Construction withholding tax

Greenfield investments present a high level of complexity, with effective risk management and strategic planning serving as critical factors in the early-on decision-making process for the investments.

Your key questions, challenges and objectives

You are expanding your business into Germany and your operations require significant construction work
You are dealing with various suppliers for the construction of your new facilities
Under German tax rules, you will have to deal with construction withholding tax implications when it comes to paying your suppliers for construction work.
Depending on the situation, you may have to withhold certain taxes from your supplier bills and remit them to the tax authorities
Having a process for construction withholding tax is important to ensure that you do not experience any unforeseen delays in your construction work because of tax issues

How we support

In an initial workshop we can determine where you and your team stand and fill any potential knowledge gaps on German construction withholding tax
We can assist you in establishing an internal process for you to handle your construction withholding tax compliance
As an alternative, you can outsource the process to us, and we take care of it for you.