HLB Nannen, Accountants en Belastingadviseurs

As a firm of professional accountants and business advisers, HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs is committed to providing clients with an exceptional standard of services and expertise that will add value to their businesses and contribute to their growth. HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs has a vision for your future, a plan to help you thrive in the new economy, and a passion for success.

In any organisation it's the people who make the difference; they determine the degree of professionalism and quality of relationships. In essence, they determine whether an organisation will be perceived as 'great' or just 'average'. At HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs we are proud of our success, but we are also proud of what has made us the way we are, our people. Success requires diligence, hard work and above all, a sound business strategy, based on understanding, experience and insight. As your trusted business advisers, we would offer you no less.

The active involvement of Partners and senior professional expertise within our local environments, our powerful international connection within HLB International enhances our ability to offer clients more extensive advice on wide range of assignments. Within HLB International we are 'global in reach and local in touch'. At the end of the day though, regardless of whether we are advising on a global or local level, our belief 'growing together through personal service' underlies our entire business approach.

Why are we different?

Our people

As professional business advisers we are committed to provide clients with discreet, timely advice and efficient personal service that will exceed their expectations. This capacity to exceed expectations derives from our values. Not only do these values reflect the kind of people we are, they determine our culture and our approach; 'the way we do things around here'.

Integrity

Our people act with the utmost integrity in all they do. Our reputation and the preference by clients to use our services depends as much on our ethical standards as it does on our expertise. We acknowledge a responsibility to our clients and each other to conduct ourselves in a manner that is beyond reproach at all times.

Teamwork

Teamwork is integral to our approach. The depth and diversity of expertise that exists within our firm contributes to a broad bank of knowledge. By sharing this knowledge we are able to capitalise on the power of collaboration to provide clients with a superior standard of service.

Adding value

In helping clients to achieve their goals we strive to provide services that add value. Knowledge alone is not enough. We believe firmly that the services we offer deliver real benefit only if they are properly structured to the client's own needs. 'Off-the-shelf' solutions usually end up costly, and that's because individual needs do vary so greatly. Our strong reputation of flexibility and creativity has provided many clients with outcomes they may not necessarily have expected, but certainly wanted - and needed.

Building relationships

Our capacity to grow with our clients depends upon the quality of our relationships. We have a strong commitment to communicate openly and honestly with clients, and believe it's our unique blend of individual abilities, energy and up-to-the minute knowledge that makes the real long term difference to the strength of our relationships.

We do care

Ultimately, our success depends upon how well we service our clients. It's often been said that no-one cares how much you know until they know how much you care, and at HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs, we believe good advice should go much further than standard tax or technical competence. We demonstrate genuine care through the provision of value added services and close personal attention.

A global perspective

In today's business environment, globalisation is synonymous with change. As global communications become more sophisticated, so business is increasingly conducted on a world-wide basis. Company mergers, online business opportunities, new tax laws and government regulations are just some of the changes brought about by globalisation. While we pride ourselves on our level of professional expertise within our local environments, our powerful international connection with HLB International enhances our ability to offer clients more extensive advice on a world-wide range of assignments.

What we offer

HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs provide their clients with a comprehensive range of business services in addition to the audit, accounting and taxation services that are central to our practices.

Personal involvement of Partners in all client engagements is a feature of our services. Partners of HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs are in turn supported by qualified staff who work as a team to complete assignments in a cost effective manner.

We provide continuing professional development and training programs, technical support and other resources to ensure a high standard of quality service in all of our offices. Our principal aim is to provide profit generating solutions to client's business problems and give them the assistance and support they need to be successful.

The range of services at HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs is designed to allow clients the opportunity of doing what they do best... taking care of their own business. We understand our clients' financial needs, no matter how big or small. Together with our clients we make a great team.

Audit and Accountancy

Over many years, HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs has developed a strong reputation in the core area of audit and accountancy services.

At HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs our audit service is more than an exercise in rubber - stamping - we add value by working with our clients to identify and tackle their key business issues. By doing so, we focus our audit efforts on material areas of your business, thus reducing risk.

All this cannot be achieved in a once-a-year visit. Our partners commit to a long-term relationship with our clients and so spend time familiarising themselves with and keeping close to your business and how it functions. This enables us to identify potential areas of concern, both internal and external. outside the usual audit framework, as well as highlight opportunities for savings and increased efficiencies. Each audit and accountancy team is led by a Partner who is actively involved with the assignment.

Whether you are operating through a limited company, a major plc, or if you are a not-for-profit organisation, and whatever your line of business, we offer a service to meet your needs.

Business services

Financial service requires careful planning and reliable advice from a trusted professional. HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs have created business services to provide a range of planning and operating services to clients of all sizes. The active and close involvement of Partners and senior professionals ensures that we provide clients with insightful and practical advice on how to plan for success and the sustainable growth of their business. A wide range of services is available including business planning, conducting business valuations, detailed budgets, financial accounting, forecasts, cash flow projections, assistance with business startup procedures and decision-making, assessment of emerging opportunities and advice on acquisitions.

Our advice is based on extensive knowledge of commercial markets. For every client our aim is to add value and to realise the maximum financial and strategic advantages for their business.

HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs provides corporate finance advice to owner-managed businesses at all stages of business growth and development. From raising capital for a new venture, to assisting growth by acquisition, managing succession, arranging buy-outs or buy-ins, through to the eventual sale or flotation of the business, we can explain the options and help you make an informed choice.

As a reporting accountant we also provide due diligence and transaction support for lenders and investors including venture capital firms, private individuals, management buy-out and buy-in teams and companies making acquisitions.

Our dedicated business advisers never lose sight of the fact that we are dealing with individuals and that the outcome from any financial transaction will have a lasting impact on your future. It is our role to ensure any concerns and anxieties you may have are addressed early in the process so that you feel confident to make the important decisions regarding your business and personal future from a position of strength.

Our business services also includes:

• bookkeeping and financial administration
• a full range of payroll services
• company secretarial services

Tax Consultancy

HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs is full of individuals who love taxation! Often from enlarge firm backgrounds, the expertise of our tax specialists is fully deployed in ensuring our clients carry out their business and their personal affairs in the most tax-efficient way possible. We find it is important that you pay no more in tax than demanded by law. The same applies to companies and to individuals alike. Tax laws are often complex and difficult for the lay person to understand yet, with proper advice and prudent planning, there are usually ways in which payments can be reduced.... sometimes quite substantially.

Our clients benefit from all available tax planning measures in corporate, business and personal taxation including notably the areas of tax-efficient remuneration and benefits. At HLB Nannen Accountants & Belastingadviseurs we believe that tax planning should underpin your strategic plan: if you are looking to sell or pass on your business, we can make sure you mitigate your liability to capital gains and other taxation; if you are looking to protect wealth, we can advise on limiting your exposure to inheritance tax. So whether it's VAT or income tax, capital gains tax or withholding tax, corporate tax or international in nature, we are here to help.

Specialist skills exist in corporate, personal and executive tax advice, expatriate taxation services and international tax issues. Employment-related tax advice is available covering fringe benefits tax, payroll tax, workers compensation obligations and pension rights. Underlying our technical skills is a practical approach and focus that will add value to our clients' businesses.

Our Tax services include:

• Corporate income tax
• Personal income tax
• Expatriate advisory service
• International structuring and tax planning
• Application to the Tax Authorities for Advance Tax Rulings
• Sale, purchase or exchange real property
• Inheritance tax
• Taxation planning for high net worth individuals
• Value added tax, including acting as a tax representative for foreign companies
• Business succession, succession planning and estate planning
• Fringe benefits tax
• Preparation of income tax returns for individuals, partnerships and companies