Tax Advisers - Deloitte

India
S Madhavan
PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd
Sucheta Bhawan, 1st Floor,
11-A, Vishnu Digamber Marg
New Delhi 110002
India
Tel: (91) 11 41150505/41150000
Fax: (91) 11 23210594/96
Email: s.madhavan@in.pwc.com
Website: www.pwc.com
Madhavan is an executive director in PricewaterhouseCoopers and heads the indirect tax
practice in India. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
India and a management graduate from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad.
Madhavan has a total experience of 24 years that includes six years’ industry experience
in Hindustan Lever Limited, India’s largest multinational and subsidiary of Unilever Plc,
UK. He has comprehensive experience in the application of indirect tax laws in industry.
He has had practice experience of over 18 years serving a broad range of international
and Indian clients on all aspects of indirect taxes ranging from customs duties to excise
law to service taxes and sales taxes. He has also been significantly involved in the recent
introduction of VAT in India. He has advised state governments on the implementation
of VAT and has also carried out numerous VAT impact assessment studies for clients.
Madhavan is a member of the indirect tax committees of several national chambers of
commerce and is an active participant in policy deliberations and discussions in relation
to all indirect tax matters. Madhavan interacts regularly with India’s apex Indirect Tax
Board (CBEC) for monitoring the impact of legislative changes and to advise as well as
represent on indirect tax policy. Madhavan also advises industry associations on taxation
matters and actively works with them in engaging with the authorities in relation to the
annual budget-making exercise. Madhavan is a member of the International Fiscal
Association and of the Indirect Tax Appellate Tribunal Bar Association and the Delhi
Management Association.
Madhavan has made numerous presentations on indirect tax matters at various Indian
and international seminars, particularly on VAT and service taxes, and is a regular
contributor of articles in the national press. He is also a frequent panelist/participant on
indirect tax issues on national TV.
The International Tax Review has consistently rated Madhavan as among the leading
indirect tax practitioners in India.
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