Taxation and Customs

Our specific expertise (day-to-day assistance and specific projects)in the area of tax is as follows:

Company taxation
Corporate tax (territoriality, determination of the taxable profit, pass-through entities, change of activity), Group taxation (tax consolidation, optimization of the intra-group flows and of the effective tax rate).
French specific “Domestic/worldwide tax consolidation” regime
Registration and stamp duties (transfer of on-going concern, taxation of the business property, etc.).
VAT


Tax structuring and international tax
Tax aspects of M&A, joint-ventures, long term financing / debt pushdown transactions, winding-up.
International tax planning (inbound & outbound investments, restructuring, optimisation of financing and intangibles flows, tax engineering), transfer pricing (risk assessment, validation of the transfer pricing policy and of the supporting documentation, assistance during tax audit procedures, formalization of the intra-group relationship).

Tax audit & litigation
Assistance during tax audit procedures and during specific tax audit of computerized accounting systems (defending strategy, compliance with the legal procedures, assistance during the implementation of the tax audits).
Assistance during negotiations with French tax authorities (including highly-specialized settlements) and during litigations.

Taxation of property and entrepreneurs
Wealth tax,
tax planning for individuals
Selling-of strategy
Inheritance, gifts

Management packages

Local and property tax
Optimisation and litigation concerning business license tax, property taxes, various taxes
Real Estate tax
Real estate companies,
Real estate profits
Various taxes

Customs
Audit of risk / optimization possibilities
Certification "pérateur Economique Agréé"
Customs & transfer pricing optimisation
Assistance during French customs investigation and litigation
Customs expertises