TAX & FINANCE

TAX & FINANCE Services

BridgePoint Law drafts composite tax memorandums covering a range of areas, such as available tax benefits and favorable tax treatment practices, elimination of double taxation, long term tax strategies, mitigation of tax risks, resolving existing difficulties and reduction of liability. Our specialists provide consultations on complex tax issues in all jurisdictions, including EMEA region and specifically those countries most commonly used for business and finance structuring, like Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus.

BridgePoint Law represents its clients vis-a-vis government authorities, including tax authorities and is keen on using instruments and guarantees availed by national legislations, as well as by international treaties.

Our target is to meet clients demands and exceed expectations.

Inbound and outbound

  • We help clients living abroad with their income and business activities in the UAE or the Middle East.
  • We give clients advice on the tax implications of conducting business in the Middle East.
  • We also give cross-border taxation advice regarding issues like transfer pricing, branch profits taxes, branch interest taxes, earning stripping, foreign tax credits, foreign tax credit limitations, and income tax treaties in UAE, the Middle East and outside the region.

Tax Planning

  • We help our clients to assess their capital investment opportunities.
  • We give clients advice based on government agreements, tax treaties, and IRS.
  • We assist clients to enjoy available exemptions and exclusion.
  • Our tax consultants also work closely with clients to minimize estate tax liability and probate costs.

Tax Structuring advice

  • We help clients develop the appropriate acquisition structure before they invest in the UAE.
  • We help clients to understand the implications of transfer taxes, VAT recovery, capital duty on loans and transfer pricing regulations among others.
  • We also provide tax advice and assistance for foreign investments by UAE companies as well as foreign businesses with foreign entities operating in the UAE.

Corporate Tax

  • We give clients advice on corporate tax applicability for their companies or organizations.
  • We also assist clients to apply for tax retention, incentives or exemptions.

VAT (Value Added Tax)

  • We help clients to understand the value-added tax implications of their business transactions and activities.
  • We assist clients to follow their VAT compliance obligations and review their value-added tax costs and returns.

Tax risk management

  • We help organizations to develop and implement a tax risk management framework that reduces tax risks, creates business value and is in line with their business and corporate objectives.
  • We give clients advice on the tax strategies and processes for standardization and integration in their companies or organization.
  • We also help clients to put in place safeguards against potential tax risks in their UAE businesses, companies and organizations.
  • We provide our clients with practical tools for the assessment of tax internal controls adequacy.
  • We also train clients’ staff on tax risk management to help them develop in-house tax risk management understanding and capability.

Transfer pricing

  • We give companies transfer pricing advice to ensure that they can allocate the right revenue and expenditure to subsidiaries in their company.
  • We assist clients to eliminate non-compliance risks in their cross-border inter-company transactions and help them to understand compliance requirements.
  • Our consultants have global and regional knowledge and experience to give advice to clients so they can develop and execute practical global transfer pricing policies.
  • We help our clients to analyze inter-company transactions and advise them on supply chain management tax efficiency.

Mergers and Acquisitions Tax

  • We offer clients expert advice on deal structuring and finance-related issues all through the deal cycle.
  • We deliver a quantitative analysis of acquisition and merger risks.
  • We also conduct the due diligence process before acquisition or sale.
  • We ensure that throughout the deal cycle, our clients meet the tax compliance requirements.
  • We assist clients to structure their acquisition maximum return and optimized cash flows.
  • We provide restructuring and bankruptcy services as well as sell-side and post-transaction services to our clients.

Tax disputes resolution

  • We help our clients through the process of clarifying the tax treatment of their transactions or agreements
  • We negotiate with tax authorities to resolve tax disputes and audits.
  • We provide tax litigation support to our clients.

Other indirect Taxation issues

  • We provide advice on custom duty relief and deferral applicability and supply chain structures optimization strategies.
  • We advise our clients on tax-efficient structures that work for their businesses.
  • We also check excise tax applicability and help our clients to comply with their compliance obligations.