Tax

The favourable tax environment is a cornerstone of Ireland’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) success. Utilizing this advantage is a valuable tool for tax-efficient overseas investment. Ireland is increasingly being chosen as the home of the low tax “principal” company in several significant international corporate structures.

Tax Group

Our Tax Group provides transactional and advisory services to clients both as part of a multi-disciplinary team and also in a direct client facing role. We advise clients on day-to-day tax matters but also provide innovative and practical tax solutions to a broad spectrum of clients including domestic and international corporations, entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals.

We have a dedicated International Tax Team, containing fluent German, French and Spanish speakers, which combines an in-depth knowledge of the tax systems in numerous jurisdictions around the world, with an understanding of the intricacies of carrying out and structuring transactions in those jurisdictions.

Tax Services

We provide advice on all areas of tax including income tax, PAYE, capital gains tax, capital acquisitions tax, stamp duty, VAT and relevant contracts tax.  In particular, we have significant experience advising clients on:

  • Inward investment - tax and legal implications of different structures available
  • International tax  - cross-border tax issues, transfer pricing, double taxation treaties
  • Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and demergers - acquisition and disposal structures, pre-sale planning, mitigation of transactional taxes, negotiation of tax warranties and indemnities
  • Corporate tax planning and restructuring - tax efficient structuring, intellectual property exploitation and licensing
  • Corporate migrations - exit taxes, tax efficient restructuring mechanisms, holding company structures
  • Structured finance and capital markets - securitisation, international capital markets transactions, credit derivatives
  • Structuring of real estate investments - acquisition and disposal structures, mitigation of transaction taxes
  • VAT (both domestic and EU wide)
  • Estate planning - inheritances, retirement planning, trusts, family partnerships, asset protection
  • Tax litigation - Appeal Commissioners cases, Revenue audits and investigations, provision of expert witnesses
  • Insolvency and corporate recovery - work-out solutions, issues surrounding enforcement of security, tax efficient disposal mechanisms.

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