Multinational (Specially Chinese)

Multinational (Specially Chinese) Clients

Malik Haroon Ahmad & Co. Chartered Accountants is presently providing different professional services to its Chinese Clients.

MHA has deputed dedicated teams of professional staffs on different client premises at Lahore, Karachi, Sahiwal, Islamabad and other cities of Pakistan. These teams are providing following professional services:

  • Advice on legal structure for business registration and Government policies relating to business structure.
  • Advice on formation of a company (Private, Public, Listed)
  • Advice on formation of Branch Office, Subsidiary Company, Joint Venture arrangements, Liaison Office and registration with Board of Investment (BOI).
  • Registration of National Tax Number (NTN), Sales Tax Registration Number (STRN), PEC registration, WEBOC registration, Trade Mark, Patent, Brand Name and Copyrights.
  • Legal service relating to drafting of business agreements, considering the impact of direct taxation, indirect taxation and other local laws and Government policies.
  • Book Keeping service on Accounting Software and maintenance of accounting record in compliance with the requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and in compliance with the provisions of different local laws and regulations.
  • Withholding Income Tax compliances under different provisions of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 along with other regulatory compliances.
  • Withholding Sales Tax compliances on invoices under different provisions of Sales Tax Act and Provincial Sales Tax Laws.
  • Legal Advisory on different types of agreements and on invoices to ensure legal and taxation compliances in accordance with the Pakistani Laws and Regulations.
  • Preparation and filing of monthly Sales Tax Return (both of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Provincial Revenue Authorities.
  • Preparation and filing of monthly Withholding Tax Statements.
  • Taking Income Tax and Sales Tax Exemptions for Non-Residents where applicable.
  • Filing of Annual Income Tax Return under the requirement of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
  • Maintenance of Accounting and Taxation Record in accordance with the provisions of Income Tax Ordinance 2001, Sales Tax Act 1990, and Provincial Sales Tax on Services Act.
  • Handling of Income Tax and Sales Tax audits.
  • Compliance of Legal & Tax notices and representation before taxation and appellate authorities including Federal Tax Ombudsman and Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue.
  • Representation before the Federal Board of Revenue for invoking its jurisdiction for administrative and advance ruling and clarification on Taxation issues (if required).
  • Providing services of all types of Labour Laws compliances.
  • Conducting Annual Statutory Audit.
  • Preparation and filing of Income Tax returns of Chinese Staff.

A list of Chinese clients operating in different sectors is given below:

He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan with over 25 years of professional experience as a trusted adviser and proven leader assisting Companies, Partnership Concerns, Sole Establishment Businesses and other business entities with Audit, Assurance, Taxation Compliance & Advisory Services, Accounting & Book Keeping Services, Management Consultancies, Feasibility Studies, Corporate Compliances, Computerized Implementation & Training of Accounting Software, HR Consultancies, Internal Control Policies & Procedures and Strategic Planning.

He graduated as Bachelor of Commerce from University of Punjab in 1994. He worked in the capacity of Senior Manager Taxation in Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder & Company, Chartered Accountants, a member firm of Ernst & Young International, one of the big accountancy firms in the world. He is also Life time member of Lahore Tax Bar Association. He also worked as member of the Executive committee of the Lahore Tax Bar Association during the year 2007-2008. He also remained a member of Continuing Professional Development [CPD] Committee, Northern Region, of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan. From October 2009 till date, he is working as a Partner with Malik Haroon Shahid Safder and Co., Chartered Accountants.

He has a vast experience of Corporate Taxation Matters including tax compliance, corporate tax planning, counseling, benefit optimization, annual and periodical tax returns, withholding tax management, managing post-return correspondence, preparation and filing of appeals and representation before tax authorities and Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. He also deals the Tax cases of regular multinational clients of countries especially United States of America, United Kingdom, Turkey, Norway, Japan, Mauritius, Italy, Holland, United Arab Emirates, Germany etc. and also conduct Exit and Entrance interviews of the assignees of various multinationals Giants such as Microsoft, Nortel Network etc. in order to help and advice such Assignees regarding tax issues arising from their relocation from Pakistan.

He holds a massive experience of Personal Taxation including tax planning and compliance services for individuals, trusts and partnerships in respect of income and wealth taxation, tax planning for executive compensation package and fringe benefits, employee retirement benefit schemes for tax optimization, Managing post-return correspondence and representation before/during audit, assessment and appellate authorities, tax-efficient personal planning and investment opportunities. He also has a huge experience of Individual taxation services especially from the sectors of Banking, Retired Army Officers, Government Officials, Pensioners, and Salaried Staff of various Pakistani and Multinational Companies and tax planning and post return presentation of cases of expatriate staff of multinational companies.

He has an enormous experience of Sales Tax and other related Laws including post return presentation before Sales Tax department, handling of Sales Tax Refund cases, preparation and filing of reply to show cause notices of auditors and adjudicating authorities, preparation and filing of appeals and presentation before Collector of Sales Tax (Appeals) and Customs, Excise and Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, preparation of tax advices on the Sales Tax issues, tax counseling to clients on the preparation of Sales Tax record and tax returns and handling matters relating to Capital Value tax, Provincial Professional Tax, Corporate Asset Tax, etc. Furthermore, being a part of Sales Tax Task force established by the Central Board of Revenue, he was assigned to submit final report on the specified area to the team of task force members. He, therefore, analyzed, interviewed, drawn flow charts of different sub systems of the Sales Tax department and finally submitted this information along with recommendation with regard to changes in law and procedures to the team of Sales Tax members.

He holds enormous experience to prepare opinions on different aspects of corporate laws and foreign currency exchange control regulations and representing before corporate and regulatory agencies including Corporate Law Authority, Registrar of Companies, Registrar of Firms and Registrar of Trusts. He also deals with Secretarial and Corporate Compliance Services under Companies Ordinance and also advising on preparation of documentation for partnerships and preparation of minutes of the meeting.

As an engagement partner, he possesses ample experience of conducting various assignments of statutory external audits, Internal audits, Income tax audits, sales tax audits, management audits and forensic audits specially relating to Textile processing units, Textile spinning and weaving units, Construction companies, Engineering, Manufacturing and Domestic Appliances, NGO’s and Associations, and Trading companies etc.

He is a Writer of different books published by the Professional Business Publications [PBP], a world-renowned name of business publications of professional examinations and was solely responsible to annually updating the books to give effect the changes introduced by the Annual Budget, SROs, Circulars etc. issued from time to time.

He remained a visiting faculty member of Lahore School of Accountancy, Lahore since 2002 (A college affiliated with University of Lahore and approved training institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan.

He has also Participated as Tax Expert member on different episodes of “Tax Aur Awam” at Koh-e- Noor TV on taxation issues.