International Tax Advisory & Business Advisory | Cross-Border Tax Strategy | ASC Consulting
Service Overview
Operating across multiple jurisdictions creates significant tax complexity. Businesses with entities, employees, or customers in more than one country face a layered web of corporate tax obligations, transfer pricing requirements, withholding tax considerations, treaty application questions, and permanent establishment risks that require specialist expertise to navigate correctly.
ASC Consulting provides international tax advisory and business advisory services for companies operating across Asia and Europe, covering corporate tax planning, cross-border structuring, transfer pricing documentation, tax treaty analysis, and ongoing multi-jurisdiction compliance management. Our team works alongside your finance function to ensure your international tax position is both compliant and commercially optimised.
We advise businesses at every stage of their international development, from the initial structuring of a first overseas entity through to the tax implications of acquisitions, restructurings, and group reorganisations across multiple jurisdictions.
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- <h2 class="font_5">The International Tax Landscape in 2024 and Beyond</h2><p class="font_8">International tax has undergone its most significant transformation in decades over the past few years. The OECD's BEPS project has resulted in fundamental changes to transfer pricing rules, treaty abuse provisions, and the criteria for permanent establishment. The introduction of a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% under Pillar Two of the OECD's Two Pillar Solution will affect multinational groups with revenue exceeding EUR 750 million, with implementation underway in the EU, the UK, and other jurisdictions.</p><p class="font_8">At the same time, individual countries have introduced new digital services taxes, expanded their domestic anti-avoidance rules, and increased tax authority resources dedicated to international tax enforcement. Businesses that relied on structures or planning arrangements that were standard practice five to ten years ago may now find themselves exposed to challenge.</p><p class="font_8">ASC Consulting monitors these developments across all jurisdictions in which we operate and proactively advises clients on the implications for their existing structures and future planning.</p><h3 class="font_6">Frequently Asked Questions</h3><h3 class="font_6">What is the difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion?</h3><p class="font_8">Tax avoidance refers to the legal structuring of affairs to minimise tax liabilities, within the letter and intent of the law. Tax evasion refers to the illegal concealment of income, assets, or activities from tax authorities. ASC Consulting provides advice exclusively on lawful tax planning and compliance. We do not advise on or assist with any arrangement that involves tax evasion, the misrepresentation of transactions, or the use of structures that have no genuine commercial purpose beyond tax reduction.</p><h3 class="font_6">Do you advise on both corporate tax and personal tax for business owners?</h3><p class="font_8">Our primary focus is corporate tax and international business structuring. For business owners with personal tax implications arising from their international business activities, including the tax treatment of salaries, dividends, and capital gains in their country of residence, we work with specialist personal tax advisors in the relevant jurisdictions and coordinate the advice to ensure consistency between the corporate and personal positions.</p>
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Cross-Border Tax Structuring
The structure through which a business operates internationally has profound tax implications, affecting the overall group tax rate, the ability to repatriate profits efficiently, the treatment of intercompany transactions, and the exposure to withholding taxes on dividends, interest, and royalties. ASC Consulting advises on international group structures from the perspective of both legal form and tax efficiency, identifying structuring options that meet your commercial objectives while maintaining full compliance with the tax laws of each relevant jurisdiction and with international standards on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS).
Transfer Pricing
Transfer pricing, the pricing of transactions between related entities within the same corporate group, is one of the most complex and closely scrutinised areas of international tax. Tax authorities in virtually every major jurisdiction require that intercompany transactions be conducted on arm's length terms and documented in accordance with local transfer pricing regulations. Failure to comply can result in significant tax adjustments, penalties, and double taxation. ASC Consulting prepares transfer pricing documentation, including master files, local files, and country-by-country reports where required, and advises on appropriate intercompany pricing policies for your specific business model and transaction types.
Tax Treaty Analysis and Application
Double taxation treaties between countries can significantly reduce withholding taxes on cross-border payments and eliminate or mitigate double taxation on business profits. However, treaty benefits are not automatic and must be actively claimed, with the correct procedures followed in each jurisdiction. ASC Consulting analyses the treaty position for your specific transaction and payment flows, identifies available treaty benefits, and manages the procedural requirements for claiming those benefits, including the preparation of residence certificates and treaty relief applications.
Permanent Establishment Risk Management
A permanent establishment (PE) arises when a business has a taxable presence in a country other than its country of incorporation, triggering corporate tax obligations in that jurisdiction even without a registered entity. PE risks can arise from the activities of employees, agents, or dependent contractors in a foreign country, from construction projects, or from the maintenance of a fixed place of business. ASC Consulting assesses and manages PE risks for clients with international operations, advising on safe structures and operational arrangements that minimise unwanted tax exposures.
Business Advisory and Financial Strategy
Beyond tax, ASC Consulting provides broader business advisory services for international operations, covering financial planning and analysis, management reporting frameworks, capital structure optimisation, and strategic planning support. We work with business owners and finance directors to provide the financial insights and analytical support needed to make informed decisions in complex, multi-market environments.
Our Group
We are a privately owned Group that prioritizes the service to its clients, and values personal approaches as well. We have been founded by qualified professionals from legal/fiscal sectors with more than 25 years cross-border experience gained in Europe & Asia - giving them perfect understanding for tax environment where client operates both at home base country or when investing abroad.
