Dr. Rakesh Gupta is a law graduate and Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an Associate Member of the Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. He has done Ph.D. He was awarded the gold medal in LL.B. examination by the University. He and Dr. Raj started practising as a chartered accountant in the year 1984 in the firm M/s. Rakesh Raj & Associates. He was selected as a Member of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in the year 2000. Afterwards, he resigned from the service and started practising as an advocate as a senior partner of M/s. RRA TaxIndia at Delhi representing income-tax cases before various High Courts and before the Supreme Court of India. He is a prolific speaker and has been contributing to the profession by addressing various seminars regularly on legal and practical topics relating to Income Tax. He has contributed articles in various professional magazines, writing columns in newspapers and making appearances at T.V. channels.