VAT

Our specialist VAT team advises clients on the incidence of VAT, how to structure commercial transactions in a VAT efficient way and registration and compliance generally.

Because of our international network, including VAT, GST and Sales Tax, we are able to provide a seamless cross border service, integrating the different rules of the jurisdictions into our advice. We are able to ensure that our clients do not inadvertently generate VAT liabilities and are aware when VAT issues may affect their business plans detrimentally, and how this can be alleviated.

Most of our VAT lawyers also have direct tax experience, so we are able to give VAT advice in the context of the overall tax implications of any particular transaction, ensuring that any VAT solution does not give rise to adverse direct tax consequences, for example in transfer pricing situations, and creating a permanent establishment.