Global Tax Strategy

For a power plant producer

Sabine has developed the tax strategy for the global supply chain of an engineering construction plant business acting globally.

The strategy covers:

  • corporate tax

  • withholding tax - dividends, interest, royalties

  • salary withholding tax

  • deferred tax

  • chart of accounts for tax purposes

  • profit centre and cost centre structure

  • inter- and intra-company invoicing

  • tax reporting

  • consolidation

  • indirect taxes

  • locally sequentiel invoice numbering

  • invoice print forms

  • customs

  • supplier instructions & incoterms

Business models covered:

  • engineering services

  • EPC construction sites

  • insourcing & outsourcing, and scope shifts

  • commissioning and erection

  • operation & maintenance

  • repairs & spare parts, and assembly

  • customs & VAT warehousing

  • secondment of employees to the site

For a fashion producer

Sabine has relocated an European fashion producer to Switzerland and implemented the principal structure after acquisition of a competitor.

The implementation covered:

  • relocation of executive and senior mangement

  • relocation of headquarters

  • tax ruling for Swiss principal status

  • exit tax negotation with foreign authorities

  • set-up of accounting to implement principal structure

  • set-up of transactional scenarios for flow of goods and services

  • set-up of European warehouses for customs and VAT management

  • set-up of transfer pricing documenation from Greenfield

  • corporate consolidation

Business models covered:

  • Swiss principal with Asian production and global distribution

  • online sales platform

  • sales via online retail platforms

  • shop in shop sales

  • sales of goods in commission

  • sales of goods in consignment

  • production in Asian countries

  • European warehousing

For a service provider

Sabine stepped in to support the service provider lacking an in-house tax department. 

Risk mitigation covered:

  • establishment of legal framework for inter-company relations

  • tax audit management & exchange of information

  • set-up of transfer pricing documentation from Greenfield

  • single point of contact globally

Business models covered:

  • provision of services globally

  • secondment of employees globally

  • global sourcing

  • dispersed key functions