Tax Advisory and Transactions

A fundamental principle of tax strategy is to locate functions, assets, and risks in jurisdictions where they can be taxed at rates most favorable to the business.

Deloitte’s cross-border teams integrate corporate operating models (or value chains) with global tax strategy for optimal value—helping multinational corporations build scalable, sustainable tax-advantaged supply chains that are poised for growth. With extensive experience in value chain tax advisory, intellectual property practices, and direct and indirect global tax strategy development, we help clients make effective decisions on an after-tax basis. This includes analyzing, responding to, and effectively managing risks in relation to tax objectives.

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Smart intangible assets management, especially with a focus on intellectual property (IP) protection, can confer a significant competitive advantage. With intangible assets becoming more and more central to market valuation, organizations must carefully consider how they evaluate and monitor IP location, value, and security. Adding to the complexity are shifting international tax laws, including a proliferation of rules around movement and pricing of intangible assets.

Deloitte’s cross-border tax teams advise clients on creating, owning, and monetizing intangible assets in line with their business models, and on the impact of location and structure of those intangible assets on a company’s global effective tax rate. Our teams of tax advisors work closely with financial advisory, legal, and accounting experts to identify and implement efficient and effective IP management structures for your business.
 

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Tax reforms adopted around the globe, often in response to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) initiatives, could have significant tax implications for your finance and treasury functions. To respond effectively, you must be able to identify cash and risk exposures, understand liquidity positions, manage foreign exchange volatility, and deploy or repatriate cash. It takes powerful technology to do all of this, not to mention maximizing operational efficiency while staying agile enough to respond to unexpected internal and external change.

When your treasury team needs support, turn to Deloitte’s cross-border tax specialists for advice on navigating the international tax landscape. We can help assess sustainable, global finance and treasury policies through a tax lens. From fund advancement to M&A and restructuring, we can help assess tax attributes, respond to regulatory changes, and mitigate risk.

As part of a multidisciplinary organization, we collaborate with Deloitte accounting advisory, treasury technology consulting, financial advisory, legal, and other specialists, providing comprehensive, practical advice on the tax impacts of financial transactions.
 

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Business units of multinational organizations don’t—and can’t—operate in isolation; actions can have far-reaching effects on business decisions and tax provisions across the organization. International tax frameworks such as OECD, BEPS Actions, and the EU Anti-tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) are constantly evolving, as are jurisdiction-based tax laws, leading to growing regulatory complexity and increased scrutiny. Tax rule changes can affect access to treaty benefits, application of domestic anti-abuse rules, foreign tax credit (FTC) utilization, and application of controlled foreign company (CFC) rules—all of which must be considered when assessing legal entity and business structures.

Deloitte tax professionals with expertise in legal entity structuring can analyze local, bilateral, and multilateral treaties, laws, and regulations to clarify the impact of global operating structures on your tax obligations. Insight into the international tax implications of capital deployment; repatriation strategies; and proposed mergers, acquisitions, and divestments supports confident business decisions
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Complex business transactions—mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, equity investments, and divestitures—require the dedicated attention of experienced financial, accounting, legal, and tax professionals. As long as organizations continue to restructure, enter new markets, or buy and sell entities, M&A will remain an important factor in competitive advantage.

Deloitte’s M&A due diligence tax professionals provide corporate clients and private equity investors with a spectrum of tax due diligence services. Our multidisciplinary approach brings together M&A professionals with industry and tax technical specialists to analyze and quantify industry, country, and deal-specific tax risks and opportunities; determine tax asset quality; and identify potential hidden costs, contingencies, and commitments. On both buy side and sell side, we can conduct diligence inquiries, model alternative tax approaches, and analyze the effects of multiple scenarios on future cash flows and earnings.

Additionally, Deloitte M&A transaction tax structuring professionals help companies navigate the myriad tax issues arising from cross-border transactions, including advising on tax-efficient deal structures. Our focus is on optimizing our client’s tax position, maximizing tax synergies and attributes, and meeting the needs of all stakeholders, including related lenders and management.
 

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Following any merger or acquisition, businesses need practical strategies for reducing tax risk and maximizing the likelihood of post-merger tax benefits. Deals involving global businesses must also take into account foreign and cross-border tax and global value chain considerations.

Deloitte can help identify post-merger integration tax synergies. We work closely with legal and financial advisers to review transaction documentation, release post-merger value, and manage local country requirements and tax risks. Once a deal is complete, we can help realize tax synergies in the supply chain, sales organization, back-office operations, and other areas of a business.
 

