More certainty with customs, excise duties and energy taxes
International flows of goods not only bring opportunities but also complex duties obligations. Whether it’s customs duties, import VAT, excise taxes or energy taxes, even small errors can bring high costs and risks.
We’ll support you with safely meeting your customs and tax obligations, designing efficient processes and drawing on financial relief to the full. This gives you clarity, reduces burdens and creates space for your core business.
Our approach to giving you all-round advice
So you can exploit opportunities, prevent risks and take full advantage of your tax potential, we’ll support you with:
- Interdisciplinary advisory: With us, the law on foreign trade and energy law seamlessly intertwine.
- Practical application: from analysis to putting it into practice, we’ll assist you on an equal footing.
- Relief we can prove – we reduce the tax burden, safeguard compliance and create space for your core business.
Our services
We make duties manageable.
Treating customs duties and import VAT correctly is crucial to your liquidity. We check the customs tariff classification of your goods, analyse the burden in duties and identify potential relief. In this way, we ensure that you profit from relief measures and special provisions without running any risks.
Our services include:
- checking and optimising commodity codes and customs values
- Utilising procedures such as customs warehousing or outward/inward processing
- Analysing and optimising import VAT clearance
- Assisting with applications and communication with customs authorities
Transparency and relief for excise taxes.
Excise taxes affect many sectors – from tobacco and alcohol all the way to energy products. Errors in clearance can quickly lead to back-payments and penalties. We make sure your processes are transparent, assist you with making applications and use tax planning options to the full.
Our services include:
- Advice on tobacco, alcohol and other excise taxes
- Checking conditions for tax relief and possibilities for refunds
- Support with documentation and providing evidence
- Representation in excise duty audits
Reduce costs with targeted relief.
Energy & electricity taxes are considerable costs to many businesses – at the same time there are many kinds of relief, which often go unexploited. We’ll show you what the options are and guide you through applying them in a legally watertight way.
Our services include:
- Advice on all the relevant energy & electricity tax rules
- Making applications and support with applications for relief
- Risk analysis and preparation for audits
- Process optimisation and long-term reduction of the tax burden
Efficient processes for lasting compliance.
A proper process and organisational structure is the basis for dealing with duties legally and efficiently. We’ll support you with analysing, designing and implementing your processes – from displaying them in your ERP all the way to your internal control system.
Our services include:
- Analysis and optimisation of existing processes
- Support with designing IT and ERP processes
- Setting up internal control systems and compliance structures
- Training and workshops for your teams
Be well prepared for every audit.
Companies often associate customs and tax audits with uncertainty and high risks. We’ll give you all-round assistance – from preparation to communicating with the authorities to defence for appeals and legal action.
Our services include:
- Preparing for customs and excise duty audits
- Support during on-going audits (incl. documentation and communication)
- Developing strategies on risk minimisation
- Representing your interests in appeal proceedings
As well as tax we’ll also assist you with the law – from export control to the law on sanctions.
