Law
Read the provision, procedure and precedent with precision.
About CA. Jigar Shah
Professional rigour. Practical perspective.
A practising Chartered Accountant in Vadodara, CA. Jigar Shah works at the intersection of tax, regulation, real estate and business decisions.
Partner · JRSM & Associates
The professional journey
The answer must be technically sound—and workable in the real world.
As a Partner at JRSM & Associates, CA. Jigar Shah advises businesses, entrepreneurs, developers and individuals across Direct Tax, GST, RERA, audit and business advisory. His practice has a particular focus on tax litigation and the real estate sector, where law, documentation and commercial reality are closely connected.
His approach begins with understanding the facts and the business context. From there, the objective is to translate complex provisions into a clear assessment of risk, a disciplined response and an implementable next step.
A three-part lens
Facts
Build the position around records, reconciliations and a consistent factual narrative.
Business
Protect the client’s commercial objective while managing compliance and risk.
Professional affiliation
Partner at JRSM & Associates.
CA. Jigar Shah is a Partner at JRSM & Associates, a Chartered Accountancy firm established in 1991. This website presents his personal professional journey, expertise, knowledge initiatives and public thought leadership; JRSM & Associates maintains its own separate firm identity.
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Representative professional work
Experience in Practice
Our professional work involves matters where taxation, regulation, accounting records and commercial realities must be considered together. The following anonymised examples illustrate the nature of our approach and assistance. Client identities, financial information and outcomes have intentionally not been disclosed.
01
Income-Tax Reassessment and Appellate Support
- Practical issue
- A business faced reassessment proceedings involving proposed additions based on third-party information, financial transactions and differences identified from available records.
- Professional approach
- We examined the assessment order, notices, recorded reasons, supporting material, books, bank records and transaction documents, separating legal grounds from factual and reconciliation issues.
- Assistance provided
- Reconciliations, documentary submissions, grounds of appeal, statement of facts, hearing notes, demand management and appellate guidance.
02
GST Classification, ITC and Investigation Matter
- Practical issue
- A taxpayer required assistance with classification, input tax credit and departmental enquiries arising from return data and transaction descriptions.
- Professional approach
- We reviewed invoices, agreements, books, GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-2A/2B and relevant notifications, considering the actual nature of supply, contractual obligations, business use and supporting documentation.
- Assistance provided
- Transaction-wise reconciliation, classification and ITC analysis, replies to notices or summons, legal submissions, hearings and appeals.
03
RERA and Real-Estate Transaction Advisory
- Practical issue
- A developer or property stakeholder needed advice on project documentation, proposed alterations, allottee matters and the interaction of RERA, GST and income-tax considerations.
- Professional approach
- We reviewed registered project details, sanctioned plans, agreements for sale, booking records, approvals and correspondence, identifying consent, disclosure, reconciliation and corrective-documentation requirements.
- Assistance provided
- Regulatory submissions, hearing briefs, project reconciliations, transaction structuring and coordinated advice across RERA, GST, accounting and direct tax.
Profession & community
Learning is stronger when it is shared.
A progressive leadership journey at the Vadodara Branch of WIRC of ICAI since 2021, together with responsibility for WICASA.
Speaking and training on taxation, RERA, technology and practice-oriented issues.
Plain-language videos and explainers that make technical topics useful beyond the professional circle.
Professional consultation