Private Enterprise Tax

Our approach

At KPMG, Private Enterprise Tax advisors from around the globe work with clients to develop sound financial plans that help in enhancing personal and family wealth, and estate value, in the emerging, private and mid-market. KPMG firms help clients increase this value through the following:

Personal financial planning
Experience personal tax advice
Tax compliance
Advisory service

KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax advisors help private businesses deal with some of the most important client issues today, including:

Strategic success: Managing cash taxes effectively across the entire ownership model and mitigating risks to compliance as well as to growth of and successful management of capital.
Operational success: Effective planning for each stage of the Private Enterprise business from growth of capital to succession and exit, including the transformation of the organization to build inefficiencies over time.
Reputational and relational success: Demonstrating the societal impact of the Private Enterprise, and building key stakeholder relationships, including with tax authorities and the broader communities in which the organization operates.

To keep pace with the developments of today and tomorrow, and to deal with these issues, KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax advisors help private company clients set financial goals by considering:

What compensation strategies can be introduced to help reduce overall business taxes and personal taxes?
How can income taxes payable be better managed by your company and its shareholders?
Have succession, estate planning, and wealth preservation been considered?

Corporate tax services

Advisors within Private Enterprise Tax work with businesses to develop comprehensive plans that can manage or reduce corporate tax burdens. From assessing the effectiveness of business structures to helping identify tax savings opportunities, KPMG firms work with clients to develop a customized tax program that works.

Tax compliance and administration services

KPMG advisors support Private Enterprise organizations in managing all global compliance obligations across borders, advising on the development and execution of technology-enabled, effective direct tax and indirect tax management (including VAT/GST compliance outsourcing, global VAT/GST recovery, reverse audit services and more), encompassing internal governance, processes and controls to help you manage risk, increase efficiency and unlock the value of data.

M&A tax services

KPMG firms work with clients to understand the tax implications of potential deals and help structure transactions in ways that are tax efficient. No matter the spot in the deal’s lifecycle, KPMG Private Enterprise Tax helps clients determine the best tax structures to support endeavors.

Transfer pricing tax services

This team is expanding internationally as it assists private enterprise organizations in creating a commercially viable global tax strategy — one that recognizes global issues while incorporating local knowledge and requirements. KPMG advisors across KPMG firms help clients see beyond borders, and manage transfer pricing in effective and efficient ways.

International executive services

Advisors across KPMG firms work with clients to develop tax programs that support corporate strategy, while complying with local tax rules for remote workers. They can also help review current programs to improve tax efficiencies and insight into the tax implications of employees performing international work.

R&D incentive services

KPMG Private Enterprise Tax advisors help clients conduct reviews of R&D incentives and tax implications in order to better evaluate the after-tax cost of performing R&D in one country, state or province over another. Advisors can also highlight other government grants and incentives that clients can tap into.

Employment tax services

The team provides a range of technology-led employment tax support, including identifying and resolving unemployment tax issues, day-to-day assistance on all payroll and payroll-related issues, and the development of strategies and technologies to support the organization in mitigating the risk of such issue before they arise.

Personal tax services

KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax team assesses the tax rules and tax issues that affect, or may affect, clients’ personal and family taxes, in order to better manage the overall tax burden and remain compliant with all tax laws.

Key issues KPMG can help private businesses navigate

Key aspects to consider

KPMG’s Private Enterprise Tax advisors help private company clients set and achieve key goals by considering:

What strategies can be introduced to help optimize overall business tax, income tax, and personal tax for compliance?

Which operational frameworks could be put into place to better manage the tax footprint of the business?

Who are the key stakeholders to engage? What is the ESG angle?

As an owner, how will succession, estate planning, and wealth preservation be considered?

Private Enterprise

KPMG professionals have guided entrepreneurs, family businesses and privately owned companies toward sustainable success. KPMG Private Enterprise can help you unlock opportunities, navigate challenges and achieve your strategic goals—whether you’re in the startup stage, scaling up or preparing for a business transition.