Seelan Muthyan

Seelan Muthyan

  • Partner and Head of Indirect Tax (VAT) 
  • 30 years experience

"My commitment to Sanlam and Santam is to be a trusted VAT adviser who turns technical complexity into practical, decisive action. I will work closely with your teams to strengthen compliance, anticipate the VAT implications of business change, and uncover opportunities to improve efficiency and protect value. You can expect responsive support, clear advice and solutions shaped around the commercial realities of your organisations. "

Seelan is a Partner/Director with BDO Tax Services and currently Heads up the National Indirect tax practice.

He is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa with right of appearance In the High Court and a Chartered Tax Adviser with 30 years of tax and legal experience.

Seelan has gained extensive tax experience and was previously employed as a senior manager at Ernst and Young in the Indirect tax practice in Johannesburg South Africa. Seelan was also employed by the South African Revenue Service as an operational specialist focusing on domestic direct and indirect taxes. Prior to joining the South African Revenue Service, Seelan was the Group Tax Compliance Manager of a JSE listed Company. His expertise extends to opinions on various VAT matters, managing tax risk, tax strategy, optimal VAT structuring, due diligence reviews, VAT health checks and tax controversy. 

Largest Financial Services clients serviced:

  • Hollard
  • All Life
  • Citi Group Global Markets
  • Rand Mutual Assurance
  • Finbond
  • African Bank
  • FIS Capital Markets
  • Hannover All Life
  • Vunani Securities
  • Vunani Capital

Group / Multinational audit experience

Seelan has provided advice to national and multinational clients in the mining, healthcare, government parastatals, telecommunications, financial services, manufacturing, public sector, freight and logistics and the information and technology sectors.

Qualifications and professional affiliations 

  • Bproc.
  • LLB.
  • LLM (Tax) Admitted Attorney of the High Court
  • Chartered Tax Adviser (SAIT)
  • Former member of the SAICA VAT Sub-Committee (10 year)