Tax Support for Professional Advisors

The GMcG Tax Support service is delivered by a team of highly experienced and qualified tax specialists to accountancy and legal practices throughout Ireland.

Our Tax Support services team specialises in providing professional practices and their clients with responses to tax queries. Whether the issue is straightforward or complex, whether it is about a routine compliance matter or requires specialist tax planning advice, our tax team will consider the issue, drawing upon our wealth of in-house expertise to provide you and your client with well thought out advice.

We are a highly professional practice and in supporting professional colleagues in the servicing of their client needs we act ethically and discreetly. At all times we maintain a commercial approach to the provision of our advice to professional practices. Our fee structures are based on the complexity and risk attached to the specific tax query, and we operate on the basis of agreed turnaround periods to facilitate the professional practice and its clients’ needs.

Our Tax and VAT expertise includes:

Corporate

Corporate or group restructuring; mergers and de-mergers including review of tax warranties and tax deed of indemnity; incorporation; share transfers and succession planning; company purchase of own shares; management buy-outs, joint ventures and share valuations.

Property

Property transactions; tax advice in respect of choosing the appropriate purchasing vehicle; VAT planning: transfer of going concerns; VAT options to tax; maximising capital allowances claims, capital gains tax implications and review of potential reliefs available, holdover relief, rollover relief, entrepreneurs relief; tax, CIS and VAT advice re leases including granting, assignment and surrender of leases.

Private Client

Inheritance Tax planning including use of trusts and capital gains tax planning.

Litigation

Assistance with HM Revenue & Customs Tax and VAT investigations and voluntary disclosures including negotiations in settling same and mitigating penalties. Expert Witness service in relation to Tax and VAT professional negligence claims.

Charities & Not for Profit Organisations

Advice on tax efficient structures; obtaining HM Revenue & Customs charitable tax exempt status; VAT advice and planning including HM Revenue & Customs rulings for zero rated buildings and consultation services.

Employment

Remuneration planning including tax advices and share valuations re share options, redundancies and termination agreements. Advice in respect of Construction Industry Scheme and surrounding employed v self employed status queries.

Cross Border

Various tax and VAT advices for businesses and individuals doing business in or with other countries or investing in other countries, in particular Republic of Ireland. Advice in relation to NI inward investment.

For further information or to arrange a no-obligation initial meeting to discuss your tax management needs please contact:

Lyn Canning Hagan: Director