Global Compliance Services

With the increasing focus on governance and regulation, tax compliance has never been so important. Compliance failure represents not only a financial risk - financial penalties and a possible increase in the tax charge - but also a serious business risk, as it can damage a group's reputation with the authorities and the public.

International businesses need to be able to manage multi-territory compliance requirements and keep abreast of changes in local legislation in each country that affect these requirements, while often facing additional pressures such as a lack of resource and the need to control costs.

How PwC can help you

PwC can help you manage your global tax compliance issues, risks and opportunities, allowing you to have firm control. We have a strong international network of tax compliance professionals, providing a consistently high quality service, coordinated across as many territories as you require.

PwC can help you, both within a territory and cross-border, with:

  Corporate tax compliance

Our corporate tax compliance services incorporate:

  • Corporate income tax return preparation
  • Compliance support with other taxes (eg. State and local taxes)
  • Tax payment advice
  • Tax compliance time limit monitoring
  • Tax compliance outsourcing services
  • Negotiating with tax authorities
  • Year-end tax accounting and reporting assistance
  • Integration with local country statutory accounting compliance services

  Indirect tax compliance

Our indirect tax compliance services incorporate:

  • Multi-territorial and local territory indirect tax return compliance
  • VAT / GST return preparation including Automated VAT Return (AVR) approach
  • VAT / GST return review
  • Preparation of other local country indirect tax returns (including Intrastat for EU countries)
  • Assistance with tax authority audits
  • Tax representation services (where appropriate)

  Accounting services

We provide cross-border accounting compliance services, including preparation of statutory accounts, and processing and reporting of financial transactions. Our approach is flexible, which means that we can process transactions at the client-site, or else at our own premises, at the frequency required and at any stage of the accounting process.


Our accounting services include:
  • Preparation of statutory and management accounts
  • Cash management
  • Consolidation of group accounts
  • Compliance with statutory filing deadlines
  • Interim staffing
  • International reporting and reconciliation
  • Property financial analysis

  Payroll processing

We offer a fully managed payroll service covering payroll processing, administration and compliance. Our payroll services include:

  • Local country payroll
  • Expatriate payroll
  • Wage tax returns
  • Social security declarations
  • Other payroll formalities concerning local fiscal authorities and state employment agencies
  • Payment instructions
  • Payroll reviews
  • Payroll processing advice
  • Interim staffing
  • Management reporting

  Corporate secretarial services

Our corporate secretarial services include:

  • Filing of statutory accounts with local registry
  • Minutes of directors and shareholders meetings
  • Maintenance of statutory registers including directors, share capital and shareholders
  • Filing of annual and other statutory returns
  • Provision of registered office
  • Company formation
  • Company dissolution