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We provide tax advisory services with respect to key tax issues related to client’s operations. SAN Partners experts have an extensive professional experience as well as expertise in all business sectors.

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Tax audit

SAN Partners offers audit of tax obligations in order to verify the correctness of tax settlements. We review tax calculations, tax declarations submitted to tax authorities, accounting records and supporting documents in terms of compliance with the tax legislation and identification of hidden tax obligations.

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Tax litigation

We support the client in the settlement of tax disputes. We analyze tax audit acts and prepare the proper documentation, complaint, appeal for submission to the upper tax authorities and judicial instances.

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Tax support

SAN Partners offers support during the audit conducted by tax authorities. We prepare our clients for tax audit by reviewing supporting documents and calculations of tax obligations performed by tax authorities. We analyze and defend the position of the client in order to eliminate the risk of possible fines and penalties imposed by tax authorities.

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Tax due dilligence

We offer tax due diligence to assess the actual tax position of the company which is intended to be acquired by the investor. SAN Partners experts identify potential tax risks that may reduce the purchase price of the company and opportunities which the investor can benefit from post-acquisition.

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Transfer pricing audit

SAN Partners offers comprehensive transfer pricing review of transactions concluded between related parties. We review cross-border transactions by reviewing the calculations, margin as well as documentations. Our experts review the transactions to eliminate tax risks and possible assessment of additional income by tax authorities.

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Trasnfer pricing policy

SAN Partners experts prepare transfer pricing policy that allow taxpayers to achieve consistency and transparency of terms and conditions under which transactions between related parties are concluded and consequently reduce the tax risk associated with a possible tax audit.

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Transfer pricing benchmarking

We offer the preparation of benchmarking study aimed at verifying prices and margins set in controlled transactions by benchmarking the arrangements in such transactions against comparable transactions concluded by independent entities.

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Financial review

SAN Partners experts offer general review (audit) of financial statements. Our approach is based on international experience and in-depth knowledge of IFRS and GAAP standards. Our clients include large private companies as well as small and medium enterprises.

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Financial advisory

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Financial due diligence

We perform the financial analysis of business by assessing the key financial issues, investigate the business profits and cash flows, identifying the financial risks and potential deal breakers of the transactions. We conduct our projects in close cooperation with our clients and the investor’s other advisers, which enables us to achieve complete understanding of investors’ expectations and provide high-quality deliverables.

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Corporate / Commercial law

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Litigation

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Bookkeeping services

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Tax optimization structure for large fashion retail chain (Republic of Kazakhstan)

  • Focus areas

    Tax

  • Services

    Consulting

  • Region

    Republic of Kazakhstan

The Objective

Large foreign retail chain was experiencing the decrease of income in Kazakhstan and as a result was not be able to find outside sources of capital to conduct its further operations. Thus the client decided to optimize the structure of the companies and taxes. We were asked to analyze and legally optimize the tax burden and advice on new structure for the companies.

The Approach

We conducted an analysis of the following:

  • corporate structure;
  • strategic planning;
  • business model;
  • taxation costs;
  • operation costs;
  • taxation risks;
  • taxation policy guide etc.

With in-depth expertise knowledge and rich project experiences, our tax consultants provided strategic advice and guidance on tax issues of the company. We structured the companies to optimize tax burden, control the investment and effectively restructure debts. Moreover, our tax structure affected investment framework.

The Result

Our tax team prepared the structure of the companies that allowed the client to decrease the tax burden and save tax costs. Tax optimization structure led to an additional source of cash. By lowering overall tax burden, the more cash was left at the end of each year for the owner to reinvest in the company, or to consider as profit. Yearly tax saving as a result of our tax optimization structure came up to 250,000 USD.