Tushar Agarwal

• UAE Corporate Tax Advisory • UAE VAT Advisory • UAE Excise Tax Advisory • AML Compliance • Accounting Solutions • Auditing Facilitation • Certified Tally Partner • Certified Zoho Finance Suite Partner

Advising and executing the plans for founders, HNIs and SMEs on end-to-end UAE business structuring — covering licensing, corporate tax, residency and long-term compliance, with a focus on clarity, risk management and scalability.

• Utilized time management and prioritized deadlines; managed preparation and review of VAT returns for over 90 clients spanning a variety of industries including financial services, real estate, education, construction & hospitality. • Delivered opinions on applicability of VAT laws on the transactions undertaken by the businesses, requirement to obtain registration under VAT etc. for overseas companies conducting exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates • Performed numerous VAT Health Check exercises, identifying gaps in compliance and making recommendations to large corporate groups including Saha Farms, Dusit Thani, Dubai & Foodics Group. • Represented clients during FTA Tax Audits, aiding in producing specialized reports and liaising with tax authorities and management. • Provided VAT & Customs advisory on various topics of law and procedures to businesses in UAE and overseas. Assist organizations to structure transactions to lower the incidence of tax and optimize supply chains. • Tax Automation – migrated several clients from one ERP to another for automated VAT returns and customized report generation. • Preparation and submission of voluntary disclosures, reconsideration, and clarification requests on behalf of clients and escalation of cases to the Tax Dispute Resolution Committee in collaboration with local legal firms. • Hosted training sessions, prepared intra-firm learning material, and published articles on various areas of Customs and VAT. • Conducted External Audits, Company Liquidations, prepared certificates, and delivered Audited Financial statements independently. • Advanced knowledge in End to End bookkeeping in Tally.ERP9 accounting package, for various industries including Hotels, Trading & Consultancies.

Estee Advisors is an Investment Management firm and also provides Payroll and Financial Reporting services to its various sister concerns including Estee Capital LLC, USA. While serving Estee Advisors I was responsible for followings tasks : • Preparation and presentation of financial statements. • Reporting various tax forms to IRS, USA on behalf of Estee Capital LLC. • Annual reporting to National Futures Association, USA. • Preparing and disbursing salaries of people working at Estee Capital LLC. • Monitoring and adjusting of Risk and Trading Limits for traders. • Making correspondences with various stock exchanges and stock brokers for making FX-Hedge-Trades. • Managing and disbursing all accounts payables of Estee Capital LLC on fixed schedule. • Miscellaneous accounting procedural tasks supporting above-mentioned activities. • Budgeting for the upcoming quarters for fixed payments and receipts.

• Produce daily Swaps P&L's for specified trading books on T+1 basis for APAC entities. Trading books primarily structured for Global Index Arbitrage, Quantitative trading for Equities and Futures. • FX P&L validation that includes escalating any un-hedged exposure and incorrect exposure, ensure cross currency transactions to be hedged ,ensure correct FX levelling and hedging across APAC entities • Responsible for ensuring accurate bucketing of PnL into clean splits to avoid any VAR conflicts. • Providing market commentary for large PnL swings explaining in terms of book risk, positions and economic factors • Liaise with the front office traders for all issues surrounding the P&L and risk. • Work with operations in resolving any breaks between the Front office systems and settlement systems • Ensure proper validation and controls for daily Trading P&L and Balance sheet accounts.

• Preparing replies to queries of various Direct and Indirect Taxation public authorities. • Stock Market analysis for given stocks by preparing a matrix based on their fundamentals. • Entering Trades in live market on behalf of clients in Equity and Commodity Segments online. • Preparing and Filing Income Tax and Service Tax returns. • Book keeping of companies operating in media service industry • Stock Market analysis for given stocks by preparing a matrix based on their fundamentals. • Entering Trades on behalf of clients in Equity and Commodity Segments using NEST by Reliance Securities Ltd.

• Assisted team in conducting Internal Audits, of a renowned Five Star Hotel in New Delhi. • Preparing and Filing Income Tax and Service Tax returns. • Book-keeping of companies and Individuals. • Preparation and updating of Fixed Assets register, to be maintained as per requirements of Corporate Law for the time being in force then.