Mastering Taxation 2024

Dheerend joined PwC in 2008. He has over 30 years of experience in the field of taxation and advises large MNEs on tax restructurings both on the domestic and international fronts.

Dheerend is a recognised tax litigation expert, with landmark wins at the level of the Assessment Review Committee, Supreme Court and Privy Council. He also influences tax policy changes through his active involvement in technical committees. He writes articles for business magazines and is a frequent speaker on tax forums.

Dheerend also worked at the Mauritius Revenue Authority for over 19 years where he occupied various roles, including Assistant Commissioner before being promoted to Head of Section of the Large Taxpayers Department.

Yamini joined PwC in March 2020 as a Tax Director after 31 years with the Mauritius Revenue Authority (MRA).

Prior to joining PwC, she worked as officer-in-charge of the International Taxation Section at the MRA. She has wide experience in handling tax investigation cases with huge tax yields. She has also been closely involved in the implementation of the minimum standards under the Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project and has worked on tax reforms for the Global Business and banking sectors. She was actively involved in the training of MRA staff on revenue laws and interpretation of tax treaties. She has also been a frequent speaker in workshops on CRS, BEPS and updates on changes brought to the tax legislations.  

At PwC, she oversees tax compliance work for corporate clients including multinationals and offshore corporations and advises clients on tax structuring. She also leads tax litigation cases at the level of the MRA and the ARC. 

Shafeenaz joined PwC in 2009 as part of the first Graduate Scheme in Tax. Besides providing advisory and compliance services to a broad range of clients, Shafeenaz specializes in providing assistance to clients on tax investigations. She leads litigation cases at the Objection Department of the MRA and Assessment Review Committee.

Shafeenaz drives the Seychelles tax desk. She also leads the Learning & Development programme for PwC Mauritius which include both staff and client tax technical training, and is working closely with PwC South Africa to launch our client facing e-learning platforms.

Vidhisha joined PwC in 2016 as a graduate recruit. At PwC, Vidhisha leads the tax compliance line of services and provides tax compliance support to domestic companies, multinational clients and global business companies across various industries. 

Her role equally involves assisting on a variety of assignments, including tax implications arising from group restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, specialised due diligence work from both buyer and vendor perspectives and providing specialist tax advice on the application of tax treaties. Vidhisha is actively involved in dealings with tax authorities on tax litigation matters. 

She currently drives PwC’s e-invoicing project from a tax perspective and assists our clients with their fiscalisation needs.

Jason has been working with PwC since 2016. He advises clients across various industries with a large portfolio of financial services clients on assignments ranging from tax implications on group restructuring to assisting in specialised due diligence work from a both buyer and vendor side.
He was involved in assisting large multinational companies and foreign banks in their transfer pricing needs including advice, review of transfer pricing documentation, benchmarking analysis and review of local/master agreements.
He has also assisted on a variety of assignments ranging from tax implications of group restructuring to specialised due diligence work from both a buyer and vendor perspective. He also assists in providing specialist tax advice on the  application of tax treaties. He specialises in dealings with the tax authorities on tax investigation matters.

Gaivin is a member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) and holds a Bachelor (with honours) in Finance (minor: Law).

Gaivin joined PwC’s tax practice in 2016 and also has 2 years of experience working for PwC UK in the Indirect Tax department. He provides tax compliance support to domestic companies, multinational clients as well as global business companies operating in various industries.

He also assists on a variety of assignments ranging from tax implications arising from group restructuring to specialised due diligence work from both a buyer and vendor perspective. He assists in providing specialist tax advice on the application of tax treaties as well as dealings with the tax authorities on tax litigation matters.