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Managing Partner

Ashish
Kumar

Twenty years on every side of airline tax: the adviser’s, the travel company’s and the client’s.

Portrait of Ashish Kumar
20+years in finance and tax across the travel ecosystem

Role at TraCarta

Ashish Kumar is the Managing Partner of TraCarta and leads the firm’s tax, finance and advisory practice. He sets the firm’s positions on airline and hotel GST, leads its opinions and represents clients on the record when their airline credit is questioned in an audit.

He also owns how engagements are run: the monthly reconciliation rhythm, the discipline behind delivery and the governance that lets a specialist practice grow without thinning.

Experience

He has advised Fortune 500 multinationals and large Indian enterprises on travel programme structuring, transactional tax and GST strategy.

  • Ernst & YoungSenior advisory
  • KPMGSenior advisory
  • BMR AdvisorsSenior advisory
  • Carlson Wagonlit TravelHead of Tax and Controllership
  • Yatra Online LimitedHead of Tax and Controllership
  • TraCartaFounder and Managing Partner, since 2018
In his words
“I started TraCarta because good tax people spend too much of their careers on work a system should do. Here, the systems do the volume. You get to do the thinking.”Ashish Kumar, Managing Partner

Areas of Focus

Airline GSTPositions, opinions and the rules behind every claim.
Audit supportRepresenting clients when airline credit is questioned.
GST strategyAdvice for groups with many GSTINs and entities.
Travel programme structuringHow travel is booked and billed, so credit isn’t lost.

Details

Education

Bachelor of Commerce, University of Delhi
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Delhi
MBA in Finance

Based in

Gurugram, India
Two Executive Center, Golf Course Road