Professional profile
Sanjay Kumar Agarwal is a former Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs and a retired officer of the Indian Revenue Service, Customs & Indirect Taxes, of the 1988 batch. His career brings together national-level tax administration, compliance management, customs systems and taxpayer facilitation.
He served as Chairman, CBIC, from 2023 to 2025, with the status of Special Secretary to the Government of India. His earlier responsibilities included Member (Compliance Management), CBIC, and Principal Director General, Systems & Data Management.
At TLGS Group, he heads the GST and Tax Advisory vertical as Senior Practice Chair & Head. He provides strategic direction to the practice, guides complex advisory mandates and brings together tax specialists, legal professionals and policy teams for a coordinated response to client requirements.
His contribution centres on understanding the facts of a business, assessing the applicable tax framework and developing clear, evidence-led advisory positions. This connects policy and administrative experience with the practical requirements of compliance, risk management and dispute preparation.
Leadership of the GST & tax vertical
Practice leadership across four connected areas:
- 01GST & indirect-tax strategy
Senior review of business-model questions, classification, input tax credit and the tax implications of commercial arrangements.
- 02Policy clarification & representations
Guidance on technical position papers, evidence-led submissions and structured engagement on systemic tax issues.
- 03Customs, compliance & tax systems
Strategic oversight of customs and cross-border compliance, tax-governance processes and administrative readiness.
- 04Complex matters & coordinated advice
Direction of multidisciplinary teams handling tax risk, dispute preparation and wider tax requirements, with the relevant technical specialists and legal counsel.