Ashish Karundia is a fellow member of the Institute of CharteredAccountants of India with extensive experience in taxation. Hespecializes in area of International Tax, Corporate Tax, ValueAdded Tax (VAT) and Entry Tax.He is the proprietor of Ashish Karundia & Co., a CharteredAccountant firm. In the past, he has been associated with firmslike Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, KPMG and Ernst & Young.He has advised clients on complex issues of treaty interpretationsuch as permanent establishment, secondment of employees,royalty, fees for technical/included services etc. From VAT andentry tax perspective he has, advised clients on classification,inter-state movement of goods, undertaken tax due diligence.He is also an expert in dealing with Foreign Account TaxCompliance Act (FATCA), a United States based reportingrequirement.He has written several articles highlighting tax controversies/ambiguities prevalent in the industry. His articles has been highlyappreciated by the members of industry and sometimes referredinto the judgment of the tribunals. His contributions are ratedamong the top 5 read articles in Taxsutra.He is a first class graduate from Gorakhpur University andhas won gold medal in his college. He was placed in merit list(Rankholder) in intermediate and Finals both of charteredaccountancy examination. He has won Late M S ChaudhariAward and Aloynce Franklin Silver Medal given by ICAI. He wasappointed as expert to address the issues arising out of FinanceBill, 2015, by Taxmann. He is an eminent member of Tax TreatyDiscussion Group headed by Ned Shelton which addresses treatissues arising worldwide.

He can be reached at akkarundia.ca@gmail.com