International tax consultancy, organised around you

Where you are tax resident decides where most of your income and gains are taxed. We plan a move so the position in each country holds together, and so you have the evidence to show it.

Planning the move

Timing, where you will be resident, and how each country's rules fit together.

Becoming resident in your new country

Meeting the residence tests, including in the UAE, and keeping the evidence.

Resident in two countries

How a tax treaty decides where you are resident when both countries claim you.

Tax residence certificates

Applying for a UAE certificate so a treaty can be relied on.

Tax returns and tax advice in the country you are leaving, including the UK, are for your adviser there. We work alongside them.

Where a company is registered is only part of the story. Where it is managed, and how much real activity it has, decides where it is taxed. We help design groups that hold up in every country involved.

Holding and group structures

Where companies should sit, and how the group fits together.

Where a company is taxed

Management, control and substance, so the company is resident where it is meant to be.

Moving a business or its management

Relocating management and control between countries, with your advisers in each.

The UAE as a location

Free zone or mainland, from a tax point of view, for businesses looking at the UAE.

We advise on structures. Company formation and licensing are handled by your chosen provider.

The tax side of holding family wealth across borders: how a structure is taxed in each country involved, and how it is reported under the rules that now apply in most financial centres. Well-planned structures can also bring benefits in asset protection, privacy and succession.

Companies, trusts and foundations

How each is taxed and reported, depending on where the family lives.

Reporting within the rules

What the Common Reporting Standard reports about your structure, and to which countries.

Reviewing existing structures

Checking the tax and reporting position of structures set up years ago against today's rules.

We advise on the tax side. Wills, succession law and trustee services are for your lawyers and trustees; we work alongside them.

Banks and other financial institutions now report accounts to tax authorities across borders. We explain what is reported about you and your structures, and where it goes.

CRS classification

How a company, trust or foundation is classified, and who is reported as its controlling person.

Self-certifications

Getting residence and classification right on bank and custodian forms.

Older structures

Structures that relied on privacy that no longer exists, and putting them in order.