Law Chambers of Arjun Raghavendra M (2025 onwards)

• Advisory, research and due diligence consultancy in areas of expertise including tax (GST, Customs, Excise & Service tax), Foreign Trade Policy, Trade subsidies under Foreign Trade Agreements, Startup policies and finance, non-market strategy.

Government of India (2013 – 2025)

Served in the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Indirect Taxes) in various capacities, including as Assistant Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner at

• GST Policy Wing, Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi
• National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN), Palasamudram
• GST & Service Tax Commissionerates, Bengaluru

Relevant roles and responsibilities handled –

• Administration of Central GST and Service Tax collection and taxpayer facilitation over the revenue jurisdiction of Jayanagar, JP Nagar, Electronics City, Anekal, Bilekahalli in Bangalore
• Faculty for the probationers of Indian Revenue Service on GST law and procedure
• In charge of capacity building of serving officers of the Indian Revenue Service on GST, Customs, Service Tax, Narcotics and related legal and procedural issues
• Designed and delivered courses covering various topics of Taxation and Administration for officers of the Indian Audit & Accounts Service, Indian Defence Accounts Service, Andhra Pradesh State GST officers among others at the National Academy of Customs Indirect Taxes and Narcotics, Palasamudram
• Prepared GST law related proposals for the Union Budget of the Government of India, 2018
• Drafted rules, notifications, orders under the GST Acts in consultation with the Union Law Ministry and all State Governments on the basis of recommendations of the GST Council
• Prepared comments on behalf of the Union of India in the Writ Petitions filed in the Supreme Court and various High Courts on matters related to the GST acts and the subordinate legislation 
• Drafted the Agenda Notes for the various committees constituted under the GST Architecture
• Member of the team of officers working on the technical aspects for the GST Council meetings and the Group of Ministers (GoM) meetings on GSTN and IT related issues in GST
• Member of the Committee to review and redraft the rules and notifications issued under the Central Excise Bill, 2023
• Member of the national team that addressed queries on GST at the Twitter handle @askGST_GoI during the transition to and initial phase of GST roll out from May 2017 to Dec 2017
• Member of the Working Group on GST issues in Information Technology and Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS) sector during the transition to GST in 2016-17
• Co-authored various outreach material of the Government of India on different aspects of GST; Translated the official FAQ of the Government of India on GST to Kannada