Practice Areas

Direct Tax
Sales Tax
VAT
Works Contract Tax
Foreign Investment

Experience

Mr. Anilkumar Asher is a senior advocate in Mumbai (Bombay) and has been in practice for over forty years.  He specializes in direct and indirect tax matters.  He advises on works contract tax issues in power and other infrastructure projects, tax structuring for foreign companies entering India, the new VAT regime, applicability of sales tax on different transactions, etc.  He was an executive at the Sales Tax Department before he commenced practice as an Advocate.  Mr. Asher regular writes on sales tax, VAT, and related subjects in various leading newspapers and professional journals.  He is also a Notary Public.

Specific Matters

• Counsel to Bombay Paints Ltd., Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Dyckerhoff & Wildmann AG, Heinz India Ltd. and others on and sales tax, VAT and company law matters
• Advised Outokumpu on works contract tax matters
• Advised on indirect tax issues in infrastructure projects 
• Advised GTECH Corporation on sales tax issues in relation to selling online lotteries in India
• Counsel to Bureau Veritas Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. on service tax and related matters
• Represented Bells Controls Ltd. and Grauer & Well (India) Ltd. on sales tax disputes

Recommendation

Mr. Anilkumar Asher has been recommended for tax matters by the Asia Pacific Legal 500.

Professional Memberships

Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa

Speaking Engagements

Mr. Asher is a faculty member of the Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, a leading business institute in Mumbai (Bombay), where he lectures on sales tax topics.

Languages

English, Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi