Ashalata Shettigar supports the Real Estate industry practice and has close to 20 years of public accounting experience. Ms. Shettigar specializes in tax consulting and compliance services to various U.S. private equity funds, real estate companies, real estate opportunity funds, real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) and various offshore funds, including due diligence assignments.
Ms. Shettigar has broad experience with real estate acquisition and disposition transactions, advising real estate funds and other JV entities on efficient tax structuring and planning. Ms. Shettigar has advised clients on IPO readiness projects and assists real estate fund clients with complex tax income allocations and other complex tax issues.
Ms. Shettigar also specializes in the international tax area involving cross-border transactions, including Passive Foreign Investment Company (“PFIC”) analysis, Section 987 computations for foreign branches, Earnings and Profits studies, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) and other international tax compliance. Ms. Shettigar also works with foreign hedge funds, venture capital funds and debt funds, assisting them with U.S. tax consulting and compliance work.
Ms. Shettigar has authored various articles and thought leadership pieces related to private equity and international taxation, the latest relating to the taxation of foreign investors investing in U.S. real estate. Ms. Shettigar is passionate about diversity at her workplace and leads FTI Consulting’s diversity initiative for her local office in Roseland, New Jersey.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Ms. Shettigar was an assistant manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, India in its financial services industry practice within the tax advisory group. Ms. Shettigar worked on international taxation, advising private equity funds and other clients on tax structuring of inbound and outbound cross-border transactions, other tax consulting and tax compliance assignments.
Awards & Recognition:
- Honored Biographical Listee, Marquis Who’s Who (2024)
- Women of Influence, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum (2023)
- Fifty Under 40, GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum (2021)
- Rising Stars, Real Estate Weekly (2020)
Zertifizierungen
Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”), New York
Chartered Accountant (“CA”)
Verbände
National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”)
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (“NYSSCPA”)
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”)
Urban Land Institute (“ULI”)
Bildung
B.S., Accounting and Taxation, Mumbai University
M.S., Accounting, Mumbai University
LL.B., Mumbai University
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Kontakt
T: +1 973 852 8223
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Niederlassung
56 Livingston Avenue
Suite 400
Roseland, NJ 07068
United States
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Fachwissen
Tax
Tax Structuring & Tax Advisory Services
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Branchen