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Our head of Tax, David Sandison and Financial Reporting Advisory leader Chetah Hans, will be trying to help businesses decode the fundamental issues around accounting for, and the taxation of, transactions in digital tokens, more commonly referred to as “cryptos".

The webinar will cover remote/distance selling rules across the UK, EU, Australia, Singapore and the US, including: • selling into the UK post-Brexit and new registration requirements for non-UK suppliers of low value goods • the upcoming “One-Stop-Shop” to streamline VAT compliance in the European Union – including the removal of import and distance selling thresholds • the US state tax registration requirements post the “Wayfair” decision and the general economic thresholds • specific indirect tax regimes in APAC including the latest GST requirements for selling into Australia and Singapore

In this session, we will share a checklist of items to consider covering the areas listed below: Corporate tax GST Transfer Pricing Employees

In this session, we will discuss • Types of payments that are subject to withholding tax in Singapore. • The withholding tax mechanism • Interaction of double tax agreements with the domestic withholding tax rules • Common pitfalls

Our tax manager Jeremy O'Neill led a session on GST issues related to cross border services

The trail of economic destruction from COVID-19 has certainly not been random, or even. Taking a sector perspective provides one of the clearest views of the impact.

It is safe to assume that for the majority of retail businesses, 2020 has offered some unique challenges. Lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic have affected parts of the retail industry

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented level of disruption to the global hotel industry. A combination of local lockdowns and travel restrictions has resulted in many hotels having to

Our tax manager Jeremy O'Neill led a session on GST issues related to cross border services

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat announced on 17 August continued support for Singaporean workers and jobs as a result of the ongoing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The main takeaway for businesses was the extension to the Jobs Support Scheme (JSS), originally announced in the February Resilience Budget and enhanced in subsequent budgets.

A debate is raging among mid-market business leaders as to what COVID-19 means for their exports and international supply chains. Shutdowns have caused major disruptions internationally, but also in local markets. So, should companies’ sales and supply focus be more domestic or more international? Are overseas markets an unnecessary risk or a smart hedge?

The objective of this webinar is to discuss iterative business models within the industry and explore typical tax issues that could emanate from these operating models that tax heads / financial controllers should be aware of.

The objective of this webinar is to discuss iterative business models within the industry and explore typical tax issues that could emanate from these operating models that tax heads / financial controllers should be aware of.

Our Head of Tax David Sandison will be leading a session on the fundamentals and building blocks for International structuring. To help you navigate tax structuring, David will be covering: what are the different bases of taxation in an international context, and how do they interact? what is the importance (or otherwise) of tax residence? how can tax treaties help me? what are the building blocks of structuring cross-border investments? what are the current trends in tax planning, and does it have a future?

The economic ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic are huge, diverse, and far-reaching. When uncertainty is the new normal, standing still isn’t an option. Grant Thornton has summarised the five areas that businesses need to focus on during this unprecedented time.

The new leasing standard becomes effective for fiscal years beginning on or after 1 January 2019 and requires all leases to be accounted for 'on balance sheet', a major departure from the requirements of FRS 17 in respect of operating leases.