Trade and customs consulting in Europe

Our consulting services are only for companies wanting to expand their business to Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, and The Netherlands.

The services include:

• Company establishment and tax registration
• Bookkeeping and monthly accounts
• Year-end accounts and reports
• VAT representation and reporting
• Payroll administration

Company establishment and tax registration

There are multiple things businesses need to keep in mind, especially when it comes to EU - non-EU trade. We help you reduce lead times while ensuring compliance, assess various opportunities and take responsibility for handling several of the practicalities that follow.

More specifically, we can assist you with:

• Establishment assessment
• Analyses of legal and VAT set-up
• Company and branch registration
• VAT registration
• Payroll/employee registration
• Implementation of company and branch registrations
• Employee tax set-up
• Tax registration
• Insurance and pension policies

Bookkeeping and monthly accounts

Accounting is a key issue to get right from the start, when establishing your business in new markets. For an efficient establishment and compliant daily operations we have both - the resources and knowledge you need. And to help you focus on your core business, we can provide a total service including contact with authorities, submission of your tax returns and periodic summaries.

We can assist you with:

• On-going bookkeeping for your company
• Periodic reconciliation of the accounts
• Accompanying reports and key ratio analyses to your balance sheets and income statements as you require
• Managing contact with local authorities including acting with power of attorney

Year-end accounts and reports

As the fiscal year comes to an end, everybody involved in accounting knows there’s a lot of work to be done. We understand the pressure, and support you throughout the entire process. Documents relating to required reports are analysed and recorded. If your company has an auditor, we provide complete documentation as a basis for the audit. Furthermore, we help you analyse the results and advise you on matters that might benefit your business. As an authorized accounting consultant, we can also prepare and submit your annual report including the notes and key ratios that are required.

More specifically, we can assist you with:

• Year-end accounts for limited companies, branches, limited partnerships, partnerships, and sole proprietorships
• Submission of year-end reports
• Preparation of annual reports
• Preparation of income tax returns
• Review of your accounts and relevant key ratios
• Analyses of the results and advice on appropriate actions

VAT representation and reporting

As your VAT representative, we act as your agent in contact with the relevant authorities. We compile and control your transactions to ensure correct VAT reporting in accordance with applicable laws.

We can assist you with:

• European sales list
• Periodic reports
• Intrastat
• Submission of VAT reports
• Handling of various questions to/from the authorities

Payroll administration

To ensure you don’t have keep track on changing legislation, collective agreements, think about backup staff in the payroll department to cover for holidays or sick leave, we can handle your payroll administration. And to further support your operations, we can manage reporting to relevant authorities and help you with labour law issues.

We can assist you with:

• Processing, payment and reporting of pay for all types of sector
• Preparation of travel bills, national and international
• Holiday processing
• Benefit calculation, yearly statements and reporting
• Time reporting