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Tax Advisory

Filing tells FBR what you did. Advisory decides what you should do, and it is by far the cheaper half. The tax cost of a group structure, a property sale, a dividend, an employee share scheme or a payment to an overseas parent is largely fixed at the moment the transaction is designed, not at the moment it is reported. We give you a written position before you commit, and we stand behind it when a notice arrives.

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Scope

What'sincluded

Everything below is in the standard engagement. Anything outside it is agreed in writing before the work starts, never after.

  • Corporate and personal tax planning on a specific transaction, with the position written down
  • Written opinions on treatment, exemptions, credits and the reduced rates you genuinely qualify for
  • Representation on FBR notices, audits and amended assessments under sections 122, 177 and 214C
  • Appeals to the Commissioner Appeals and the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue, and Alternative Dispute Resolution where it fits better
  • Double taxation treaty positions, and withholding on cross-border payments, royalties and technical fees
  • Transfer pricing documentation and related-party disclosures for groups
  • Salary structuring and employee tax planning built to survive an employer audit

Who this is for

Built for three situations

  • Groups and multi-entity businesses
  • Companies under FBR audit or appeal
  • Anyone planning a large transaction

Process

How thisactually runs

  1. The question

    We agree the question in one sentence, and what a usable answer looks like: a number, a treatment, or a decision to proceed or not. Vague briefs produce opinions nobody can act on.

  2. Analysis

    The Ordinance, the relevant SROs, circulars and case law read against your facts, and the alternatives costed rather than merely described.

  3. Written position

    An opinion you can act on and hand to a bank, an auditor or an investor, with the statutory authority cited for every conclusion in it.

  4. Defence

    If the position is challenged, we answer the notice, appear on your behalf, and take the matter through appeal where it is worth taking through appeal.

Deliverables

What you end up holding

  • A written tax opinion with the statutory authority cited
  • A costed comparison of the alternatives considered
  • Drafted replies to FBR notices, on the record
  • Appeal grounds and memoranda where a matter proceeds
  • Transfer pricing documentation for related-party transactions

What we need from you

Documents required

  • The transaction documents: drafts, term sheets or executed agreements
  • Prior filed returns and any assessment orders
  • Any FBR notice already received, with its full annexures
  • Group structure chart and current shareholding
  • Financial statements for the periods concerned

Missing something? Tell us anyway. We can usually work around a gap, and it is better to know before we start.

Next step

Tell us your situation and we will scope it.

Talk to us about it

Scope, fee and dates confirmed in writing before anything starts.

Questions

AboutTax Advisory

  • How is this different from filing my return?

    A return reports a year that has already happened, and by then most of the tax is fixed. Advisory works on the decision before it becomes a transaction, while the treatment is still open. The two are sold separately because they are genuinely different work, not because one is a premium version of the other.

  • I have received a notice under section 122. What now?

    Do not answer it informally. An amended assessment notice has a response window, and anything you write becomes part of the record. Send it to us with its annexures and your filed return, and we will tell you what it actually alleges, what evidence answers it, and whether it is a matter to settle or to appeal.

  • Can you appear before FBR and the tribunal for me?

    Yes. We handle representation at the Commissioner and Commissioner Appeals stage and before the Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue. We will also tell you at the outset where a matter is better resolved through Alternative Dispute Resolution than through an appeal that will run for years.

  • Will a written opinion protect me if FBR disagrees?

    It does not bind FBR, and nobody honest will tell you otherwise. What it does is establish that the position was taken on considered grounds with the law cited, which is what a penalty argument turns on, and it leaves your auditor and your board something defensible on file rather than a decision nobody can explain.

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