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Audit of stand-alone annual accounts
At Grant Thornton Luxembourg, our team of experts is specialised in audits of stand-alone annual accounts.
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Audit of consolidated annual accounts
Grant Thornton Luxembourg team of experts is specialised in providing audit services to a lot of multinational which have their administrative center located in Luxembourg for whom the consolidated annual accounts have to be audited.
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Agreed-Upon Procedures Engagements
In the case of agreed-upon procedures engagement, Grant Thornton Luxembourg performs procedures particularly requested by the client/bank and reports on the findings.
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GDPR-CARPA Certification
Grant Thornton Audit and Assurance is accredited by the Commission Nationale pour la Protection des Données (CNPD) to provide GDPR-CARPA certifications for organisations.
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Forensic Audit
Grant Thornton Luxembourg has the forensic and business skills to deal with the most complex situations. A multi-disciplinary team of dedicated accountants in consultation with lawyers, IT consultants, insurance experts, valuation specialists and actuaries may be engaged when necessary.
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Supervisory Auditor (Commissaire)
Grant Thornton Luxembourg has a dedicated team of experts committed to deliver services to reserved to Supervisory Auditor or "Commissaire aux Comptes".
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Liquidation Audit
Grant Thornton Luxembourg has a dedicated team of experts committed to deliver services to reserved to liquidation audit "Commissariat à la liquidation".
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Assurance Engagements
Grant Thornton Luxembourg have a dedicated team of experts committed to work on audit and assurance special engagements.
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IFRS Services
At Grant Thornton Luxembourg, our experts can help you navigate the complexity of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
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Valuation
Grant Thornton Luxembourg helps clients evaluate and implement various strategic alternatives through our comprehensive suite of corporate value consulting services. From opinions, board solutions and services, to valuation and modeling, we can assist you with value added services throughout the transaction lifecycle.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance
Grant Thornton Luxembourg offers comprehensive services in Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) tailored to meet the evolving needs of businesses in today's dynamic regulatory environment. Our commitment is to provide personalised guidance and global expertise, ensuring that your company establish robust internal controls and navigates governance challenges effectively.
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Structuring & Modeling
Grant Thornton Luxembourg offers workable solutions to maximise your value and deliver sustainable growth. Transactions or reorganisations are significant events in the life of a business, so the stakes are high for both buyers and sellers.
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Data Protection and Privacy
EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - The real challenge consists of remaining compliant with GDPR and in being able to prove this compliance (accountability principle). Grant Thornton Luxembourg can help you with a tailored phase approach.
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Sustainability services and impact reporting
At Grant Thornton, we recognise the need of our clients to operate responsibly and to meet the high standards posed by the sector they operate. We offer pragmatic, tailor-made solutions to our clients and we assist them to make the required transitions towards the implementation of sustainable business practices.
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Whistleblowing services
Since May 2023, the Whistleblower Law has become effective in Luxembourg. What does this mean for your business? Our experts can advise and help you to set-up internal reporting channels and to comply with the new law.
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Alternative Investment Services
Grant Thornton Luxembourg is a bespoke business partner to established Alternative Investment Fund (“AIF”) Managers (“AIFM”) as well as independent Managers launching start-up Funds and seeking for a single entry point in Luxembourg in order to set-up and manage their Luxembourg domiciled Funds.
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Fund Administration
Fund Administration - Grant Thornton Luxembourg offers a full range of tailored solutions to our clients.
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Registrar & Transfer Agency Services, Client Reporting
Grant Thornton Luxembourg provides investors with confirmations, final Contract Notes and regular statements upon finalisation of the Fund’s Net Asset Value, We handle all wire payments and transfers, including the processing of distribution dividend payments, and perform in-depth Anti-Money Laundering Counter Terrorism Financing and Know-Your Client due diligence checks on investors.
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Fund set-up, Launch & Corporate life
High-quality product structuring and legal services have become a crucial tool enabling industry players to get through the major changes impacting their business development, strategy and organisation as a whole. Our Investment Management practice at Grant Thornton Luxembourg is your one-stop place for expert advice combining pragmatism and a unique in-depth knowledge of the Luxembourg market.
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AML Compliance Services
Grant Thornton Luxembourg helps its Clients to keep compliant with AML-CTF laws and regulations and provide an expert skilled team.
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Regulatory Reporting Delivery
Grant Thornton Luxembourg has set up a Business Process Outsourcing Solution that manages and mutualises regulatory expertise, reporting solutions and skilled human resources
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Legal Support & Corporate Services
Grant Thornton Luxembourg delivers Legal Support & Corporate services.
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Accounting & Reporting Services
Grant Thornton Luxembourg may explore the specific characteristics of your company in order to provide a personalised assistance in the fields of Accounting & Reporting services.
