Corporate, Taxation & Legal Advisory
Our tax advisory services fall into 5 broad categories:
1) Corporate Governance Advisory
- Our corporate advisory includes secretariat services
(regulated by Securities and Exchange Commission of
Pakistan (SECP)) which involves: - Advisory on laws regulate by SECP, e.g. Companies Act,
Limited Liability Partnership Act, Anti Money Laundering
Act etc; - Advisory on best possible options for company formation
according to tax laws and other requirements; - Formation of Companies, Not for Profit Organizations,
LLPs and liaison/branch office etc; - Advisory on mergers and acquisitions
- Filing of Statutory forms (e.g. Form A, Form 29, Form 3)
- Presentation before SECP officials;
- Acting as a company secretary, and Dealing with the Board of Directors and companies’ meetings.
2) TAX and BUSINESS PLANNING
Our approach stresses thorough knowledge of client’s business activities and affairs and the industries and countries in which they are active:
- Our tax specialists keep clients’ affairs under continuous
review: - Evaluating the impact of new developments in federal as
well as provincial laws and practices. - Providing valuable input for planning and structuring
business operations and ventures. - Anticipating and solving tax problems.
3) IN-DEPTH CONSULTING
We provide consultancy services covering a wide range of tax and other legal problems for both business and individual clients. Examples include:
- The reorganization of companies to maximise tax benefits;
- The development of optimal tax structures for new
ventures; - The planning of acquisitions and the disposal of business
assets; - Tax and legal consultancy services are also offered as part
of wider investigatory assignments, e.g. to avoid extra-legal
4) COMPLIANCE AND REPORTING
We provide comprehensive assistance to corporate and individual clients, including:
- Preparation of tax computations and tax accounting;
- Estimating tax liabilities and provisions;
- Filing tax returns, claims and withholding statements;
- Filing for approvals and exemption certificates;
- Presentation before tax authorities,
- Presentation before judicial authorities, courts &
tribunals, - Appealing tax assessments,
- Monitoring tax payments,
- Special reporting requirements.
5) NON-CONTENTIOUS MATTERS
These are matters, in which no litigation/court case is involved and usually include drafting and vetting of agreements/contracts, transactional work, legal opinions, regulatory advice, and uncontroversial registration of intellectual property rights i.e. trademarks and copyrights, etc ‘board of investment’ proceedings, etc.
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