International Tax Compliance
Foreign investment in Australia
Foreign businesses establishing branches or subsidiaries in Australia need to navigate a complex web of income tax laws, GST issues and double tax treaties. Careful planning and appropriate group structuring can achieve favourable tax outcomes for inbound investors.
Businesses that fail to plan thoroughly in the initial stages can end up being substantially out of pocket because either their structure was not correct or they were not fully compliant with the country they were planning to do business in.
Your organisation needs to have tax strategies and practices in place. Grant Thornton has a dedicated and focused international tax team that has extensive tax consulting experience in Australasia, Europe and America and understands the pressures on overseas investors to establish compliant practices.
Our international tax team work with you to:
- Determine the most operationally and tax effective structure to implement, based on your commercial objectives
- Advise on thin capitalisation rules for financing your group, including revenue and loss quarantining rules
- Manage the particular issues faced by expatriate employees
- Provide payroll services and GST compliance services for foreign companies setting up in Australia.
You will also be assured of:
- Experienced international tax advisers who understand ATO requirements
- Documentation and APA outcomes that are recognised as compliant by the ATO
- Assistance in dealing with the ATO during an audit
- Transfer pricing and other tax risks and issues will be identified and addressed
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