Vijay Iyer

Vijay leads the Transfer Pricing practice at EY in India. With an experience spanning 30 years, he has advised clients over domestic and international tax matters. He specializes in Transfer Pricing since the inception of the Indian Transfer Pricing regime in 2001, and gained extensive practical experience assisting clients across industries. Vijay also works closely with members of EY network around the world to provide consistent advice to clients.

Vijay’s experience includes helping clients in developing local and global TP compliance documentation, developing defense strategies for Transfer Pricing audits, identification and strategizing of planning opportunities to optimize global effective tax rate, evaluating permanent establishment and international tax issues, integrating indirect tax positions and harmonizing Transfer Pricing and customs documentation.

Vijay regularly speaks at the seminars organized by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and other national and international forums.

He is actively involved in Transfer Pricing Litigation, both as an arguing counsel and as an advisor, assisting clients in devising their litigation strategy.

Vijay has contributed towards various policy initiatives such as representations to Rangachary Committee, representations before Shome Committee and presentations to Revenue Secretary on Transfer Pricing issues. Vijay has co-authored a book on Transfer Pricing developments in India, published by CCH Lexis Nexis and has also been rated as one of the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisors for India by the Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Advisers.

How Vijay is building a better working world

“My vision is to create a workplace that is inclusive, balanced and positive and a team which is enthusiastic, committed, motivated, resulting in value creation for clients. I believe in thinking out of the box and developing innovative solutions for challenges faced by industry.”