International Tax

Where to locate, what choice of entity, how to finance global operations

These fundamental decisions can have a critical impact on a multinational’s tax risk profile, global effective tax rate, and cash tax exposure.

What’s more, in-house tax professionals are often challenged on many fronts simultaneously and are faced with shorter decision time frames. For example, these executives must ensure that tax planning remains appropriate given changes in business operations and is consistent with the company’s culture.

At the same time, they must keep track of frequent changes in tax regulations in multiple jurisdictions and growing compliance and internal control requirements.

Lastly, they must accomplish these tasks as they face greater scrutiny of tax decisions by an increasing range of regulators.

In other words, handling taxes has become one of the most daunting, complex issues that multinational companies face. And to succeed in today’s global marketplace, companies must anticipate or understand the potential short- and long-term consequences of tax planning decisions at a coordinated, global level and in the context of their wider business objectives.

KPMG's International Tax professionals have deep technical knowledge and practical experience working with enterprises that range from those just beginning to invest internationally to FORTUNE 250 companies and their international equivalents. They have a keen understanding of tax and trade regulations and changing business conditions in jurisdictions worldwide. This knowledge allows KPMG to provide specialized services to support our clients’ international and cross-border activities.

We help with:

• Global effective tax rate planning
• International tax planning for business change in areas such as intellectual property planning, cloud computing, cross-border mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, corporate reorganizations and internal group restructurings, and legal entity rationalization
• Supply and value chain management
• Global capital structure planning, including efficient cross-border finance, repatriation, and cash-access planning
• International tax reporting and compliance, and global compliance management 
• International tax provision computation, compliance, and assistance
• International tax dispute resolution 
• U.S. advice, planning, and compliance for non-U.S. multinationals
• U.S. and foreign advice coordination (e.g., foreign advice rendered by KPMG International member firms or other local country advisers)
• U.S. and foreign quantitative determinations including foreign tax credit and earnings and profits computations and assistance