• Arup is a hardcore Compliance professional with deep interest in tax litigations and
advisories and is based in City of Joy, India.
• He is qualified Chartered Accountant from ICAI in the year 2000, Company Secretary from
ICSI in the same year and CISA from ISACA, US in the year 2010. He has also earned a
Diploma in IFRS from ACCA, Uk.
• He has over 2 decades of experience in tax laws and other allied laws.
• In 2000, Arup started his career with a mid sized CA firm as a Partner.
• In 2009, after a brief stint with IFB Agro Industries he joined Rediffusion a leading
advertisement agencies as General Manager Finance.
• In 2012, Arup left Rediffusion to set up his own practice, primarily handling tax litigations
and advisories only
• After the introduction of GST in 2017, he has put on many hats as implementer, advisor,
trainer, compliance consultant, litigations consultant and also advisor to Government and
other trade bodies on GST issues.
• He has hands on experience in providing opinion & advisory services to some leading
corporates based in India and also outside India, carrying out strategic review of business
processes to evaluate the GST implications, filing returns, replying to SCN, undertaking
litigation services and representations before the adjudicating authorities, appellate
authorities and CESTAT.
• He was a co opted member of Indirect Tax Committee, EIRC, ICAI for the FY 2019-20.
• He has published articles in journals and leading online websites.
• He has trained students, professionals, senior government officers, professional bodies and
trade bodies on GST and other IDT related topics across multiple states in India.
• He is a faculty on GST with the ICAI and some of the leading universities
• While he is away from Indirect Taxations, Startup ideas keep him engaged as he tries to
mentor on pro bono, the start ups with his huge exposure of last twenty years in the areas
of compliance, taxation and business structuring.