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Cost Projector in KPMG LINK GO

Clarity and confidence in global mobility financials

KPMG LINK Cost Projector

In today's global economy, workforce mobility is essential for growth, but it comes at a significant cost. As organizations seek to optimize spending without sacrificing quality, a clear and accurate understanding of total assignment cost is more critical than ever.

For more than 35 years, the KPMG Global Mobility Services (GMS) practice has empowered clients to build efficient, world-class mobility programs. Cost Projector is the culmination of our expertise, combining premier tax logic with specialized technology to bring clarity to your most complex financial modeling challenges.

From guesswork to precision in minutes

Cost Projector estimates the complete costs associated with your mobile workforce, including long- and short-term assignments, permanent transfers, business travelers, and commuter arrangements. It allows you to generate policy-based budgets and accruals in minutes, not hours.

Powered by unmatched global tax logic

Take comfort in the accuracy of your numbers. Our system's logic is constantly reviewed and updated by our global mobility and tax professionals for timely, reliable updates. It includes long- and short-term expatriate concessions, detailed taxability rules, foreign tax credits, and U.S.-based totalization agreements for more than 90 countries and localities.

Core features for detailed financial planning

Our platform streamlines the preparation of cost estimates with a standard workflow, while allowing for deep configuration and policy-specific overrides to tailor every projection to your unique needs.

Global and domestic flexibility

Truly global reach:

Built-in logic for over 90 countries, 50 U.S. states, all Canadian Provinces, and Swiss Cantons gives you the flexibility to prepare estimates for any home-host combination.

Domestic and remote work ready:

Easily estimate the cost of domestic relocations and model expenses for hybrid or remote work arrangements.

Multi-currency reporting:

Review estimates in home currency, host currency, a designated third currency, or any combination to meet your reporting needs.

Reporting your way:

Standard reports help quantify tax and total move costs and can be expanded with custom reports designed around your unique export requirements.

Streamlined & customizable workflow

Guided data entry:

A guided workflow simplifies data entry, while integrated help provides quickly accessible answers to your questions along the way.

Batch processing:

Run multiple projections or report on numerous scenarios simultaneously using our powerful batch input and reporting capabilities.

Unlimited custom elements:

Custom salary and allowance fields allow for the inclusion of unlimited unique data elements with custom tax treatments.

Advanced tax and compensation logic

Automated Updates:

All country data and tax laws are updated at least once per year, helping ensure your results are current with the latest information available.

Built-in Tax Intelligence:

Instantly apply correct taxability guidelines, equalization types, and U.S. totalization agreements to align treatment in both home and host countries, including accurate tax gross-ups.

Integrated Hypothetical Tax Calculator:

Perform single-year hypothetical tax and net salary calculations directly within the system.

Dive into our thinking:

Tax support for multiple employees

Read more about the benefits of Cost Projector's solutions for employee and employer taxes for your global workforce.

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Meet our team

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Anna Wheeler
Principal, Global Mobility Services, KPMG US
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Robert Smith
Managing Director, Tax, Global Mobility Services, KPMG US
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Anna Wheeler
Principal, Global Mobility Services, KPMG US
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Robert Smith
Managing Director, Tax, Global Mobility Services, KPMG US
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