Governments around the world are implementing policies that demand greater financial transparency and seek higher tax revenues from corporate taxpayers. In the process of tax assessments and audits, taxpayers, whether they are individuals or enterprises, cannot avoid tax controversies or disputes over various matters with the Tax Revenue Authority (TRA).
B&E AKO Law has profound expertise and experience in tax appeals and litigation to bring disputes to a successful conclusion. We are renowned to be the best regional solution-based lawyers in all aspects of tax to taxpayers across the region. We provide all our clients with digestible and concise analyses of tax laws and regulations so as to enable them to mitigate potential tax compliance risks in the course of their business.
In this complex, highly regulated world with active enforcement and vigilant authorities, it is essential to have a trusted legal adviser with and in-depth tax knowledge and commercial insight. We offer market-leading tax advisory and litigation services with an integrated and multi-skilled team of experts. Our Tax team advices and represent clients in a broad range of tax-related matters, including those related to corporate income tax, transfer pricing, VAT, employees tax, and customs; with a keen specialization in objections and appeals, alternative dispute resolution, tax litigation, as well as penalty and interest remission applications.
Multinational corporations with business opportunities all over the globe are likely to be exposed to taxation by multiple tax authorities, at some point in their lifetime. B&E AKO law is proactive and offers sustainable transfer pricing solutions that are a necessity to manage corporate’s global tax costs. Our Tax team acts on our clients’ behest on direct negotiations around the world and assist you to achieve certainty by preparing advanced transfer pricing agreements. And, in disputes of a company’s transfer prices with the tax authorities, we will stand head on collision to defend the company, negotiate a favorable settlement, or litigate the matter through the courts. We assist in reducing your risk by ensuring that transfer pricing solutions are aligned with your overall global operations and objectives, as well as assist in the preparation of the documenta-
tion to support your transfer pricing practices.
Our Tax Lawyers have diverse backgrounds, experience and achievements; whereby each tax lawyer constantly strives to improve the quality of tax practice by self-training and in house trainings under the department. This has positioned the firm to offer the best tax advisory advices across board to meet a client’s needs by protecting their tax exposure and ensure compliance on the challenges arising from different understandings of tax regulations, or from intentional tax evasion or avoidance by taxpayers.
Given the volatility of the global economy today, companies do not only face financial difficulties, and possible insolvency, but also have to navigate around the incumbent tax issues that are usually part and parcel of these financial difficulties.
With constant amendments of various pieces of legislation that have a bearing on transactions, the need to consider tax implications on a business cannot be ignored. From the planning stage of a business transaction, a company needs to analyze various feasible structures and schemes, legally and regulatory their tax efficiency and tax risk, so as to stay on the right lane with the Tax authorities.
B&E AKO Law always considers corporate transactions from a tax perspective, by taking into account tax-efficient structures, transaction execution schemes, and measures to reduce tax risks. Our tax team ensures that our clients business remains competitive and that each transaction and investment is a successful one. We give you an integrated solutions based team of lawyers who have a long standing relationship with tax regulators.