Harsh Shah PARTNER

Practice Areas

Overview

Harsh Shah is a Partner in the Tax practice of ELP and focuses on indirect taxes. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He is a law graduate from Government Law College and has also completed his Masters in Commerce.

Harsh has around two decades of post-qualification experience in indirect tax and handles all indirect taxes such as Goods and Services Tax (‘GST’), Customs, Foreign Trade Policy matters, Export Control regulations as well as pre-GST legislations like Excise, Service tax and Value Added Tax.

He advises various multinational and domestic companies on their day-to-day indirect tax matters. He has assisted several clients in their transition to the Goods and Services Tax and continues to advice clients on this law on a day-today basis. He has also been instrumental in filing several Writ Petitions in connection with indirect taxes and arguing them successfully before the Hon’ble Courts.

He has also been involved in litigations matters for clients right from enquiry stage till the Hon’ble Supreme Court. He has also been working with several industry associations on the key GST issues and assisting them in making representations with the relevant ministries.

Over the last few years, Harsh has been continuously featuring as one of the leading indirect tax advisers in the country by International Tax Review. He has also been recognized by Legal 500 as the Next Generation Partner. Harsh also features in the Forbes’ list of India’s top 100 lawyers. He is also recognized as Future Star for Tax by Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific. The RSG India report has also rated Harsh as ‘technically very good’ and ‘always available’ to clients.

He has keen interest in and writes articles which are published in leading tax websites and newspapers. He is a regular speaker on GST at various forums.

Prior to working with ELP, Harsh has worked with the big four accounting firms such as PwC and Deloitte.

Recognitions

International Tax Review’s (ITR) World Tax Leaders
    • Highly Regarded – Indirect Tax

Legal 500
  • “Harsh Shah and [Rohit Jain] stand out for their delivery of service, knowledge of our industry and excellent technical skills”.
  • Recognized as Next Generation Partner for Tax

RSG India Report
  • Harsh is ‘technically very good’ and ‘always available’ to clients.
Benchmark Litigation Asia Pacific 2023
    • Future Star for Tax

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Budget Bulletin – Taxation

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Indirect Tax Newsletter – September 2023

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General extension to the validity period of conditional Customs exemptions: A task well done?

9 Feb 2023 | Read More

Indirect Tax Newsletter – January 2023

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Budget in a Minute: Validity of Conditional Exemptions under Customs

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ELP Tax Update – Recent clarifications to settle certain issues under GST

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Indian real estate: Performance through FY23 and outlook for the future

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The India Post – August 2022

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The India Post – Volume 2

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Budget Buzz – Virtual Digital Assets

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Budget Buzz IFSC

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Budget Buzz -Litigation

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45th GST Council Meeting Highlights

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Tax Newsletter – July 2021

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Tax Newsletter April 2021

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Union Budget 2021: An Analysis

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ELP – Tax Newsletter

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ELP – Tax Update (February 25 – March 10, 2020)

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ELP- Tax Update

10 Feb 2020 | Read More

Union Budget 2020: An Analysis

2 Feb 2020 | Read More

Anti-Profiteering Whip To The Real Estate Sector

18 Jan 2020 | Read More

Taxation in India: Curated Views

22 Nov 2019 | Read More

Union Budget 2019 – An Analysis

7 Jul 2019 | Read More

ELP Knowledge Series – India Update Part 1 of 2019

19 Feb 2019 | Read More

Package Scheme of Incentives in Maharashtra – Is it actually incentivizing?

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Interim Union Budget 2019 – An Analysis

1 Feb 2019 | Read More

ELP’s Harsh Shah – Zee Business

14 Jan 2019 | Read More

A year later, uncertainties on GST implementation mar realty sector

1 Jul 2018 | Read More

Putting the real back in realty

14 Feb 2018 | Read More

Budget 2018: Is there a hidden silver lining for the real estate sector

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CCI verdicts fail to act as deterrents to malpractice

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GST Weekly Update Compilation

15 Sep 2017 | Read More

Experts on GST

30 Jun 2017 | Read More

Construction of real estate to attract 18% GST; home prices may not be impacted

30 Jun 2017 | Read More

No GST on residential property rental income but housing cost surge may push up rents: Experts

29 Jun 2017 | Read More

The unlikely panacea of indirect tax woes of Real Estate Industry

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Taxation of import of services – The series of sharp U-turns

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ELP Knowledge Series India Update Part 3 of 2022

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