Sunil Maloo & Co. is a direct tax practice in Ahmedabad. We work on one side of one subject: we defend assessees in direct tax proceedings. Search and seizure assessments, faceless assessments, appeals before the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), and appeals before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal.

We do not do statutory audit and we do not run a compliance desk. The practice is deliberately small and the work is deliberately difficult.

The Work - You will be inside matters, not around them.

- Reading an assessment record end to end, including the seized material, and finding the point the order actually turns on
- Drafting written submissions, grounds of appeal, applications under section 250(5) for admission of additional grounds, and replies to show cause notices
- Researching provisions and case law to a standard where every citation has been read in the original and verified against the primary source, never lifted from a headnote or a digest
- Working across both the Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Income Tax Act, 2025, and mapping one to the other
- Preparing matters for hearing before the CIT(A) and the ITAT, and attending those hearings
- Building the firm's precedent library and submission formats so that the next matter starts further ahead than the last one did

Who we are looking for

Recently qualified. You have just qualified, or you are up to two years in. Your articleship or practice gave you real exposure to assessments and appeals rather than only to return filing. You want to learn litigation properly, from the ground up, and you are willing to spend the years it takes.

Two to five years. You have handled assessments under section 143(3), reassessments, and appeals before the CIT(A).



You can take a brief and produce a first draft that is worth editing. Exposure to search assessments or to the Tribunal is an advantage, not a requirement.

Common to both tracks:

- Qualification: Chartered Accountant, or LL.B. with practice as an advocate. If you hold both, say so.
- The ability to read a judgment properly. Not the headnote, not a summary, the judgment, and to tell us what it decides and what it does not.
- Writing. A great deal of this work is writing, and the writing has to be clear, ordered and persuasive on paper before anyone argues it.
- Accuracy as a habit. A wrong section number, a misdescribed citation or a provision that was repealed is not a small mistake in this practice.
- A willingness to be corrected, and to correct us.

What the role offers
- Direct work with the Managing Partner from the first week, not after a waiting period
- A weekly one-to-one on your own development, a debrief at the close of every matter
- Responsibility with real stakes, early, and the supervision to carry it safely
- Exposure to the full arc of a matter, from the first notice to the Tribunal order
- Compensation is not a constraint for the right person. If you meet the standard, tell us what you need and we will have an honest conversation about it.

Location 301, Addor Aspire, University Road, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380015. This is an on-site role.

How to apply Apply through LinkedIn, or write to [email protected].

Send your CV and one piece of written work you are willing to stand behind.

If you have nothing you are free to share, write 300 words on a direct tax issue you find genuinely engaging, and send that instead. We will read it.

📌 Tax Litigator (Ahmedabad)
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📍 Ahmedabad