Vishwanath has extensively worked on indirect tax advisory, litigation and compliance. He has worked with clients from a wide range of industries such as Manufacturing, Petroleum, Healthcare, Education, IT and ITES, NGOs, Electronics, Trading and e-Commerce and several other sectors.
His work experience includes conceptualizing and advising on tax efficient business models and tax structures for Indian and Foreign Companies and conducting comprehensive tax compliance audit. He has engaged with several large companies for advising on mergers and acquisitions from Indirect tax perspective.
He has led a team for assisting and handholding the clients in GST Implementation and transition services including advisory services on anti-profiteering measures, procedural aspects on documentation, system related changes etc.
He is also advised several clients with regard to Customs related issues, benefits and compliance under Foreign Trade Policy and also setting up of SEZ.
He has also worked on litigation matters in the areas of Central Excise, CENVAT Credit, Service Tax, VAT / CST laws, GST laws and arbitrations relating to GST.
He is a speaker at various industry fora and trade bodies and a columnist in various online publication discussing various GST issues.
