Arpit Haldia-CA (Dr) Arpit Haldia has been in Practice since 2002. He has handled areas relating to Direct Tax, VAT and Audit assignments and possesses unique expertise in Value Added Tax in Rajasthan. He has regularly appeared before the appellate authorities under Income Tax and Rajasthan Value Added Tax Act. He had been awarded Ph.D. in "Comparative Study of Existing system of Sales Tax and Proposed system of Value Added Tax". He has made an in-depth study on the subject of Goods and Service Tax. His articles on VAT, GST and direct tax have been published on various websites and in local journals and newspapers. He has been a regular speaker in Seminars, Conferences and study circle meetings organized by Various Committees of ICAI, Branches of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and other trade and professional bodies.
Mohd. Salim-The author CA Mohammad Salim graduated in commerce from the University of Delhi in 1995 and then qualified as a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India ('ICAI') in 1998, securing more than 60% marks. Subsequently, he also completed his graduation in law, securing first division. After qualifying, the author has handled the taxation issues of large infrastructural and financial corporates and is currently managing the taxation function of India's largest Non-Banking Financial company. The author is also a member of the Indirect Taxes Committee of the PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has taken numerous sessions on Indirect Taxes in the seminars organized by ICAI and other professional bodies/universities. He has also taken sessions in the GST programs organized by ICAI for the Departmental officials and certificate courses. He has authored more than 50 articles on GST, which have been published in various reputed journals and websites.