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Multinational organizations can spend enormous time and resources managing tax controversies and disputes across numerous jurisdictions. In today’s tax landscape, many authorities have moved beyond investigating technical merit and analysis to a growing focus on implementation and motive.

Deloitte's tax dispute resolution teams include former tax authority officials, alternative dispute resolution professionals, and, in many countries, tax litigation specialists—all devoted to supporting you at every phase of the tax dispute resolution cycle. We work across all tax fields, including domestic income tax, international tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, and specialty areas such as incentives; in some markets, we also provide tribunal and court representation. Services include audit readiness assessment and preparation; strategies for minimizing the impact of tax controversies; support for mitigation of potential disputes through revenue authority ruling systems; support for international treaty procedures; application of advanced pricing agreements (APAs), and other such tools.
 

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Many countries offer generous government grants, credits, and incentives for investments in areas such as research and development, technological innovation, digital infrastructure and transformation, carbon reduction and environmentally sustainable development, and workforce hiring and up-skilling. Canada’s various grant, credit and incentive programs help companies fuel these investments and provide opportunities to remain competitive in the global landscape. Government incentives can also yield immediate cash benefits, including reducing effective tax rates and increasing earnings per share (EPS). While identifying, understanding, and prioritizing the right government incentives for your organization can be time consuming and challenging, it can also generate significant financial benefits.

Flow and Deloitte have joined forces to elevate the technology innovation ecosystem across Canada with a founder-focused approach. Flow, as a Deloitte business, will bolster the growth trajectories of early-stage innovators and operators by working closely with clients to maximize their access to non-dilutive government funding, such as tax credits, grants, and loans. The Flow-Deloitte integration will contribute to a more vibrant and prosperous economy for all Canadians.

Deloitte Canada’s government grants, credits, and incentives practitioners provide grant and incentive support to help Canadian organizations access and unlock Canadian and global funding, and execute effective funding strategies.
 

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Private and family-owned companies face a range of challenges that can affect not only the success of the business, but also the professional and personal ambitions of its owners. Whether your goal is to expand into new markets, plan for succession, sell your business, or pursue an IPO, integrated tax advice is critical. The same holds true when managing the tax obligations of other high-net-worth individuals and their family offices.

Deloitte tax specialists help private businesses and their owners, family offices, and other individuals with substantial assets to understand, plan, and execute effective business and tax strategies. We keep up with potential and new legislation and evolving markets, offering services tailored to each family’s unique circumstances. Our advice spans income tax advisory and compliance services, helping address the complex interrelationships of a privately held business and its owners, family offices, and employees. We can assist with owner and wealth planning, including wealth preservation and transition of wealth to future generations. Our tax professionals can answer questions related to tax residency and domicile, and assess the tax implications of international investment opportunities. And we evaluate the potential tax consequences of business and personal wealth decisions on your tax, business, and personal objectives for generations to come.
 

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Tax authorities around the world need help modernizing and streamlining their operations to keep pace with changes to technology, legislation, operations, and strategic direction.

Deloitte’s government and public sector tax professionals advise tax authorities around the world on policy development and new tax rule implementation, assess economic impact, develop compliance frameworks, and review taxation and enforcement procedures. We support tax technology and operational transformation by reviewing requirements and current business processes; developing specifications; and digitizing tax calculation, review, filing, payment, refund, and dispute processes.
 

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Faced with opportunities to recover indirect taxes—including Goods and Services Tax (GST), Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), Quebec Sales Tax (QST) and Provincial Sales Tax (PST) —many organizations rely on time-consuming manual processes to gather sales and use tax recovery information and prepare and submit refund claims.

Deloitte’s global network of indirect tax recovery professionals provide advice and practical support to help organizations process and manage GST/HST/QST and PST refunds more effectively. We support an end-to-end process, from opportunity identification through data collection and analysis, preparation and submission of refund claims, and any necessary follow-up.

Using Deloitte’s proprietary work processes, tools, and technology, organizations around the world can streamline processes and increase transparency, reducing the time and expense of GST/HST/QST and PST recovery.
 

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Organizations operating in the US must manage complex and frequently changing federal, state and local tax legislation for each tax jurisdiction where they do business.

Deloitte’s federal and multistate tax services consulting professionals help domestic and foreign companies with a US tax footprint align their tax posture with business objectives and strategies. We bring together advanced tax technology and deep business acumen to deliver tailored high-value advisory services, addressing each client’s federal, state and local tax needs through all stages of the business lifecycle. Our specialists have backgrounds in accounting, legal, industry, technology, as well as extensive experience working with state and local jurisdictions across the US. Our deep understanding of our clients’ challenges allows us to advise on federal, state and local tax planning opportunities that can help maximize tax operating efficiencies.
 

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