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VAT audit

Full recovery of lost deductable VAT / Enhanced Fiscal compliance

Tax law is a complex topic that is subject to ongoing amendments (regular changes to local tax rules, European directives, case law following disputes with the tax authorities, etc.)

It therefore becomes very difficult to optimize fiscal costs relating to purchases and to benefit from the applicable tax breaks.

Our approach enables you to recover amounts that have been overpaid, to crystallize significant and sustainable cost cutting savings, and to benefit from the opportunities that concern you whilst at the same time enhancing your company’s fiscal compliance.

VAT audit Focus

Each year, it is estimated that by non-optimization of VAT processing costs French companies hundreds of millions of Euros. On a European scale, these amounts add up to billions of Euros.

In parallel to this phenomenon, certain companies take large fiscal risks due to poor VAT processing procedures. Significant fiscal sanctions could be avoided if the shortcomings could be rapidly identified.

We offer a wide range of auditing services and operational advice designed to help you optimize your VAT process :

• VAT diagnosis : prevention and identification of foundations for optimization
• VAT recovery audit: cash flow audit and exhaustive analysis of accounting entries with the end goal being an a posteriori recovery of unrecovered VAT from previous fiscal years;
• Optimization, even externalization of “complex” procedures for recovering VAT (foreign VAT, VAT on travel expenses, VAT following bad debt write offs, omitted VAT…)
• Complete management of French and foreign VAT issues for foreign companies (with or without being registered in the country)
• Assistance in software configuration (integration of regulatory updates; expenses management ; elements relating to VAT & cash flow; Merchandise Trade Declarations …)  and implementation of ongoing monitoring tools
• Assistance with the implementation of the action plan following regulatory updates;
• Training