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Digital and Analytics
We have developed distinctive capabilities in digital advisory and data analytics that are key to the success of dynamic organisations.
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Business Consulting
Our business consulting services help organisations improve operational performance and productivity throughout the growth life cycle.
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Corporate Finance & Restructuring
We combine our insights and experience to provide a comprehensive range of advisory and corporate finance and restructuring solutions.
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Internal Audit
Our internal audit service is designed to provide both assurance and consulting assistance on the adequacy and effectiveness of an organisation’s system of internal controls.
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Business Risk Services
Our service is focused on enabling broader risk coverage and proactive management of risks for the achievement of organisational strategy.
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Business Process Solutions
We work with a multitude of organizations to improve their finance function efficiency, reduce costs associated with business processes and provide a complete solution to the challenge faced by South African organizations.
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Programme Assurance & Advisory
Our aim is to protect shareholder value by providing Assurance and Advisory services on change portfolios and large-scale programmes to assist organisations.
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Forensic Services
Our forensic capability is integrated with our wider advisory services – not an add-on.
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Cyber Advisory
Our Cyber Advisory service is designed to help you identify, protect, detect, respond and recover from cyber-attacks.
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IT Advisory Services
We help clients to navigate the complexities and provide you with robust independent assurance that your IT risks, key management priorities and core systems are being appropriately managed.
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SNG ARGEN
We have a dynamic actuarial team set to assist businesses to comply with the audit standards where actuarial services are required.
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General Audit
We provide a sound statutory audit of financial statements specialising in both listed entities and state-owned organisations.
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Financial Services Group (FSG)
The Financial Services Group (FSG) offers specialised audit and advisory solutions to the banking, treasury and financial services sectors.
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Technical Excellence
We have a well-established specialized technical division, with in-depth, local and international knowledge and experience, which consists of three units namely; Accounting, Audit and Sustainability reporting.
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Corporate Tax
We offer your business access to a global network of tax specialists in over 130 countries with extensive corporate tax technical skills to provide meaningful advice and adding value to your organization.
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Value-Added Tax
We can manage your overall exposure to indirect taxes, guide you through complex South African Value-Added Tax (VAT) legislation.
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Global Mobility
Taxes can be complicated, but the SNG Grant Thornton approach is to assist the new assignee with a clear and easy process.
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Customs and Excise Tax
Our Customs and Excise team assist traders with driving cost-effective supply chains while maintaining legitimate trade.
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Tax Technology
This is the lynchpin of our tax audit and advisory approach in making the tax function of our clients effective in data management tools.
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International Tax & Transfer Pricing
Our team is ideally suited to serve large multinationals and other global companies that need on the ground expertise in multiple jurisdictions, given our extensive network of offices around the globe.
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Specific Focus Areas
We have a team of dedicated tax specialists with deep knowledge to bring practical and cost-effective tax solutions to our clients and assist entities operating within these sectors to effectively manage their tax needs.
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Business Consulting
We provide fit-for-purpose solutions to address major challenges the Education sector faces by supporting our clients.
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Employees’ Tax Services
Its important to ensure that the institution complies with the tax legislation and that all payroll records are accurate and complete.
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Programme Assurance & Advisory
The need for sound project management and effective solution delivery gives you the edge in competitive markets.
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Forensic Services
Fraud detection review and forensic investigation for Higher Education
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Digital and Analytics
The digitalisation of processes within the higher education sector leads to increased data generation. This data can be an essential asset when leveraged correctly.
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Cyber Security Services
There is no one-size-fits-all security solution to preventing all attacks, but we have cybersecurity strategies that education institutions can use to minimise cyber threats.
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Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs)
SDG Impact Standards Training Course
At Grant Thornton, tax is a key part of our organisation and our award-winning teams can offer you a range of solutions, whatever the size of your business or the challenges you’re facing.
Using a combination of reason and instinct, we can work with you to develop a strategy that helps you both understand and manage your tax liability transparently and ethically.
