4-Week Online Certificate Course on Tax Law and Practice by LawWhelmed: Enrol by Sep 12

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About the Certificate Course on Tax Law and Practice

Tax law shows up in transactions, in disputes, in advisory work, and in due diligence. It is one of the most consequential areas of legal practice and one of the least formally taught. Most lawyers encounter it on the job, mid-matter, without enough context to be useful.

Tax law is not the CA’s territory alone. It never was. And the lawyers who understand it, not just the provisions but what they mean in a real matter, are the ones who get asked back into the room.

This is your opportunity to be that lawyer.

This course walks you through Tax Law and Practice the way a firm would expect you to know it. Not just the sections, but what they mean when a transaction closes, when a notice lands, and when a client needs to know whether their position is defensible.

The Income Tax Act, GST, international taxation, customs, transfer pricing, disputes. You will understand not just what the law says, but what it asks of you in a real situation.

By the end, you will know how to read a tax problem and identify which framework applies, how to spot a GST classification dispute before it becomes a litigation risk, how to approach a cross-border transaction with an understanding of what DTAA and permanent establishment actually mean, and how to follow a tax matter from the first client conversation to the last advice note.

You will also know how to talk about all of it, in interviews, in client meetings, and in the rooms where it counts.

Eligibility

Law students (including LLM students), graduates, faculties, practitioners and any one interested.

Candidates with non-legal background are eligible.

Modules

SESSION 01: The Tax Framework: Why the Law Is Built the Way It Is

• Constitutional basis of taxation: who can tax what, and why
• Direct vs indirect taxes: not just definitions, but how they behave differently in practice
• Structure of the Income Tax Act and GST law: how to navigate them, not just read them
• Tax authorities and their roles: CBDT, CBIC, and where they touch your client’s life
• Current reforms and what is shifting in Indian tax practice

SESSION 02: GST: The Law Behind Every Transaction

• GST structure: CGST, SGST, IGST: and why the split matters legally
• Levy, charge, and supply: what GST actually attaches to
• Time, place, and value of supply: where most disputes begin
• Input tax credit: the concept, the eligibility rules, and why it is litigated so heavily
• Registration and return basics: enough to understand what your client is dealing with

SESSION 03: GST in Practice: Disputes, Risk Areas, and What Gets Litigated

• Classification disputes: why what something is determines how it is taxed, and why people fight about it
• ITC eligibility litigation: the most contested area in GST practice right now
• Sector-specific disputes: gaming, infrastructure, and other high-risk areas
• Structuring vs litigation risk: when the clever structure becomes the problem
• Audit, inspection, search, and seizure: what enforcement looks like in practice
• Appeals and the litigation framework: how GST disputes move through the system

SESSION 04: Tax Disputes, Customs and the Career Context

• Customs law basics: how duty is charged, how goods are classified and valued, and what import/export procedures involve legally
• Duty drawback and exemptions: enough to spot the issue in a transaction
• Offences, penalties, and appeals under Customs: the enforcement picture
• Tax disputes overall: where income tax and GST disputes go, and how lawyers participate
• What tax practice looks like: advisory, transactional, and litigation, and how junior lawyers enter each

SESSION 05: Income Tax: What Lawyers Actually Need to Know

• Scope of total income and residential status: why it matters more than people think
• Heads of income: salary, business, capital gains, other sources: the map, not the detail
• Exemptions, deductions, and losses: what your client can legitimately plan around
• Where lawyers and CAs intersect: and where the legal question begins

SESSION 06: International Taxation: When the Deal Crosses a Border

• Source rule and residential status in cross-border context
• DTAA basics: what a tax treaty does, how to read one, and when it applies
• Permanent Establishment: the concept that changes everything in cross-border structuring
• Withholding tax: what it is and why it appears in almost every international agreement
• Transfer pricing fundamentals: the rule, the risk, and why it matters in transactions
• BEPS and Equalisation Levy: the direction Indian international tax is moving

Perks of the Course

• A certificate of participation for your CV and LinkedIn
• Q/A session with the experts
• Lifetime access to recordings of every session

Faculties

1. Ms. Neha Sharma – Associate Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan Attorneys
2. Mr. Pranay Sahay – Principal Associate, Khaitan & Co.
3. Mr. Arjyadeep Roy, Principal Associate, Khaitan & Co

Duration

4 Weeks, starting 13 Sep

Classes will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, every week.

Timings: 4 PM onwards

Enrolment Fees

Rs 1100

Last Date to Enrol

Sep 12

Enrolment Procedure

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