Ismail Shabbir

Ismail Shabbir is an Associate member of the institute of the Chartered Accountant of Pakistan (ICAP) and member of Karachi Tax Bar Association (KTBA).

By passion, Ismail is a tax enthusiastic with a total experience of more than 10 years in external audits, and tax practice. Before joining BDO, he had worked for KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co and Grant Thornton Anjum Rahman (GTAR).

Ismail has been involved in key engagements pertaining to Cohesive Business Operations, EPC /Turnkey contract setup, tax planning and structuring for startups and fintechs, tax due diligences of large multinational companies involving merger / acquisition, royalties, fee for technical services, technical collaboration agreements, management fee, taxation of income under double tax treaties and advising high net worth individuals in optimizing their overall effective tax rate.