International Tax Services - Foreign Tax Desks - Ernst & Young - Switzerland

International Tax Services - Foreign Tax Desks

The Ernst & Young foreign tax desk program has revolutionized the provision of international tax services. Professionals serving on desks work side-by-side with colleagues on similar rotations, creating a dynamic, team-based environment that fosters the development of truly integrated planning solutions-whenever and wherever they are needed.

What Makes our Foreign Tax Desks different?

• Their location means that our Foreign Tax Desks can respond immediately to requests for assistance, overcoming the problems of different time zones and the cost of flying across the world;
• The Desks work together as a cohesive whole and can therefore harmonise all of your cross-border transactions, not just those to or from Switzerland;
• The Desks understand how tax system affects the tax strategies of multinationals and they provide advice that is sensitive to specific contexts;
• They combine with international and corporate tax professionals to keep abreast of developments in Swiss and international tax legislation;
• They provide a gateway to the services offered by Ernst & Young’s tax experts operating around the world.

Whether your company is established abroad or entering new markets, our Foreign Tax Desk professionals can help you address issues such as:

• Transfer Pricing
• Earnings repatriation;
• Inbound and outbound investment, including start-ups, reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, refinancing and shareholder enhancement plans;
• Financing international operations;
• Foreign tax management;
• Controlled foreign company rules;
• Cross-border taxation of financial instruments;
• Cross-border leasing, financing and licensing;
• Treaties – interpretation and maximisation of benefits;
• Worldwide tax management.

Contact our Foreign Tax Desks

The Foreign Tax Desks in Switzerland are an integral part of Ernst & Young’s longstanding professional exchange programme, pioneered 20 years ago. We devote significant resources and have more senior level experienced specialists in this area than any other international tax advisory firm. Drawing on the resources provided by an organisation of over 107,000 colleagues in more than 140 countries, the Foreign Tax Desks are dedicated to working in partnership with you to find, create and implement the very best business solutions critical to all your international tax needs.