Our services

Our Expatriates Desk helps organisations and individuals with a wide range of services:

Consulting services for companies

• Customised payroll solutions including shadow or split payrolls
• Design of tax equalisation
• Implementation of specific tax regime for highly qualified employees
• Identification of income tax issues (permanent establishment, transfer pricing, VAT…)
• Training and support of the Mobility services department
• Immigration services (obtaining visas, work permits...)

Advice for the seconded employees

• Arrival and exit interviews for tax optimisation before, during, or after the secondment
• Preparation of income tax returns in the relevant countries
• Calculation of tax impact (tax equalisation, tax withholding…)
• Filing of possible legal and appeal procedures

Advice on tax and social security legislations

• Assistance with secondment
• Advice on cross-border tax and social security issues
• Application of secondment certificates
• Application for reimbursement of employees contribution to the foreign social security scheme
• Application for social benefits (pension, healthcare, children allowances...)

Your key benefits

• An experienced multi-lingual team in Luxembourg in close connection with international experts and tax departments of the Grant Thornton International network (presence in more than 130 countries), ensuring a global, timely and coordinated assistance
• At Grant Thornton, each client is provided with a personal service. Our clients have a dedicated advisor who provides responsive and pro-active services.  Our low staff turnover guarantees a long-term relationship with our people
• An emphasis on clear, easily comprehensible and above all practical recommendations
• Continuous follow-up of the social and tax legislation with newsletters and trainings organised on a regular basis in our office or within your office
• Access to our GT HR portal, an IT solution allowing clients (employees, HR manager...) to share, consult or extract information or documents online in a secure and confidential way

To learn more about our services in relation with international mobility, personal tax, human resources and payroll services, contact Jean-Philippe Franssen, our Luxembourg Expatriates Desk Leader.