Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002
Registration, returns, audits, refunds and assessments.
Prompt and perfect tax service.
Bhagwat and Associates is a taxation consultancy of tax practitioners, advocates and accountants, headed by Adv. Mahesh P. Bhagwat, who has practised taxation since 1983.
- 1983 Adv. Bhagwat begins tax practice
- 5 areas of tax consultancy
- Tribunal appearances in Mumbai
- On request training for accounts staff
Tax consultancy built on four decades of practice
Bhagwat and Associates is a proprietary concern headed by Adv. Mahesh P. Bhagwat for the last 7 to 8 years. Adv. Bhagwat himself has been in taxation practice since 1983.
The firm works as a group of tax practitioners, advocates and accountants. Clients can rely on it for registrations, returns, assessments, appeals and legal opinions across Maharashtra's sales and local taxes.
Prompt and perfect service is our only object.
Main areas of consultancy
Statutes we advise on, from registration through to appeals.
Central Sales Tax Act, 1956
Returns, declarations and appearances for inter-state sales.
Professional Tax Act, 1975
Enrolment, registration, returns and assessments.
Local Body Tax
Returns, refunds, assessments and appeals before municipal courts.
Allied Acts
Luxury tax, entry tax and related enactments.
Services we render
Choose a tax to see what we handle for you.
VAT and CST
- Implementation of accounting system specially required for VAT
- Registration proceedings under MVAT Act and CST Act
- Preparation of returns under VAT and CST Acts
- Filing of e-returns
- VAT audit required by the MVAT Act, through associate Chartered Accountants
- Filing of e-refund applications
- Applications for declarations under the CST Act
- Preparation for assessment proceedings
- Applications for intimation of changes in business
- Preparation of refund proceedings
- Appearance for VAT and CST assessments
- Appearance for departmental audits
- Filing of appeals to departmental authorities in the Sales Tax Department
- Filing of appeals to the Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal, Mumbai
- Appearance for appeals before departmental authorities and the Tribunal
- Yearly tax planning
- Applications and appearances before the Commissioner of Sales Tax in Determination of Disputed Questions (D.D.Q.)
- Training to accounts staff on legal and procedural aspects
- Legal opinions
Professional Tax
- Implementation of accounting system specially required for Professional Tax
- Registration proceedings under the Professional Tax Act
- Enrolment under the Professional Tax Act
- Preparation of returns under Professional Tax
- Filing of e-returns
- Preparation for assessment proceedings
- Applications for intimation of changes in business
- Appearance for Professional Tax assessments
- Appearance for departmental audits
- Filing of appeals to departmental authorities in the Sales Tax Department
- Filing of appeals to the Maharashtra Sales Tax Tribunal, Mumbai
- Appearance for appeals before departmental authorities and the Tribunal
- Yearly tax planning
- Applications and appearances before the Commissioner of Sales Tax in Determination of Disputed Questions (D.D.Q.)
- Training to accounts staff on legal and procedural aspects
- Legal opinions
Local Body Tax
- Implementation of accounting system specially required for L.B.T.
- Preparation of returns under L.B.T.
- Filing of returns
- Filing of refund applications
- Preparation for assessment proceedings
- Applications for intimation of changes in business
- Preparation of refund proceedings
- Appearance for L.B.T. assessments
- Filing of appeals to departmental authorities in municipal courts
- Appearance for appeals before municipal courts
- Yearly tax planning
- Applications and appearances before the Commissioner in Determination of Disputed Questions (D.D.Q.)
- Training to accounts staff on legal and procedural aspects
- Legal opinions
Adv. Mahesh P. Bhagwat
In taxation practice since 1983, and a regular speaker and teacher on VAT, Professional Tax, Works Contract Tax and Local Body Tax.
Adv. Mahesh P. BhagwatHead, Bhagwat and Associates
Positions held
- Past President, Western Maharashtra Tax Practitioners Association, Pune
- Member, State Indirect Tax Committee, Maharatta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture
- Founder President, Poona Eastern Junior Chamber
- Life Member, Sales Tax Practitioners' Association of Maharashtra and All India Federation of Tax Practitioners' Associations
Teaching and lectures
- Lectures on VAT, Professional Tax, Works Contract Tax and Local Body Tax at seminars, conferences and public meetings
- Beginners' courses for tax practitioners
- Paper writer at the International Residential Refreshers' Course of the Western Maharashtra Tax Practitioners Association
- Visiting faculty, National Institute of Tax Laws, Pune, and other institutions
YASHADA, Pune
Visiting faculty at YASHADA, the Government of Maharashtra institute for government officers and executives. He has run programs there on effective communication skills, leadership and positive attitude.
All India Radio
Conducted interview programs with traders and consultants on All India Radio when VAT was introduced in Maharashtra.
Training for your accounts team
On request, we train your accounts staff on assessments and return preparation, including the legal and procedural aspects behind them, so your team can handle routine compliance with confidence.
Assessments
Return preparation
Legal procedure
Yearly tax planning
Contact & Location
Visit our office in Shivajinagar, Model Colony, Pune, or send a short description of your tax matter and we will get back to you.
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