We are Value Square
A tax advisory firm specialised in corporate international tax & transfer pricing
Who we are
“Your strategic partner in your value creation journey”
We provide strategic tax & transfer pricing services to businesses. We support our clients in creating value and experiencing measurable success through tax-aligned business models, as well as identify and manage tax risks.
Our deep tax technical knowledge combined with industry specific expertise enables us to build compliant and efficient tax operating models. We provide comprehensive world-class AI-powered tax advisory and compliance solutions to a growing number of industries, such as Energy & Resources, Technology & Telecommunications, Life Sciences & Health Care, Automotive, Aerospace & Defense, Hospitality & Services, Financial Services, Real Estate, etc. From planning to compliance, our end-to-end resilient and sustainable solutions enhance shareholders value.
What we do
Our value proposition is to provide assistance on the full corporate international tax & transfer pricing lifecycle of our clients, in a simple and straightforward way.
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Design & Planning
We assist our clients with the corporate tax & transfer pricing strategy design and planning, whereby we assess the “AS-IS” corporate tax & transfer pricing policy, its related risks, and design the “TO-BE” blueprint with a quantification of the business case.
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Implementing & Operating
We assist our clients in implementing and operating their existing and new corporate tax & transfer pricing policies with manuals, procedures, trainings and awareness sessions for corporate finance teams, controllers and other relevant stakeholders.
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Documenting
We assist in documenting our clients’ corporate tax & transfer pricing policies, in line with the OECD international standards as well as local requirements to ensure compliance with the applicable rules and regulations.
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Defending
We assist our clients in the event of corporate tax & transfer pricing audits and investigations from tax authorities by designing the defense strategy, drafting response letters and negotiating with tax authorities for a smooth settlement and closing of the audit case.
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Capacity building & Training
We provide tailor-made in-house training and masterclasses in the areas of corporate tax and transfer pricing. We develop programmes that meet our clients' requirements and respond to their organization's needs. Our training programmes are aimed at both the private and public sectors.
How we do
Our proven 360˚ Business Model Transformation approach utilizes a 4-phase process to develop operationally driven corporate tax & transfer pricing strategies aligned to local and global tax considerations.
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Develop a detailed understanding of the firm’s current profile, including the value chain’s operating model, capital structure, local tax attributes and tax technology landscape in terms of financial reporting systems and processes. Identify initial planning strategies that meet the firm’s objectives through high-level feasibility study and business case.
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Collaborate to design and validate a detailed blueprint of the “TO-BE” model identified, including quantification of its operational and tax impacts. Design most appropriate processes and tax specific applications to support and automate tax compliance on various systems (SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, Infor, Sage). This also includes the development of a cohesive plan of action to support the implementation.
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Convert strategies and operating blueprint designs into reality through working sessions with business and operations, step process manuals, trainings, hands-on operational assistance.
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Maintain and monitor the implemented strategies and identify enhancements to the structure on an ongoing basis.
Our 360˚ Business Model Transformation approach
At Value Square, we believe a sound plan for a business transformation has to be looked at from all tax & legal aspects to ensure it is actionable and does not create a benefit on one side and a loss on the other side.
The consistency of the storyboard across the different tax fields is becoming increasingly important given data is being collected and shared between authorities across the various jurisdictions.
Our 360˚ approach brings together specialists from each field to analyze the envisaged plan from different perspectives and advise on the most appropriate scenario.
Team
Value Square's founding partners have a combined experience of more than 30 years in Tier one international consulting firms.
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Mourad Chatar is the founder and managing partner of Value Square. He has spent almost 20 years in leading international consulting firms in Europe and in the Middle East, advising multinationals across various industries on how to bring value back to shareholders through effective and efficient Business Model Transformation projects, taking into account business constraints and compliance requirements.Corporate international tax & transfer pricing advisory are his core skills set and he is successfully advising Board members, C-suite and heads of tax in their business transformation journey as well as tax efficient cash repatriation approaches to increase value to shareholders while securing transactions through advance pricing agreements and tax rulings with relevant Competent Authorities.
As the business ecosystem is rapidly changing, the common thread of his approach is to make complex matters simple and easy to understand.
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Sarah Bahous is a partner at Value Square. She has over 13 years of experience in transfer pricing across a number of industries.In the course of her career in the number 1 Transfer Pricing firm in Europe, Sarah has assisted several multinational companies in designing and documenting sustainable transfer pricing policies for a wide range of transactions.
Sarah has also worked on several transfer pricing controversy projects, representing and advising clients during transfer pricing audits and disputes with tax authorities, and helping taxpayers eliminate double taxation.
Finally, Sarah has extensive experience in assisting companies in negotiating advance pricing agreements with Competent Authorities to secure their transfer prices.
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Value Square has built a strong network worldwide to provide clients with the best experts in the following areas:
Indirect taxes
Corporate Services
Accounting
Tax Technology
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Boulevard Plaza Tower 2, Level 23
Emaar Boulevard, Downtown
Dubai, PO Box 124342
United Arab Emirates