International group structuring

International group structuring, financing and profit extraction

Grant Thornton's international tax skills
Grant Thornton provides a comprehensive range of international tax services. Our international tax team specializes in:

• international corporate tax
• transfer pricing
• expatriate tax
• international private clients.

We believe that our clear focus and understanding of the particular needs of the entrepreneurial business and its owners, the range of technical resources available to us, our commitment to client service, and the quality and coverage of our international network (Grant Thornton International) mean we are uniquely placed to service the international tax and structuring needs of our chosen market.

Our service to international businesses
The issues faced by any business that does cross-border transactions are many. Tax is just one of those issues but it is one area where, with appropriate planning, significant cost savings can be made. Equally, significant unexpected costs can arise if its impact is ignored.

Whether you are faced with:

• considering how to structure a new overseas acquisition
• carrying out a foreign disposal
• undertaking a cross-border group reorganisation or reconstruction
• financing or refinancing an international operation
• repatriating profit to the home country
• undertaking some other activity which, for instance, might result in the cross border exploitation of valuable intellectual property

Grant Thornton can help.

Some of the tax issues relevant to international businesses.
Any tax planning for international groups is worth little without due consideration of the impact of both the domestic and overseas tax issues potentially applying to the group's cross border activities, and the impact of any relevant double tax treaty between the jurisdictions concerned.

In addition, the position of the shareholders and, if appropriate, their own requirements with regard to profit extraction and exit from the business (whether by way of trade sale, or a flotation or family succession) is paramount.

Grant Thornton can help you through the planning maze and provide you with clear, focused, practical and cost effective solutions, which dovetail with the tax and other considerations that will inevitably arise in the country of residence of the investor or its ultimate shareholders.
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