VAT: integrating tax into a real tax strategy

VAT is often treated as a subject of compliance. In reality, it can have a direct impact on the profitability of an operation, the cost of an investment, the available cash flow and the structuring of flows.

In the most sensitive cases, therefore, the right question is not only whether VAT applies, but also whether VAT applies. how to organize the operation to control its consequences and preserve the economic value of the project.

Poor structuring can turn VAT into a definitive cost

Real estate acquisition, disposal of assets, intra-group benefits, international transactions or professional investments can produce very different results depending on the applicable regime, the quality of the parties and the organization chosen.

The firm analyses these parameters upstream in order to identify the situations in which VAT can be recovered, neutralised or, on the contrary, become a definitive burden which could seriously degrade profitability.

This reading also makes it possible to compare several structures where VAT treatment is a decisive element of the economic model.

Making VAT a decision parameter

On some transactions, some pre-signature choices may significantly change the final tax cost.

The firm's expertise consists of linking VAT to the entire tax strategy: structuring investment, organizing flows, real estate, group transactions or cross-border transactions.

The aim is to detect available levers, anticipate the effects of each scenario and retain the most efficient fiscal architecture.

Master Edouard Pruvost specializes in advising on tax strategy and analysing complex VAT issues. The firm intervenes on transactions with high stakes in order to identify the most favourable treatments, to measure their economic impact and to integrate VAT into a comprehensive tax strategy. To have your transaction analysed and to benefit from tax strategy advice, contact the firm.