When our clients require advice on complex tax laws encompassing multiple jurisdictions we collaborate with team members from practice groups across the region to provide them with a more comprehensive solution. Our sister company Domicile Corporate Services supports with ongoing corporate compliance post-company establishment such as accounting, tax payroll and human resources compliance. Professional corporate tax advisory services can help business to manage their tax function properly, optimise their tax implications and maximise their tax benefits. 

Our primary practice areas:

Tax Advisory

• Corporate tax optimization: We advise on tax compliance requirements and alternatives to mitigate tax risk exposures and opportunities to optimize tax implications.
• International taxation: We advise on the structuring of shareholding, financing, cross-border transactions, and other arrangements.
• Tax health-check: Our team will perform a comprehensive review and analysis of tax and accounting records and major transactions to ascertain tax risk management level by identifying non-compliance issues, recommend appropriate solutions to minimize possible tax exposures and risks and identify opportunities where tax exemptions or reductions may apply to reduce future tax liability.
• Income tax treaty application: We analyse possibilities for non-residents of Vietnam to claim tax relief or tax refund under bilateral double tax agreements or Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent BEPS that Vietnam has signed  and the application of general anti-avoidance rule/measures in Vietnam against treaty shopping. Our team can also assist clients in preparing and filing the tax relief application to the relevant tax authorities.
• Withholding tax: We advise withholding tax obligations relevant to payments made to non-residents (e.g. cross-border sale of goods/services, loan interest, management fee, technical assistance, and so forth), and alternative to optimise tax costs.
• Tax retainer services: We advise corporate taxpayers regarding day-to-day tax-related issues and update clients on the developments of relevant regulatory matters
• Tax audit: we advise taxpayers of their rights and obligations in a tax audit, assist taxpayers in dealing with the tax authorities on any tax issues during the tax audit process and liaise with tax officials concerning the issuance of the final decision on the tax audit.

Tax Compliance

• Preparation of tax filing and reports
• Tax compliance review.

Tax and Customs Controversy

• Assistance with tax audits and tax disputes
• Litigation on tax and customs

Customs & Free Trade Agreements (FTA)

• Obtaining advance rulings from customs authorities on valuations, tariffs, and exemptions
• Advice on customs duty valuation
• Overall import/export declaration procedures, including customs broker operation
• Duty refund/drawback accuracy
• Foreign exchange control (e.g., advance reporting of offset transaction to bank, excessive payment compared to import value)
• Origin marking and labeling requirements
• Import licensing requirements (if any) based on the Customs and other relevant regulations
• Advice and government liaison services on market access, barriers to trade and protection of investors.