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Logistics and Transport
Globalisation and technological changes have significantly increased the demands on transport operators as they compete in an increasingly competitive and capital intensive industry. Our experience in advising the road, rail, sea and air industries over that period allows RSM International to bring together the considerable resources of its member firms to develop effective strategies within the industry.
The demands on the industry include increases in safety requirements, environmental concerns, working with changing governmental and regulatory frameworks, labour relations and capital investment. RSM International understands the impact of these factors on your industry and your business and our tax professionals are focused on working closely with you to develop tax effective strategies that position your business for growth into the future.
Our advisers work closely with businesses operating in the following sectors of the transport industry:
- Shipping and cargo freight transportation and handling;
- Road, rail and air passenger transport; and
- Road, rail and air freight transportation
Approach
RSM International has a number of large multi national clients operating in the transport industry, as well as servicing many companies and subsidiaries at a local level. This provides us with an excellent insight into the demands placed upon operators in the transport industry ensuring that our tax services are highly focused and industry specific.
Our tax advisers have extensive experience in assisting the transport industry in relation to:
- Leasing, hire purchase and other asset financing transactions;
- Research and Development and other taxation incentives;
- Transfer pricing for international groups;
- Depreciation and capital expenditure deductions;
- Management buy outs;
- Business and trade assets - acquisitions, disposals and other investment planning;
- Sale and leaseback and other financing transactions;
- Group reorganisations and restructures;
- Public/private ownership trading arrangements;
- The acquisition of assets from Government and other public ownership structures;
- Transport subsidies and other regulatory issues
How our clients benefit from RSM International’s Experience
Our transport industry experience allows us to provide high quality tax advice in connection with the range of issues faced by the industry including project financing, overseas investment, environmental issues, acquisition and disposal strategies and taxation incentives.
RSM International has assisted clients in the transport area in connection with matters such as:
- Depreciation and other capital expenditure write offs for private sector transport operators that acquire franchises from government operators;
- Structuring tax effective capital expenditure financing (leasing, hire purchase, borrowing etc) for road and rail investments;
- Acquisition strategies for acquiring and integrating new businesses tax effectively into existing operations;
- Management buy outs of transport operations;
- Business sales, including management of tax issues for purchasers and sellers.
This extensive experience in the transport industry ensures RSM International is a leader in understanding the demands of the transport industry in terms of government regulation, capital expenditure requirements and business and commercial development. This ensures our clients benefit by receiving tax advice that is relevant, focused and adds value to their business.