Services/International TaxAREA 08 OF 09
INTERNATIONAL TAX AND CORPORATE STRUCTURING

Structures for founders and groups operating through the UAE.

Cross-border structuring, holding structures, treaty and withholding considerations, and permanent establishment review.

A UAE entity rarely exists on its own. It sits above or beside operations in other markets, and the structure decides where profit is recognised, what is withheld and whether a permanent establishment has been created somewhere nobody intended.

International tax planning work
9
deliverables in this area
4
stages from start to steady state
1
named accountant on your file
WHAT IS INCLUDED

Nine deliverables across structure and cross-border tax.

Related-party structures connect directly to Transfer Pricing work, which is why the two areas are usually scoped together.

◆International tax advisory
◆Cross-border structuring
◆UAE holding and company structures
◆Withholding-tax considerations
◆Double-tax treaty considerations
◆Permanent establishment considerations
◆Related-party structures
◆Corporate restructuring
◆Tax-efficient operating structures
HOW IT RUNS

Map, review, design, implement.

Structuring work starts with what exists today, because the cost of changing a structure depends on what is already in place.

01
Map
The current group, its entities, flows and related-party arrangements set out as they actually operate.
02
Review
Permanent establishment, withholding-tax and double-tax treaty considerations against those flows.
03
Design
UAE holding and company structures, related-party structures and tax-efficient operating structures.
04
Implement
Corporate restructuring, with formation and licence work handled in Corporate Compliance and Banking.
WITHOUT IT
—Structure inherited from how the business started
—Cross-border flows never reviewed for withholding
—Permanent establishment risk discovered late
—Related-party arrangements undocumented
WITH FINSYNC
◆The group mapped as it actually operates
◆Treaty and withholding considerations reviewed
◆Permanent establishment considered deliberately
◆Related-party structures documented and priced
COMMON QUESTIONS

International tax and structuring, answered briefly.

Answered briefly here. A consultation covers the detail for your own structure and period.

Cross-border tax documents

UAE holding and company structures are designed against the group’s existing flows, with treaty and withholding-tax considerations reviewed as part of the work. The right answer depends on where operations, people and customers sit, which is why the mapping stage comes first.

WORKS WITH

Most files need two or three areas at once.

These are the areas this work usually runs alongside. One team covers all nine, so the work moves between them without moving between firms.

01Corporate Tax and Transfer PricingTransfer Pricing assessments and related-party reviews.Open the page →09Corporate Compliance and BankingFormation, amendments, UBO filings and banking.Open the page →06CFO and Finance AdvisoryModelling the structure against the business plan.Open the page →
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