Tax Risk Due Diligence
Anweshna reads tax filings, audit correspondence, and financial notes for the specific tax exposures that carry real cash cost after close.
What it screens for
- Outstanding tax demands — GST/TDS or income-tax assessment amounts and the assessment year they attach to.
- Transfer-pricing adjustments — the adjustment amount and which jurisdiction issued it.
- Unpaid payroll tax — the amount owed and the period it covers.
- Deferred tax asset risk — valuation-allowance exposure that could overstate the target's realizable tax benefits.
- Cross-border exposure — GILTI/BEAT-style international tax estimates and property tax arrears.
Why it's tracked as its own category
Tax carries a 3% weight. It's a non-blocking category, but tax liabilities are exact numbers with assessment years and jurisdictions attached — the kind of detail that's easy to skim past in a dense filing but expensive to discover after the deal closes. Anweshna extracts the specific figures rather than just flagging that "tax risk" was mentioned.
Tax Risk Due Diligence FAQ
What does Anweshna screen for in Tax Risk Due Diligence?
Anweshna screens deal documents for outstanding tax demands, transfer-pricing adjustments, and unpaid payroll tax, among other signals. See the full list of signals above.
Is Tax Risk Due Diligence a blocking risk category?
Tax Risk Due Diligence carries a 3% weight in Anweshna's composite score. It is a tracked, non-blocking category — it contributes to the overall risk posture but does not independently halt a deal.