Areas of activity

BUSINESS AND BUSINESS GROUP TAXATION

Studio Colombo Altamura Pometto provides ordinary and extraordinary tax consultancy and assistance for Italian and foreign corporate clients. The firm’s established experience allows it to customise these services, taking into account the specific and particular needs of each customer.

The consultancy offered includes opinions on national and international taxation, direct and indirect taxes, VAT and other taxes (IFTT-Web Tax – Plastic Tax etc…).

As for its special transaction consultancy, the firm specialises in the development of national and international corporate reorganisation projects and tax planning, with a particular focus on multinational clients.

ASSET PLANNING AND PROTECTION

The Firm offers consultancy for individuals with special wealth planning and planning needs, both nationally and internationally.

In particular, it provides assistance with regard to the planning of worldwide wealth taxation, the protection of family assets, the management of generational changeover and inheritance tax planning.

TAXATION OF HNWI INDIVIDUALS AND NON-PROFIT ENTITIES

The firm supports both national and international private clients with complex tax situations. It assists its customers in the transfer of tax residence and in the choice of special tax regimes (returnees, new residents, etc.) also through the preparation of appropriate national and international rulings.

It works for the tax optimisation of assets in Italy and abroad.

In addition, the firm provides accounting and tax consultancy to non-profit and charitable organisations.

CORPORATE CONSULTANCY AND VALUATIONS

The firm provides consultancy for ordinary business management and extraordinary transactions (incorporations, transformations, mergers, demergers, contributions, buying and selling of companies and company branches, national and international liquidations).

The firm also provides opinions on corporate and tax law and contract law, and carries out appraisals, including certified appraisals, estimates and valuations of companies or intangible assets (including particularly complex cases, thanks to the support of its economists and valuation experts).

The firm is directly involved in the assumption of Corporate Offices, and its professionals participate in the meetings of the Corporate Bodies, and, in relation to non-client subjects, it also carries out control activities of the Board of Statutory Auditors, of the Statutory Audit of Accounts (Audit) and of the Supervisory body.

INTERNATIONAL TAXATION

The firm, which boasts many years of international experience, is able to offer the client all-round support in the field of international taxation (TP Master and Country Files, Expert Opinions, Tax Planning and Tax Structuring, Tax Rulings – APA, Mergers, Divisions and Transnational Conferences, etc.).

Family office

The firm makes its skills available to analyse and understand market risks and opportunities for its private clients who have highly complex financial situations, in order to implement asset planning and programming aimed at satisfying family needs.

Patent Box

The firm boasts many years of experience in consultancy and assistance in tax relief deriving from the application of the Patent Box regime, and has made this one of its main areas of specialisation.

The benefit allows you to partially exclude the income generated by the exploitation of Intellectual Properties from taxation.

The specific activities carried out by the firm in this area are: the feasibility analysis to evaluate the benefits of the Patent Box regime, the implementation of the subsidy, identification of the suitable methodology for determining the portion of subsidised income, calculating the tax relief and preparing the related specialist support documentation, providing assistance in any Ruling procedure that arises with the Revenue Agency and periodic monitoring of the application of the benefit with calculation of the tax relief to be included in the tax return.

The firm boasts a significant track record for successfully concluded ruling procedures, which over time has allowed it to establish consolidated internal procedures that are aimed at optimising the process and the result.

Merger & Acquisition (M&A)

The firm, through a team of professionals made up of its partner law firms, accountants and auditors, provides consultancy activities related to the structuring, negotiation of both sell and buy side M&A transactions.

The team’s services include financial, tax and contractual consultation, the preparation of business plans, preparation of tax, accounting, legal and business due diligence, and the selection of and assistance in negotiations with lenders (private equity funds, credit institutions), as well as the related tax optimisation of the transaction, making the needed inquiries to the Italian and foreign tax authorities.

In addition to consultancy in the broader sense, the firm has an established advisory experience, that is, it provides assistance in the search for opportunities for investment operations or the disposal of shareholdings, as well as in the subsequent management and negotiation of those operations.

The firm is also an advisor in the search for new shareholders or venture capital, and in the preparation of leverage and management buy in and buy out operations, as well as in the structuring and implementation of Club deal operations both for start-ups and for already established companies where a contribution of risk capital is sought in order to open the capital to minority or institutional shareholders.

The firm, through its professionals, offers solutions and assistance even in pre-crisis business contexts, whether of an endogenous or exogenous nature, such as financial tensions, organisational deficiencies or situations related to generational changes.

Transfer Pricing

Over the years, Studio Colombo Altamura Pometto has developed a specialisation in all issues concerning the discipline of Transfer Pricing, both in Italy and abroad.

The company provides consultancy aimed at preparing highly specialised economic studies, comparability and benchmarking analyses, instrumental to identifying the methodology necessary for verifying the compliance of transfer prices applied within the Group, tax optimisation of supply chain models and organisational structures of multinational groups.

The activity includes the preparation of documentation relating to transfer prices and the negotiation of preliminary agreements with the competent Italian and foreign tax authorities, as well as the management of disputes relating to transfer pricing and assistance with the tax treaty procedures to avoid international double taxation.

Over the years the firm has set up a team of consultants with complementary skills for this specific activity which is able to offer complete service with high quality standards.

TAX LITIGATION

The firm has solid experience in managing the relationship with the Financial Administration up to the verification and pre-litigation phase, as well as with the management of disputes at the Tax Commissions. It also has experience assisting clients during international procedures such as Mutual Agreement Procedures (MAP), both conventional and European.

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