S C Mishra
was former Director- General of Income-tax and author of Transfer Pricing Manual and Transfer Pricing in India: From Inception to BEPS. His areas of specialisation include tax policy, capacity building and training. He had wide experience in legislative drafting and amendment of direct tax laws. He participated in programmes on training methods, tax treaties and comparative tax laws in India and overseas. He also conducted training programmes on taxation of non-residents. He was involved in designing training programmes for officers of developing countries. As a tax administrator, he investigated cases of tax frauds including cross- border transactions. However, the role that he cherished the most was as a training administrator where his job included identification of training needs, designing course profiles and evaluation of these programmes. He was deeply interested in English literature and literature of Indian languages. He loved going for long walks and listening to Hindustani classical music. He breathed his last on 14th August 2024, while working on this book.
SP Singh (SP)is presently Senior Advisor to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He started his career in 1976 as a lecturer of Physics in St. Xavier's College. Ranchi. In 1979 he joined the Indian Revenue Service where he served for over two decades in various capacities. While in the Foreign Tax & Tax Research Division he was part of the team for negotiating and finalising several tax treaties. He was a member of the Expert Group on Transfer Pricing constituted by the Ministry of Finance for drafting the transfer pricing regulations. Later, SP joined Deloitte India as Senior Director where he led several initiatives. SP has been recognized amongst World Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers as well as one of the global leaders in tax litigation for several years by international organisations. SP has an MSc in Fiscal Studies from Bath University, UK, and earned a Master's in Physics in India. He has co-authored several books and regularly writes for taxation journals. His passion is wildlife and nature photography and running where he has participated in several half-marathon races.
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