Tax advisory

Tax optimisation does not mean working around the law. It means using what the law allows, and doing it before a decision becomes irreversible.

Assessment before a decision

Most tax savings arise before a transaction, not after it. If you are planning to buy an asset, change legal form, distribute profit or bring in a partner, it is worth reviewing the tax impact in advance.

Once the contract is signed, the room for optimisation is usually nil.

What we deal with most often

• choosing between depreciation and a one-off expense
• tax treatment of expenses on the edge of deductibility
• the difference between a director's salary and a profit share
• carrying forward tax losses from earlier periods
• assessing whether VAT registration is required
• transactions between related parties and transfer pricing

Representation during an audit

During a tax audit we deal with the tax authority, prepare the requested documents and explain how items were recorded. An audit is better handled from day one than once the findings report arrives.

If an error comes to light while preparing, a voluntary supplementary return is always better than the same error found by the auditor — the penalty is substantially lower.

The limits of our advice

We are an accounting firm, not tax advisors registered with the professional chamber. For more complex cases — particularly cross-border structures — we will say when a registered tax advisor is needed and prepare the documents for them.

Pricing

By scope. A short consultation on a single question is not billed to existing clients. For a broader assessment we agree the price in advance.