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Financial administration & outsourcing
Entrepreneurs who outsource financial administration reduce the number of administrative tasks and consequently have more time and space to focus on growth.
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Financial insight
We help you turn financial data into valuable insights that support you in making well-founded decisions. In-depth analyses of your financial situation will help give you a better idea of where you stand and where the opportunities for growth lie, both in the short and long term.
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Financial compliance
We make sure your company complies with financial legislation and regulations, with correct financial statements, tax reports and other obligations. From our global network, we support you in managing local and international tax risks.
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Impact House by Grant Thornton
Building sustainability and social impact. That sounds good. But how do you go about it in the complex world of stakeholders, regulations and frameworks and changing demands from clients and society? How do you deal with important issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss?
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Business risk services
Minimize risk, maximize predictability, and execution Good insights help you look further ahead and adapt faster. Whether you require outsourced or co-procured internal audit services and expertise to address a specific technology, cyber or regulatory challenge, we provide a turnkey and reliable solution.
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Cyber risk services
What should I be doing first if my data has been kidnapped? Have I taken the right precautions for protecting my data or am I putting too much effort into just one of the risks? And how do I quickly detect intruders on my network? Good questions! We help you to answer these questions.
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Deal advisory
What will the net proceeds be after the sale? How do I optimise the selling price of my business or the price of one of my business activities?
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Forensic & integrity services
Do you require a fact finding investigation to help assess irregularities? Is it necessary to ascertain facts for litigation purposes?
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Valuations
Independent and objective valuations tailored for mergers, acquisitions, and legal matters.
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Auditing of annual accounts
You are answerable to others, such as shareholders and other stakeholders, with regard to your financial affairs. Financial information must therefore be reliable. What is more, you want to know how far you are progressing towards achieving your goals and what risks may apply.
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IFRS services
Financial reporting in accordance with IFRS is a complex matter. Nowadays, an increasing number of international companies are becoming aware of the rules. But how do you apply them in practice?
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ISAE & SOC Reporting
Our ISAE & SOC Reporting services provide independent and objective reports on the design, implementation and operational effectiveness of controls at service organizations.
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National tax advice
Looking for tax advice in the Netherlands? We help business owners with tailor-made tax advice: from structure and compliance to innovation and sustainability.
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International tax advice
Plan to do business abroad? Our international tax advice helps you with structure and compliance, as well as offering new opportunities. Strategic, practical, and future-oriented.
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Private wealth services
Our Private Wealth specialists offer strategic and practical solutions. From tax advice to estate planning and financial scenarios, we make sure you make the right choices today, for tomorrow.
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Corporate Law
From the general terms and conditions to the legal strategy, these matters need to be watertight. This provides assurance, and therefore peace of mind and room for growth. We will be pro-active and pragmatic in thinking along with you. We always like to look ahead and go the extra mile.
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Employment Law
What obligations do you have with an employee on sick leave? How do you go about a reorganisation? As an entrepreneur, you want clear answers and practical solutions to your employment law questions. At Grant Thornton, we are there for you with clear advice, from contracts and terms of employment to complex matters such as dismissal or reorganisation.
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Sustainable legal
At Grant Thornton, we help companies integrate sustainability into their business operations, with sustainable legal at the heart of our approach. We advise on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) legislation, and help draft sustainable contracts, implement HR policies, and carry out ESG due diligence in M&A transactions (Mergers and Acquisitions).
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HR Services
HR is not an aspect of secondary relevance, rather a strategic factor for success. Yet many organisations struggle with issues regarding personnel policy, absenteeism, terms of employment and legislation and regulations.
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Payroll & wage tax
Payment of salaries is not a simple calculation. Laws and regulations constantly change, and mistakes can quickly cause employees to be dissatisfied or lead to tax risks.
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Compensation and benefits
The labour market is changing rapidly. Employees want flexibility, a sense of purpose and a good mixture of financial and non-financial benefits.
