Priyamwada has experience of over five years in litigation and advisory. She has successfully represented clients before appellate tribunals and departmental authorities and has advised prominent foreign and Indian entities in the areas of indirect taxation and customs.

  • Represented clients before CESTAT on cases pertaining to refund of unutilized CENVAT Credit, availment of CENVAT Credit on medical insurance of Client’s employees and their families, short reversal of CENVAT Credit, short payment of interest on Service tax paid on transactions related to associated enterprises, non-payment of service tax on legal fees for obtaining Visa, among others.
  • Drafted pleadings on issues pertaining to maintainability of a refund claim for Service tax in the absence of any challenge to the assessment or self-assessment in appeal, short payment of Service tax on additional license fee paid for procurement of services provided by Government to business entities to operate as a telecom service provider, on reverse charge basis, Non-payment of Central Excise on conversion of pre-printed polythene rolls into polythene bags on job work basis for the principal manufacturer, non-payment of Service on provision of hoarding sites to advertising agencies, debarment on account of termination of contract, petition filed for setting aside arbitral award among others.
  • Advised client on the GST implications on specific issues concerning credit notes due to the lack of one-to-one correlation between the returned products for which a credit note is issued and the products sold through the tax invoice, availability of input tax credit under the GST laws to an issuer of co-branded cards on breakage amount, Place of Supply Rules under GST Law on supply of goods at store.
  • Drafted an indemnity agreement with respect to Input tax credit taken by the issuer of co-branded cards on the invoice for recovering breakage amount raised by the client and the GST liability that could arise on the issuer of co-branded cards on breakage amount.
  • Assisted with DGGI investigations.