M Putrawal Utama

Putrawal is a Manager of DDTC Consulting. He has extensive experience in transfer pricing documentation, advisory, litigation services, mutual agreement procedure (MAP), and advanced pricing agreement (APA) for clients in various industries, such as automotive, oil and gas, electronics, pulp and paper, finance, palm oil, and coal mining industries  He also has experience in handling several valuation projects and corporate finance advisory.

He holds an Advanced Diploma in International Tax (ADIT) certificate from the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), a registered charity and the leading professional body in the United Kingdom.

Besides his professional career, he is also active as a lecturer/trainer/speaker on various tax courses and as a writer for several publications in the taxation field.

• Structured a profit-sharing model for an innovative digital services of a leading telecom group. Combined two TP methods at once to ensure compliance and scalability in the digital economy landscape.
• Structured a royalty framework for the Indonesian affiliate of a Korean logistics and IT group. Validated IP ownership and applied ex-ante TP principles to ensure compliance and defendability.
• Structured and priced brand royalties for a major Indonesian retail group. Performed product-level analysis to ensure arm’s length rates and documentation aligned with commercial substance.

• Compliance management: Business model optimisation, Cross-border project management, IP management, Technology services
• Corporate tax matters: APAs, Corporate taxes, Cost-sharing arrangements, Cryptocurrency, Financial services, Restructuring, Technology, Transactions, Value chains
• Dispute resolution: Audit defence, MAPs/ADRs
• Tax advisory: International tax advisory, Tax consulting
• Transfer pricing: Business model optimisation, Business restructuring, Cost-sharing arrangements, Cross-border project management, International tax planning, TP risk management

• Energy
• Financial services
• Fisheries and aquaculture
• Food and beverage
• Gaming
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Insurance
• Media
• Natural resources
• Oil and gas
• Pharmaceutical and life sciences
• Real estate
• Technology and telecommunications

• Bachelor's degree in Financial Management, Universitas Padjajaran