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Pension advisory services
Pension is more than an obligation. It is a strategic term of employment that touches upon your employer brand, financial scope and responsibility to provide for your employees.
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Global mobility services
How can you build and evolve a smart global mobility strategy, with policies and processes addressing the complex challenges of managing an international workforce?
The Netherlands – a country of water. Rotterdam – a port city. The Dutch maritime sector is active on all continents and includes inland shipping, ports, maritime services (including maritime education and knowledge institutes), maritime suppliers, offshore, shipbuilding, fishing industry, the water sports industry and ocean shipping. This sector, including the industrial port complex, employs almost 440,000 people (5 percent of the employment opportunities in the Netherlands) and generates 7.3% of the gross domestic product– according to government figures.
What is your course when it comes to realising your organisation’s ambitions?
Innovation and export
The maritime production industry is part of the ‘top sector’ Water, from which investments are made in knowledge and innovation. Because besides the export of goods and services, the .knowledge and craftsmanship available in the Netherlands are also important export products. Minister Schultz: “The Netherlands depends on innovation. It is our high-quality knowledge which leads the maritime sector to be of world class. And keeps it there.” The efforts related to research and development, with 4.2% of added value, are substantially higher than the average 2.0% of the gross domestic product (2013 CBS figures).
Innovative tax legislation
The Netherlands has attractive tax regulations and subsidies for the maritime sector. There’s a tax deduction on wage tax for seafarers, a tonnage tax scheme, various amortisation facilities for sea vessels, for example, but also the Energy Investment Deduction (EIA), Environmental Investment Deduction (MIA) for sustainable investments and the innovations box for innovative solutions for technical issues.
HR services
The maritime sector, the industrial port complex and the transport facilities related to the port together offer employment opportunities for approximately 5 percent of the Dutch working population. Most of the parts of this sector face the issues an ageing workforce bring, and new entrants are needed (Dutch Maritime Strategy 2015 – 2025). Especially in a period of economic growth, many companies expect to have issues in recruiting sufficient qualified personnel. Employers (and employees) often struggle with the complex tax and social insurance implications of employees in an international setting (in transport and offshore work for example). Grant Thornton’s specialists know their way around and have a grip on the issues at hand.
Succession
Especially in sectors with a strong representation of family businesses, such as the water sports/yacht building and inland shipping industry, the number of actively involved owners and family members over the age of 55 is striking. Succession, continuity of business operations and employment opportunities are therefore a serious point of attention (The Netherlands, Maritime Country – Monitor 2015).
Grant Thornton’s specialists offer solutions by applying the succession regulations, with due attention given to the continuity of the business.
Offshore industry
Besides the traditional maritime sector, the offshore industry faces specific issues. Special projects require special tax expertise. Issues can include:
- When is a company still a traditional shipping company and when do we talk of offshore activities?
- In the case of temporary activities in another country, when is there a permanent establishment?
- Do the (installation) activities for solar and wind energy at sea relate to the exploitation or the exploration of the seabed?
Every country has a different answer to these questions. The answers not only have consequences for the tonnage scheme, but also raise issues as to profit allocation (permanent establishment issues) and can have consequences for the ship’s crew.
Grant Thornton can help with:
- making use of fiscal opportunities (for example the tonnage scheme and subsidies);
- the flexible financing of new investments/ships;
- complex (cross-border) wage tax issues for seafarers, but also for people who traditionally do not belong to the fixed crew, such as offshore engineers, etc.;
- permanent establishment issues when it comes to offshore activities;
succession; - making smart combinations of the different facilities (e.g. EIA, MIA, tonnage scheme, subsidies, etc.) in order to maximise your benefits.
International network
Grant Thornton is a member of the international network of Grant Thornton International Ltd. Within this international network, we have various maritime sector specialists, with a broad spectrum of dynamic organisations—from up-and-coming companies to fast-growing and established world leaders.