Corporate Tax & International Tax

Minimise risk and maximise wealth

Company tax requires careful management to minimise risk and maximise wealth.

Our Corporate Tax team can help you understand the latest tax legislation and provide practical plans to minimise tax costs, manage tax risks and maximise shareholder wealth.

We provide advice on:

  • Transactions including mergers and acquisitions

  • Ownership tax structures

  • Corporate tax health checks

  • Managing tax compliance

Contact us today to see how our tax specialists can help.

International Tax

When your business expands offshore you need confidence that you can access quality advice on tax in different jurisdictions. Our BDO international network spans more than 160 countries. Wherever you want to do business, we can assist you with effective tax planning and the same responsive, friendly service. 

If you’re a New Zealand business looking to expand offshore, we can help with:

  • Outbound tax planning

  • Understanding offshore tax jurisdictions

  • Transfer pricing

  • New Zealand’s controlled foreign company and foreign investment regimes

  • Withholding regimes.


If you’re an overseas company looking to do business in New Zealand, we can help with:

  • Determining the best business structure

  • Planning for in-bound thin capitalisation test (structuring the debts and equity mix in a transaction to ensure deductibility of interest is not compromised)

  • Transfer pricing

  • Understanding New Zealand’s withholding regimes

Doing Business in New Zealand 2022 Guide

Our guide provides essential background information on the taxation aspects of setting up and running a business in New Zealand. It's beneficial to anyone who is thinking of establishing a business in New Zealand as a separate entity, as a branch or as a subsidiary of an existing foreign company. It also covers the essential background tax information for individuals considering coming to work or live permanently in New Zealand.

Read the guide

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Transfer pricing

Transfer pricing is a critical tax issue for businesses operating across more than one jurisdiction. Greater scrutiny is being applied globally to ensure companies are returning the appropriate amount of income in each country. This increased focus comes with an increased compliance burden as more countries require increased disclosure and impose obligations for contemporaneous documentation and up to date transfer pricing policies.  

While New Zealand’s tax system operates on a self-assessment basis, the taxpayer is still expected to keep sufficient records to support its tax position. With the burden of proof for transfer pricing matters resting on the taxpayer, documentation to support the position taken becomes more important than ever. 

At BDO, we can assist by:

  • Working with you to understand the future strategy of your business and to assist you in developing and designing an optimal, practical transfer pricing structure.

  • Documenting and supporting your transfer pricing policy.

  • Working with you and our international offices to manage and defend queries and challenges from tax authorities.

Doing business across borders? Contact us about transfer pricing today.

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