Alok Agarwal, B. Com. LL.B.

Ex. I.R.S., Advocate & Tax Consultant

Joined Customs House Chennai as Customs Appraiser in year 1991 after clearing Civil Services Exam, 1989. Worked in Government Departments dealing with issues relating to indirect taxes for next 24 years at various stations in various capacities.

Took voluntary Retirement in the year 2015, while serving as Additional commissioner of Customs in Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House, Mumbai.

Worked in all the three important domains of Indirect Taxes – Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax; has in-depth understanding and insight on policies and procedures related to these taxes.

Expertise lie in dealing with various policy/investigations related issues dealt in Ministry, DRI and Commissionerates of Excise as well as Customs and service Tax.

Work Experience:

Worked in the Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax department for 24 years.

• 1991 to 1995 – Chennai Sea Customs
• 1995 to 2003 – Delhi Air Cargo , ICD TKD in various capacities
• 2003 – In charge of Service Tax Division Delhi II-
• 2004 to 2007 – Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Delhi
• 2007 to 2009 – Delhi Customs at ICD TKD, EPCG ,DEEC & Drawback
• 2009 to 2013 – Central Board of Excise & Customs,
• 2013 to 2015 – Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House , Nahvasheva

Portfolios Handled at Customs:

– All Assessing groups specially, DEEC, DEPB, EPCG

– Customs examination – Docks & Air Customs,

– Directorate of Revenue Intelligence

– Tariff Unit, CBEC, DOR, Ministry of Finance

– Others – Investigations (SIIB), Legal, Audit, Drawback, Customs Policy

Portfolios Handled at Service Tax:

– In-charge of Division II of Delhi having more than 45000 assesses.

– Handled litigation at various levels such as at original authority, appellate authorities, tribunals, High Court & Supreme Court.

Rewards & Appreciation:

– Received SAMMAN PATRA from Member (CBEC), for the performance during the year 1998-99.

– Got various appreciations while working in DRI and Department regarding preventive, policy and administrative issues.

– Was instrumental at JNCH for starting Risk Management System in Exports to facilitate Trade,

– Taken various steps for ‘Ease of Doing Business’ at JNCH.

– While working in CBEC issued various rulings relating to classification, Project imports and Antidumping Duty.

– Received appreciation of Finance Minister for attending work relating to PAC.

Lectures on Indirect Taxes at various forums:

– NACEN – Delhi

– FICCI – Delhi

Trainings Attended:

– Attended Course on Up gradation of Skills of SDRs/JDRs of CEGAT organized by NACEN

– Attended Course on MS Office organized by Informatics International Singapore

– Attended Workshop on Monitoring and Control of ODS’ organized by NACEN

– Attended Course on Special Intelligence Course, Conducted at the Military Intelligence Training School & Depot, Pune

– Attended 37th Course on Orientation to Documents Examination for Criminal Justice Functionaries

International Exposure

– Represented India in ASEAN Countries in workshop on Trade and Tariff in the year 2011 at Vietnam and 2012 at Indonesia.

– Attended International Rail Interdiction Training in USA

– Attended Commodity Identification training at USA

Others

– His two poetry compilations ‘PattharonkiDharkan’ and ‘LahronkiThirkan’ published in year 2009.