• Assessment of business / financial dealings to ensure all tax benefit can be availed by legitimate means
  • Setting up of Special Purpose Vehicles (e.g. IP Company, Finance Company, Insurance or Holding companies etc.)
  • Optimization of financing (cash pools, treasury centres) and IP structures
  • Use of R&D Incentives & optimization where possible
  • Planning around use of Tax Losses ("NOL")
  • Relocation of functions / assets or risks
  • Outsourcing of activities e.g. into a Shared Service Center (captive or none captive)
  • Assessment / management of exit tax exposures
  • Project Management to align involved stakeholders and proactive handling of any potential tax exposure and required documentation
  • Support in Change Management

Support in Due Diligence, Closing & Integration but also Structuring & Funding of:

  • Acquisitions (share or asset deals)
  • Divestiture (share or asset deals)
  • Collaboration Deals (entering or dissolving)
  • Expansion into new Markets (establishment of new entity / branch etc.)
  • Support to prepare for tax audit (defense file / training of local Finance & Accounting as well as Business)
  • Health check prior to audit start
  • Support in ongoing Tax Audits incl. guidance on managing audit process and input to queries
  • Assistance to evaluate potential settlement options incl. quantification of impact 
  • Tax Audit Litigation Support
  • Support preparing intragroup Transfer Pricing Policies
  • Support to company with documentation requirements (Master File / Local File)
  • Inter-company Agreements
  • Support in MAP or APA Processes
  • Running of RFI or RFP Processes
  • Optimization and alignment of corporate income tax outsourcing (incl. standardization of documentation)
  • Development and monitoring of the compliance process, ensuring correct and timely compliance with international reporting requirements
  • Support in CbCR filings
  • Tax Accounting support (current & deferred)

Advice on the OECD’s Base Erosion and Profit Shifting ("BEPS") project, including analysis on business impact e.g. for:

  • Action 1: Digital Taxation (Pillar 1 & 2)
  • Action 7: Permanent Establishment ("PE") analysis (e.g. dependent agent / collaboration with contract manufacturer / warehousing etc.)
  • Action 12: DAC 6 (analysis & implementation of solid reporting governance model incl. playbook, reporting tool, training etc.)
  • Action 13: Master File / Local File and CbCR (setup & regular reporting) incl. potential upcoming EU CbCR

Support in EU related tax initiatives incl. quantification of impact and planning.

  • Tax Risk Management support
  • SOX & Internal Control Processes (implementation & monitoring)
  • Development of Tax Strategy (Group / UK / Poland etc.)
  • Implementation of a variety of ERP implementation project, including taking a leading role in the design, testing and implementation of a global Transfer Pricing and Tax Provision project
  • Analysis and comparison of available tax technology solutions for specific needs
  • Development of in-house tax tools to cover reporting or analytics needs
  • Automation of manual processes
  • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, OneNote)
  • SharePoint
  • Basic SAP
  • Basic Hyperion Reporting
  • Smartsheet
  • Basic Tableau
  • Orbitax (DAC6 Reporter)
  • Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE
  • Basic HTML & CSS