of issues and implementation of tax technology tools for on-going monitoring of compliance requirements. He has worked with many clients on M&A transactions involving tax due diligence, pre & post M&A tax structuring and integration and disintegration step plans from tax perspective. He has also advised companies to achieve tax neutral M&A transactions.

He has extensive experience in dealing with tax authorities with regards to resolving tax issues and obtaining advance rulings for upfront certainty on tax issues.

Ajay has been a key contributor of thought leadership content on mainstream media about required changes in the Singapore tax system. Ajay has also been a regular speaker on tax issues, including collaborations with industry associations and Government agencies.