OUR TEAM

BAF team qualifications include ICAEW, ACCA’s, CA’s, CISA, MBA’s and Graduate’s qualifications. Full time dedicated staff includes professionals with specialization in corporate finance, accountancy,auditing, cost management and secretarial practice…

MUKHTAR HASAN

Mukhtar M. Hasan, an Omani national, is a Bachelor of Commerce graduate. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &Wales and also holds the Corporate Finance Qualification.

Mukhtar is a senior management professional, with extensive international experience covering all significant management and financial disciplines gained across a wide range of industry sectors. Multi-cultural, entrepreneurial and motivational leader. Innovative, catalyst for positive change with an ability to deliver. Promotes learning and development and leads by example. More than 40 years in Oman and fully conversant with local and regional customs and practices.

He has served on the Board of several companies including Omani public companies United Power, Renaissance Services, Renaissance Hospitality, National Hospitality, Muscat Finance, Gulf Investment Services and Oman Textiles and several other private companies as well as the Gulf Commercial Bank in Pakistan. He is currently a Director of Gulf Mushroom Products Company SAOG, Chairman of Muscat Thread Mills SAOG and Vice Chairman of Oman Dental College SAOC. He also sits on the Middle East Advisory Board of ICAEW.

TRINADH CHAVVA

Trinadh Chavva is a qualified chartered accountant from India. Trinadh has more than two decades of professional experience in audit, corporate consulting, accounts, corporate finance and budgeting & planning.
Trinadh has diverse industry exposure including oil & gas (downstream and upstream), banking, manufacturing,public utility services, insurance, FMCG, construction and IT & ITES. He has hands-on professional experience with intense operational and systems orientation, backed by strong business acumen.
Trinadh has expertise in implementing accounting standards and formulating various MIS reports for facilitating the top management in effective decision making. He is an efficient communicator and possessing organized leadership capabilities.
During his professional career he has worked with multinational audit and consulting firms EY, PWC, Deloitte,Mazars, Nexia International, further he has also worked with Omani Government investment company in various capacities.

INSAR ALI

Insar Ali is a qualified Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan, and he is also a Graduate in Commerce from University of Punjab.

Insar has close to two decades of experience in the field of audit, taxation, treasury and accounting.

Prior to joining with BAF, Mr. Insar has worked with KPMG Pakistan and Oman for 14 years and after that he has worked with construction and real estate development companies about four years.

Insar has served following industries during his professional career:

  • Banking and NBFCs
  • Manufacturing
  • Automobile
  • Oil and Gas
  • Telecom, and
  • Energy sector

PANKAJ GUPTA

Background

► Pankaj is a Partner in BAF, Oman.

► Pankaj is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India with over 20 years of professional experience in taxation and audit services, of which the last 16 years experience in Oman with EY and 4 year with Motorola India.

Skills

► Business Tax Advisory

► Global Compliance and Reporting

► International Tax and Transaction Services

► Tax Policy and Controversy

► Tax Structuring and Planning

► VAT compliance

► VAT advisory

► Tax Due diligence

► Statutory Audit and Internal Audit

 Professional experience

► Pankaj has considerable experience in providing taxation services to clients, both local and multinational
► He has been advising various clients, local and multinational companies, on applicable tax issues in Oman
► Pankaj is currently involved in providing the following Omani tax compliance and consultancy services to a wide range of our multinational and local clients
► Pankaj has experience working with a variety of diversified companies within the retail, wholesale, service and manufacturing sector , insurance, banking and telecommunication
► Pankaj has experience in advising entry level strategies for foreign multinationals wishing to do business in Oman
► He has been involved in providing Statutory audit and Internal audit wide variety of clients in Oman as well as internationally.

► Assisting the clients in preparation and submission of the corporate income tax returns, withholding tax returns, and tax exemptions applications with Oman
Tax Authority through tax authority portal
► Implementation electronic platform and process chart for electronic filing of corporate and Withholding tax returns with tax authority portal
► Tax Advice to various clients, local and multinational companies, on applicable tax issues in Oman, double tax treaty & advance ruling
► Tax policy and controversy with High level discussions and meeting with Oman Tax Authority in assessment proceedings, objections and appellate
proceeding
► Advice the client of the most appropriate way to settle their tax liability in Oman on the basis of relevant regulations and current practice
► Advice on tax efficient structure and planning and mitigation to foreign companies entering contracts in Oman
► Advice and assistance to client on VAT impact assessment and implementation of VAT
► Advice and assistance to client on Country by Country reporting (CBCR) applicability, registration and notification to Tax Authority
► Tax due diligence & review of current tax and deferred tax computation of worst case tax provision required for note to the financial statement
► Assist the client with Tax registration, Tax card, VAT registration with Oman Tax Authority
► Advice on entry level strategies for foreign multinationals wishing to do business in Oman
► Assist the client with Accounting, Compliance & Reporting (ACR) services
► Handling billing and collection management for various clients
► Conducting in-house tax training program for Omani graduates
► Designing a compliance under statutes like an Stock Transfer Registers, Road Permit registers, Input/Output, Stock/Inventory Registers and preparation of
Returns/ documents for Tax Audits

MUHAMED SHAMNAD

Muhamed Shamnad is a qualified ACCA, UK (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, United Kingdom) member having more than one-decade professional experience.

Muhamed prior to joining with BAF, he worked with BDO, Morison Muscat and EY. Muhamed has extensive work experience in external audits, internal audits, due diligence audits and accounting.

During his professional carrier, he has served clients involved in following industries:

  • Manufacturing
  • Distribution and FMCG
  • Construction
  • Oil and Gas
  • Telecom, and
  • Hospitality industries

OTHER SUPPORTING STAFF

  • Apart from the qualified professional staff, we have been supported by PRO, two accountants and graduate trainees.
  • Further, we are also supported by outsource / part time / freelance professional staff available, as needed.