We offer a broad range of Tax services, which include:
- Corporate and personal tax compliance
- Expatriate tax solutions
- International tax
- Preparation and filing of annual tax returns
- Quarterly calculations of tax provisions
- Reverse VAT agency
- Tax health check
- Transfer pricing advisory
- VAT audits and consulting.
Our domestic and international tax services:
Tax compliance: This service is designed to assist enterprises to cope with the statutory tax declaration requirements in line with the tax laws, as well as the frequent changes and updates in tax laws. A specified engagement team of tax professionals will be dedicated to each of our clients so as to fully understand the enterprises’ business operations.
We will act as your internal tax person/team to advise the Management on tax treatments on daily business operation, handle tax returns and work closely with your accounting personnel to ensure the company’s tax declarations are line with the laws. All taxes relating to your business, which will include but not be limited to the assistance in preparation of tax returns for Value Added Tax, corporate income tax, on a monthly, and annual basis.
Tax due diligence: We conduct tax due diligence reviews of target companies to analyse their tax exposure and position in relation to acquisitions, mergers or consolidations.
Tax audit and investigation: The process to handle a tax audit or investigation can be stressful and can lead to prosecution if not correctly handled thus, getting the right experts to handle this area of work is essential. Our professionals can assist to manage the process effectively to safeguard your position and mitigate any detrimental consequences of noncompliance.
Tax restructuring and amalgamation: We analyse target companies and advice on how to restructure their business for estate planning, tax and cost efficiency, potential listing in the stock market.
We can assist by ensuring high risk categories of transactions are accorded the correct treatments. Our indirect tax specialists help clients in effective planning; assist to bring clarity to the Customs legislation; assist and advise in Customs audit or investigation.
It is important for all entities that will be required to register for the VAT to analyse the impact of the VAT on their business operations, their revenues and expenses, and their customers and suppliers. We have an established VAT team that can assist you with deliberate strategies and implement changes to systems and processes to ensure compliance.
We have a broad knowledge base and skills to assist you keep your personal income taxes to a legitimate and reasonable level, while remaining compliant with legislation. We can develop a personalized package for each key employee to take maximum advantage of the exemptions and incentives available.
Botswana and international regulations concerning tax and social security contributions are constantly changing. When a company plans to transfer personnel from one country to another many questions arise concerning the tax issues in both the home country and the host countries.
On the other hands, when a company in Botswana recruits a foreigner, there are a number of tax issues needed to be considered before entering into a contract with the foreigner. Our approach is to spend quality time to understand your needs and design a service that’s right for you.
Our extensive international network provides us with significant resources to meet all your expansion goals. We strive to develop commercially focused and tailored tax strategies to minimise tax exposures and maximise business efficiency.
We utilise our extensive local knowledge and proven tax-efficient strategies to maximise potential benefits and reduce risks. We use these techniques to assist you in planning your legal structure, repatriation planning and exit strategy.
With the introduction of the income tax (transfer pricing) rules and the new transfer pricing guidelines, taxpayers should give special attention to this matter to mitigate the risks of pricing adjustments, double taxation, inefficient tax planning and penalties. Preparing contemporaneous documentation should not be viewed as to only comply with legal obligations, but also as an effective tax and risk administration tool. Our experts can help by offering:
- Documentation
- Risk assessment
- Benchmarking analysis
- Dispute resolution
Tax health check: Our tax health check involves a high-level review of specific tax areas to highlight the key issues that need to be rectified to reduce tax risks. We identify key risk areas in which many enterprises are not fully compliant or often overlook potential tax planning opportunities. Our tax health check service represents a cost-effective method to proactively manage risks and reduce potential issues arising as a result of a tax inspection.
FATCA compliance: Non-compliance to FATCA could subject an entity as a Non-Participating Financial Institution (NPFI), and be subjected to tax withholding. There is also a possibility for additional penalties and repercussions from the US Internal Revenue Service. Our tax team can assist you in the preparation submission of the appropriate FATCA forms to compliant.
Competition Authority compliance: We can assist you in the preparation of document for submission to Competition Authority for any mergers and acquisitions. Our tax team can act on your behalf in seeing through the application process and all the necessary follow-up in obtaining the Authority’s decision in the matter.