International Tax Consulting Services – Narelle MacKenzie provides international tax consulting, planning, and compliance services aimed at helping businesses minimize their worldwide global tax burden and meet financial objectives. She primarily provides international tax expertise/bench strength to CPAs, attorneys, and in-house tax departments. Ms. MacKenzie also works with tax advisors in other countries to identify strategies to reduce double (and sometimes triple) taxation – both indirect and direct taxes, especially as it relates to the operational transactions for businesses.
Ms. MacKenzie analyzes international tax complexities, identifies potential issues, and offers practical solutions to meet business needs and maximize after tax results. Her depth of tax background also allows her to develop and implement enhancements to the tax efficiency of a transaction or business plan.
Through her international tax consulting services, Ms. MacKenzie helps clients structure their international operations in the most tax efficient and practical manner. She assists clients with complex restructurings across multiple tax jurisdictions and minimizes their worldwide tax burdens. She provides tax planning and compliance and assists clients in setting up their international operations to take advantage of tax law opportunities.
Ms. MacKenzie advises on cross-border activities and works with tax advisors in those countries to identify optimal, strategic tax solutions for you and your clients.
Ms. MacKenzie is also available for events and speaking engagements.
A Well-Rounded Approach – Ms. MacKenzie’s business and tax background enable her to assess the bigger picture and develop practical solutions to tax issues – a skill rarely found in international tax consultants. She first seeks to understand the business operations and drivers to ensure that the global tax planning and compliance works in synergy with the business and maximizes the returns to shareholders, while ensuring such tax planning is done to the highest ethical standards.
Specialties
- Inbound and outbound tax planning
- Structuring for federal and state taxes
- Cross-border tax planning
- Compliance review
- Transfer pricing
- Permanent establishment (PE)
- Tax treaties
- Income sourcing
- Controlled foreign corporations (CFCs)
- Tax costs/benefits for shareholders
- Indirect taxes such as Canada GST, United Kingdom VAT, and Singapore GST