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Cross-border situations we are engaged for
A first enquiry made with an unsorted folder of papers
The enquiry arrived as a bundle of statements, two authority letters and no record of what had already been filed. The first piece of work was not a return but an inventory: every year, every authority, and what each of them appeared to hold. That produced a short written note listing which years were open, which were closed, and which documents were missing before anything could be prepared. The engagement that followed was quoted against that note, so the scope was settled before the first return was opened.
A call that began with a letter from an authority
The caller had a notice with a reply date on it and had been treating the underlying years as the urgent part. They were not. The work was ordered around the reply first: establishing what the notice actually asked for, answering it within its own window, and keeping the wider position open rather than conceding it in the reply. Only then were the underlying years scoped. The engagement produced a reply on file, an acknowledgement from the authority, and a written plan for the years behind it.
An enquiry that ended without an engagement
Someone who had moved between countries assumed they had years of foreign filings to catch up on. Reading the dates showed otherwise: the moves had fallen either side of the periods that mattered, and the only obligation left was one ordinary domestic return they had already filed. The scoping work produced a written note setting out why nothing further was due and what would change that in future. No engagement followed, which was the correct outcome, and the note is what they keep in case the question is asked later.
A couple whose two filing calendars did not line up
Two people, two authorities, and year ends months apart, with each return needing a figure the other produced. The engagement began by fixing the sequence rather than the content: which return could be completed on facts alone, which had to wait for a final liability from the other side, and where an extension was worth taking so a credit could rest on filed rather than estimated figures. The order was agreed in writing first, and both returns were then prepared against it.
A company enquiry routed to the office nearest the filings
A business contacted the office closest to its head office, but its filings sat with an authority on the other side of a border. The enquiry was routed to the practitioner who works that authority, and the head office side stayed in the same file rather than being split off. What the engagement produced was a single scope covering both, with one person answerable for the whole of it rather than two firms exchanging drafts. The fee was quoted once, in writing, against that scope.
A quote staged because the number of open years was unknown
Nobody, including the client, knew how many years were still open with either authority. Quoting the filings before that was settled would have meant guessing, so the engagement was split. The first stage was priced to establish what each authority held and which years remained in scope, and it produced a written finding. The second quote, for the filings themselves, was issued against that finding. The client could stop after the first stage, and knew the price of each part before agreeing to either.
A Clean History Used to Remove a First Penalty
An administrative waiver can remove a first failure where the filing and payment record supports it, and it is spent once used. Whether to claim it now or keep it for a heavier year is a judgement made with the whole file in view.
Read how this one runsAccounts Reported Late When the Income Already Was
Where the income was on the return and only the account report was missed, a narrow route allows late filing with a reason attached. It is open only while no income is unreported and no examination has begun, which is why it is checked first.
Read how this one runsAll case studies — every published engagement in one place.
Core International & Cross-Border Tax Services
Strategy and compliance for income, assets and families spread across borders.
Industries & Client Types We Serve Worldwide
- Foreign VAT / GST / sales tax registrations
- Marketplace withholding reviews
- Inventory nexus & PE analysis
- Multi-currency books reconciled
- Cross-border revenue sourcing & withholding
- IP structuring with real substance
- Equity for cross-border teams
- U.S. expansion: entity & PE setup
- Reg 105 / 102 waivers
- Permanent establishment risk
- Partner mobility planning
- Cross-border withholding recovery
- Section 216 rental returns
- FIRPTA withholding recovery
- Section 116 clearance
- Treaty credit optimization
- Transfer pricing documentation (s.247)
- Customs value vs transfer price
- Foreign affiliate reporting (T1134)
- Country-by-country reporting
- Reg 105 & U.S. CWA agreements
- Multi-state & country calendars
- Touring income allocation
- Royalty & image-rights withholding
Working from anywhere doesn't mean taxed nowhere: residency defaults, employer payroll exposure and treaty relief decide where income actually lands.
Working from another country does not by itself end tax residence in the one you left, and it can start one where you are sitting. Day counts, ties, the employer's own exposure and the treaty tie-breaker all point at the same question, and the year you move is the year it has to be answered on paper.
- Residency analysis before moving
- Employer payroll exposure
- Totalization & social security
- Foreign tax credits
- Treaty access & PPT reviews
- FAPI & surplus computations
- Withholding-efficient routing
- Governance & substance
