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Panha Bun

Panha Bun

Sangkat Choam Chao, Khan Pousenchey, Phnom Penh

Summary

Dynamic tax professional with extensive experience at Hanuman Beverages, excelling in tax optimization and compliance. Proven ability in complex problem-solving and team coaching, ensuring timely tax payments and successful audits. Proficient in ERP systems and dedicated to enhancing operational efficiency while fostering strong team, cross-function, clients and authorities relationships.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Supervisor-Tax

Hanuman Beverages
09.2024 - Current
  • Assist team members in daily tasks, review tax working, document filings, DO, invoices, contracts to ensure smooth operational workflows.
  • Monitor tax process while running two business module at the same time, distribution mode and Principal & Agent mode.
  • Review and prepare monthly tax returns include VAT, SPT, PLT, PPT1%, WHT, ToS&FBT, ensure proper tax payment, on time, and efficiently.
  • Assist team members in reviewing accounting record, GL mapping and Financial Statements to ensure proper adjustment in the Tax on Income preparation.
  • Well cooperate with the tax officer, especially the officer who stand by at the brew, deal with the tax audits, and protest against non-favorable tax reassessment
  • Assist management in preparing tax planning, enhance tax optimization, seek and obtain tax incentives such as DTA, Tax Golden Certificate, Proper Accounting Record Certificate for better tax saving.
  • Roll out, tax briefing to customers (depots and distributors) who is being called for registration at the tax administration
  • Team coaching and regularly training for new tax regulations and update, ensure compliance and smooth operation.
  • Collaborated with colleagues to enhance team efficiency and productivity, also cross-function dept such as procurement, sale and marketing.

Tax Specialist

Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation
07.2018 - 08.2024
  • Calculate the tax payments include monthly (VAT, WHT, PPT1% and ToS&FBT, and yearly tax (Patent tax, Signage tax, Tax on Income), ensure correctness and on time.
  • Review accounting documents, JV, PV, RV, invoices, GL in P&L and Balance sheet and other element in FS, analyze
    transactions to ensure proper tax declaration
  • Prepare and submit tax ruling, protest letter, request, and administrative letters to the GDT, ACAR, CDC and other authorities.
  • Build good relationship with tax officer and auditor ensure smoothness in the tax workflows with the GDT.
  • Conducted research on new tax regulations, update to stakeholders such as team members, management, cross function departments to ensure correctness, smooth implementation, and compliance follow the tax rules.
  • Well cooperate with external consultant, seek advise and solutions during critical tax issue.
  • Reviewed financial statements for discrepancies impacting tax liabilities, proceed tax health check and immediately make tax return amendment if found mistakes to avoid bigger tax penalties.
  • Other tasks assigned by managements

Tax Consultant

Rosoco Limited
07.2015 - 06.2018
  • Calculate and prepare client's tax returns include monthly and yearly tax, proceed payment to the GDT in timely manner.
  • Review and maintain client's accounting bookkeeping
  • Assist clients in company registration at MoC, tax registration, work permit and submit NSSF to MLVT, and update company's information profile.
  • Provide tax consultancy services, advise clients for the best tax practice, case study, prepare tax rulings and seek request to the GDT.
  • Assist client in dealing with the tax officer during tax audit, help client fight back against the tax reassessment
  • Other tasks assign by the managements

Associate to Auditor

Rosoco Limited
04.2014 - 07.2015
  • Assist auditor in review client's bookkeeping and document filing such as PV, RV, JV, invoices, ensure proper filing and financial management follow the client's policy.
  • Conduct physical stock count, fixed asset count, cash count and other remarkable items.
  • Raise issues or fraud if found the auditor,
  • Build audit proposal fee for new clients.
  • Assist auditor in preparing audit report.
  • Other tasks assigned by the managements.

Education

High School Diploma -

Chea Sim Samaky High School
Phnom Penh
09-2011

GEP Level 12 -

Australia Centre of Education (ACE)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
05-2014

Bachelor of Finance And Banking -

University of Economics And Finance
Phnom Penh
06-2015

Diploma of Cambodian Tax Law -

CamEd Business School
Phnom Penh
11-2017

Diploma of Accounting Standard CIFRS For SME -

CamEd Business School
Phnom Penh
07-2022

Professional Course Tax Agent -

National Tax School
Phnom Penh
03-2024

Skills

  • Taxation and accounting skills
  • Consultant and advisory skills
  • Customer service
  • Computering and software skills (MS Excel, word, PowerPoint, ERP system (QuickBooks, SAP Hana and SAP B1) and other tools
  • Complex Problem-solving
  • Team building, coaching, and mentoring
  • Multitasking Abilities
  • Time management

Accomplishments

-Successfully received USD650k VAT refund in 2024 for Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation after 3 years of auditing process.

-Successfully obtained USD450k WHT credit approval in 2023 for Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation after request WHT return amendment.

-Successfully turned down official tax reassessment from USD6mio to Nil tax reassessment during limited tax audit in 2023 for Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation

-Being named one of the outstanding staff of the finance department for FY2023.

Timeline

Supervisor-Tax

Hanuman Beverages
09.2024 - Current

Tax Specialist

Chip Mong Insee Cement Corporation
07.2018 - 08.2024

Tax Consultant

Rosoco Limited
07.2015 - 06.2018

Associate to Auditor

Rosoco Limited
04.2014 - 07.2015

High School Diploma -

Chea Sim Samaky High School

GEP Level 12 -

Australia Centre of Education (ACE)

Bachelor of Finance And Banking -

University of Economics And Finance

Diploma of Cambodian Tax Law -

CamEd Business School

Diploma of Accounting Standard CIFRS For SME -

CamEd Business School

Professional Course Tax Agent -

National Tax School
Panha Bun