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Corporate Tax Compliance
Grant Thornton Luxembourg may explore the specific characteristics of your company in order to provide a personalised assistance in the fields of corporate tax compliance.
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Direct Corporate Tax Advice
Grant Thornton Luxembourg understand the complexity of national and international tax laws. We can unlock your potential for local and international growth.
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VAT and Other Indirect Tax Compliance
Handling the day-to-day VAT compliance obligations requires being close to your business. Our VAT compliance business line assists you to ensure that long term reporting processes are implemented and respected with the aim of safeguarding a proper and timely VAT filing. This is important for achieving a VAT compliant environment and mitigating local VAT risks.
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VAT and Other Indirect Tax Advice
Our VAT advisory business line is dedicated to keeping you up to date with amended VAT legislation and changes in the administrative practice in Luxembourg and worldwide with our Grant Thornton global VAT network. Specialists review and comment on new EU directives and the latest case law by the Court of Justice of the European Union in order to provide you with advice tailored to your specific needs.
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Transaction & Reorganisation
Reorganisations - Transaction Planning - Tax Structuring - M&A. Companies strive to improve their market position with take-overs, mergers and demergers. Strategy and financial tactics are important elements in this respect. Grant Thornton tax specialists may intervene in all stages of the transaction.
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Transfer Pricing
The laws surrounding transfer pricing are becoming ever more complex, as tax affairs of multinational companies are facing scrutiny from media, regulators and the public. Grant Thornton Luxembourg can help you manage your transfer pricing risks and find opportunities.
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Tax - Financial Services & Operational Tax
Our Tax - Financial Services team provides tax advisory services relevant for the Financial Services Industries and Operational Tax assistance. This includes tax advice, automatic exchange of information (FATCA, CRS, DAC 6, DAC 7 and DAC 8), advisory and compliance assistance regarding the US Qualified Intermediary (QI) regime, assistance regarding withholding tax reclaims, investor tax reporting and tax structuring in the context of Islamic finance.
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Personal Tax
Our experienced multilingual Personal Tax Team is keen to give you tailored solutions, optimise your situation and help you make decisions. We could assist you with: income tax returns, vat returns, tax assessments, contacts with the tax authorities and assistance by tax audit or tax litigation, tax matters advices, inheritance tax matters, international assignments and trainings.
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Cross-Border Tax
Tax policies are constantly evolving and there are a number of complex changes on the horizon that could significantly affect your business. We can help you with practical advice such as VAT and direct tax.
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Corporate Finance
Exploring the strategic options available to you as a business or shareholder, advising and project managing the chosen solution, Grant Thornton Luxembourg provide a truly integrated corporate finance offering. Merger & acquisition, buying a business, selling a business, transaction piloting,raising finance to support your business plans.Vendor due diligence, acquisition due diligence, reporting accountant work,operational due diligence, management assessment.
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Expatriate Tax
Although international employment has become a standard practice in business life, employers and their assignees are still faced with numerous questions in this area. Grant Thornton Luxembourg can help you to be one step ahead.
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Set-up, Restructuring & Business Planning
Grant Thornton Luxembourg is delighted to add value during the implementation of your businesses and to be given the opportunity to grow together with you. Relying on our professionals’ financial expertise will allow you to take dynamic but sustainable decisions.
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Corporate Secretarial Services
Grant Thornton Luxembourg provides corporate secretarial services to enable our clients to comply with their legal and administrative obligations in Luxembourg.
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Liquidation & Insolvency
Grant Thornton Luxembourg can draw on years of experience in the areas of liquidation and insolvency and then make sensible recommendations on how best to deal with your financial crisis.
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Human Resources Management & Payroll
Grant Thornton Luxembourg has been delivering since 1987 Payroll and Human Resources services to private and institutional clients. A team of highly qualified collaborators manages around 7 000 payslips per month and offers related consulting services.
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Information Security
Grant Thornton Luxembourg offers Information Security services with a strong security expertise to avoid data breaches. We also have dedicated resources for all your cybersecurity challenges.
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MySmartOffice
Grant Thornton Luxembourg offers a new complete online accounting and consulting solution for SMEs named MySmartOffice to access financial and operational information instantly online.
Back to the Office: Get ready for a Safe Return to Work after lockdown
Are you sure the measures you have foreseen will enable a safe and smooth “back to work”?
Our experts can help you to find the right balance between protecting people and contribute to the end of this pandemic.
We assist you to ensure a strong compliance with the regulation and guidelines from different sources (Government, Trade Unions, Associations…) while maintaining efficient and flexible business operations.
