INTERNATIONAL TAX

The Friend LLP team has a wealth of experience in advising clients and their employees on international tax affairs.  Our ethos is to deliver commercial benefits to our clients which add value to their business.

We advise a wide range of clients that operate within many business sectors.  Our clients range from early stage businesses making their first step into or outside the UK, to global groups of companies with complex operations.  The tax partners at Friend LLP use their experience and knowledge to spend time getting to understand our clients’ businesses, in order to develop individually tailored tax solutions that are in alignment with the overall strategy of each business.

We advise clients and negotiate with the tax authorities on:

  • Group structures and the repatriation of profits to or from the UK
  • Transfer pricing compliance and advisory
  • Royalty agreements
  • Inter-company loans and withholding taxes
  • Expanding overseas into new territories
  • International VAT planning and compliance
  • Duty deferment
  • Tax equalisation programmes, tax planning and tax compliance for expatriate employees
  • Remuneration and reward planning
  • Social security issues