Director · Canada & India Services · Tax Filings Canada
Twenty-five years of running the finance function
CA (India)
Rabel Advani looks after Canada and India based services at Tax Filings Canada, from Brampton, Ontario: financial planning, accounting and financial operations. He is a Chartered Accountant (India) with more than 25 years in financial operations and planning, due diligence and team management.
For eighteen years he was CFO and Director of Spatial Access, a company that became a Deloitte business: he was promoted to CFO within two years of joining, led the sale of the company's entire equity to Deloitte India, and managed the takeover that followed. Before that he was CFO of Carat Media Services India from 1997 to 2003.
| Role | Director · Canada and India Services: Financial Planning, Accounting and Financial Operations |
| Team | Directors |
| Firm | +1 (416) 619-0068 · contact@taxfilings.ca |
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Qualifications and education
Rabel Advani's designations, what each one is, and who issues it.
CA (India)
Chartered Accountant (India)
Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the statutory body that regulates the chartered accountancy profession in India. Membership follows the Institute's examinations and a period of practical training.
Experience
- CFO and Director, Spatial Access (2003–2021): promoted to CFO within two years; led the sale of the company's entire equity stake to Deloitte India and managed the takeover process.
- CFO, Carat Media Services India (1997–2003): finance leadership for the media services business.
- Due diligence and deal work: the finance side of a sale from the seller's chair, which is the view a buyer's diligence team tests.
What Rabel handles
Canada and India based services
Clients with a business, family or investments in both countries, and the finance and tax questions that come with them.
Financial planning
Budgets, forecasts and the planning a business needs before it expands into the second country.
Accounting and financial operations
The processes that produce reliable monthly numbers.
Transaction readiness
Getting the books and the documents into the shape a buyer, an investor or a lender will ask for.
Who Rabel works with
Families across Canada and India
Households with income, property or a business in both countries.
Businesses expanding between the two
Companies opening their second operation, in Canada or in India.
Owners preparing for a sale or investment
Businesses getting their books and documents ready for a buyer's or investor's diligence.
Services Rabel works on
The services on this site where Rabel's work is most often part of the file.
Every engagement starts with a free 15-minute consultation, and the fee is fixed in writing before any work begins. You pay after the service is delivered. See our fixed fees or book a consultation.
More of the team
Directors, senior consultants and consultants across Canadian, US, Indian and UAE tax. See the whole team.
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- Abhinav Gupta Director · India International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing
- Raghav Gupta Director · UAE & India International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing
- Anmol Mittal Director · USA & Canada International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing
- Vinayak Indolia Director · CFO Services, Canada & India
- Aditi Koolwal Director · US Tax Practice
- Harpreet Singh Senior Consultant · Canada Tax Practice
- Kulvinder Makkar Senior Consultant · International Tax, Cross-Border Tax & Transfer Pricing
- Gurjot Singh Senior Consultant · Canada Tax
- Ifrah Hussain Consultant · Transfer Pricing
- Shreya Jain Consultant · Transfer Pricing
- Dushyant Sharma Consultant · Indian Tax Compliance
- Abhishek Kashyap Consultant · Canada Business Tax
- Kamakshi Gupta Consultant · Canada Tax Compliance
- Radhika Singal Client Coordination & Client Relations
- Preeti Rathore Marketing Head
Professional status. The designations on this page are Rabel Advani's own, held personally. They are not a designation of Tax Filings Canada, and nothing here says otherwise.
Scope of services. Tax Filings Canada provides tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll, GST/HST and advisory services. We do not perform audit or review engagements. Where a compilation engagement report is required, it is prepared and signed by an independent licensed CPA firm.
General information only. Content on this page is general information and not tax, legal or financial advice for any specific situation.
Last updated: September 2026
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