Back to work assistance
We help you to define appropriate measures in multiple areas (staff management, infrastructure, organisation & processes, internal rules, monitoring…), and we assist you on purchasing the adequate equipment to protect your staff and your company. We also help you to stay in line with the regulations issued by the key decision-makers (Occupational health, Labour laws, Trade Union guidelines, ASTF, CNPD, CSSF…) and ensure a regulatory watch for you on this critical topic.
Working from home implementation
We help you to review your IT infrastructure to ensure its adequate size to support homeworking. We help you to define appropriate cybersecurity measures to ensure a secure connection to company’s data from any device (laptop, smartphone…). We also help you to setup the working from home rules for your staff.
Human resources management
We help your HR team to understand and deal at best with specific conditions issued in this period such as Partial Unemployment and Leave for Family Reason (LFR). We also help you to manage the holidays of your staff in alignment with law requirements.
What we offer
In one day, we propose to assess your current situation and provide you with a preliminary report presenting the recommendations and critical actions to take in order to ensure a safe and secure comeback to work for your staff.
We provide you with a dedicated part-time resource who will act as your COVID-19 manager. This resource will be in charge of the coordination of all the actions that have to be taken concerning the COVID-19.
Following the recommendations issued in the preliminary report, we propose you to provide specific experts depending on the fields you have to address. Those experts will take actions for you upon request.
Grant Thornton can help you considering the following expertise matters!
- Human Resources Management
- Safety and Security
- Privacy (GDPR)
- IT Infrastructure
- Compliance
- Interim Management: Finance, IT, Gouvernance
- Insourcing for Project Management, Change Management
Latest Insights
Measures of teleworking for cross-border workers
Learn more about the measures of teleworking for cross-border workers in Luxembourg and the derogation of the tolerance threshold in terms of taxation in relation to the exceptional situation generated by the COVID-19.
COVID-19 transfer pricing challenges
As the world economy comes to terms with the impact of COVID-19, it has become increasingly undeniable that national and international reactions towards COVID-19 have left a significant impact on multi-national groups.
Six key tips for transfer pricing in 2020
Lockdown has disrupted transfer pricing within multinational enterprises. Even as restrictions are gradually eased, there continues to be considerable uncertainty over the risks, circumstances and comparables used to determine arm’s length transfer prices.
Changes in legislation for trainees
Newsflash Payroll: changes in legislation for trainees in Luxembourg and the measures decided by the government in relation to the exceptional situation generated by the COVID-19.
Extension of deadlines for approving and filing annual accounts
In response to the declaration of a state of crisis on 18 March 2020, the government decided to extend deadlines for approving and filing annual accounts and related reports in the course of the year 2020.
Complying with the GDPR
Teleworking, health data & tracking: complying with the GDPR is more than ever a challenge. Read more and discover how we can help you address this critical topic.
Treasury management for large companies
Learn more about the role of the corporate treasury in financial crisis situation, and how to be more resilient and modernise the finance function.
Exceptional measures COVID-19
Newsflash Payroll: changes regarding social security in the context of the COVID-19 crisis and emergency fund for very small businesses and self-employed workers.
Security tips for remote working
Grant Thornton launched a series of Webinars about different topics around this COVID-19 crisis, the implications for businesses and how to try to deal with it the best way. Missed our first webinar on Security? Discover tips and best practices from our experts!
COVID-19 Financial Reporting and Disclosures
Our report identifies key financial reporting areas that entities need to consider when determining the impact on their business, and on the results, financial position and disclosures in their financial statements.
Regulatory reporting challenge
How are you providing crucial regulatory information timely and keeping financial soundness under control?
No sick leave paid by the employer from April 1st
Payroll Newsflash: learn more about the last changes regarding social security in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
Exceptional measures COVID-19
Newsflash Payroll: information on the measures decided by the government in relation to the exceptional situation generated by the COVID-19.
Digital holding of shareholding & board meetings: new rules due to COVID-19
Learn more about the new Luxembourg set of rules aiming to facilitate the digital holding of meetings of shareholders and management bodies of Luxembourg companies and partnerships.
How to minimise the Coronavirus impact on your business?
We would like to share with you a business checklist which has been designed to initially respond to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Business Helpline
Grant Thornton announces the creation of a Helpline dedicated to helping all businesses with free advice. Our core task force will respond to any request regarding the latest fiscal and social measures taken by the Luxembourg government.
7 Steps to manage cash flow and financial headwinds
The economic consequences of the COVID-19 may place some companies under liquidity pressures. We have compiled some tips for managing cash flow and mitigating any potential impact on your debt obligations.
Short-time working
Payroll Newsflash: information about the short-time working for the employees. The Luxembourgish government is working actively on measures for independents workers.
Our commitment to our clients, colleagues, and communities
Following previous announcements and guidance from the Luxembourg Government to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, we have implemented key measures to protect our people, clients, visitors, suppliers and contractors.
