Mr Surendra Kumar Khaitan has been practicing the profession of Chartered Accountancy for the last 28 years and has enormous experience in the field of income tax, company law matters and audit. He has had the privilege to serve a number of recognized and reputed clients all over India in all these years and this experience of his is an indispensable asset to the firm.

He is a leader in himself and gives the right kind of motivation to his employees to deliver upto their full potential. His biggest quality is the timely disposal of all the statutory matters with due diligence. It has been his biggest endeavour to provide the clients with quality services, looking after their ever changing needs and striving towards continuous improvement by acquiring new knowledge and developing advanced skills. He is well adversed with the new technological developments and integrates them into the work culture.

It is due to his endeavour that the firm has grown and expanded into one of the most reputed firms of Kolkata. He has developed a niche in his area of practise and has created a strong brand name of the firm through his efforts.

He looks after the Audit and Assurance matters of the company relating to both internal and statutory audit, Direct Tax matters including the compliances, scrutiny assessment before Adjudication authorities and litigations before Appellate Authorities, Company Law matters including incorporation, statutory filings, drafting of necessary agreements and resolutions and appearances before the Registrar of Companies and Regional Directors for various assignments.

Academic Achievements

? Passed the Chartered Accountancy Final examination in the year 2012 at the young age of 21 years with 74% marks in Indirect taxes 

? Passed the Company Secretary Final Examination in the year 2011 at the young age of 20

? Passed all the three levels of Chartered Financial Analyst examination from USA with the highest category (>70%) in almost all the subjects

? Holds a Diploma in Information System Audit after clearing the exam conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in June 2016.

? Cleared LLB 3 years course from West Bengal State University in 2019

Current Designation and Positions

? Currently a partner of the Tax & Regulatory Division of S. Khaitan & Associates (a reputed middle sized CA firm in Kolkata since 30 years). 

? Co-Chairman of the Indirect Taxes Committee and Executive Committee Member of Association of Corporate Advisors and Executives for the year 2020-21

? Member of the GST & Indirect Taxes Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for both 2019-20 and 2018-19

? Member of the State Council, Economic Affairs and Taxation Committee and various other committees of Confederation of Indian Industry for 2019-20 and 2020-21

? Member of the National Council on Indirect taxes for Assocham for 2019 and 2020

? Member of Indirect Taxes Committee of Direct Taxes Professional Association for 2020-21

Professional Achievements

? Authored the book on ‘A Practical Guide to GST on Textile Industry’ published by Bloomsbury Publications

? Contributed for the drafting and vetting of the Technical Guide on Annual Return and GST Audit published by the Indirect Taxes Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

? Part of the drafting team for the books ‘Exempted supplies under GST’, ‘Background Material on GST for Commerce Students’, ‘Supplies to/by Government’ and other such publications which have been released by the Indirect taxes Committee of the ICAI

? Made a significant contribution to the books ‘Background Material on GST’ and ‘FAQs and MCQs on GST’ published by the Indirect Taxes Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

? Drafted the GST Amendments Booklet published in June 2018 by the Indirect Taxes Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

? Conducting training sessions and seminars for well-known corporates, trade associations, universities, professional bodies, study circles etc. 

? Regular contributor to various articles in the professional and industrial forums