Dealing with authorities and advisory.

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Authorities & municipalities

We make the contact, so you avoid the phone queue.

We handle ongoing contact with Skatteverket, Bolagsverket, the Enforcement Authority and municipal departments in matters concerning the company's finances. That covers everything from clarifying a balance on the tax account to following up a registration that has stalled.

With a power of attorney we can represent the company directly, which means the matter can be resolved without involving you. Without one we prepare the material and tell you exactly what to say and to whom. Which suits best is your choice.

Municipal matters have their own routes: food registration, alcohol licences, building permits and supervisory fees are handled by different departments with different processing times. We keep track of where the matter stands and push when it is needed.

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Support in dealings with authorities

Requests, enquiries and inspections, answered on time.

When Skatteverket requests documentation or questions an item, we go through what is being asked, gather the material and draft the response. A response that is complete the first time closes the matter. An incomplete response leads to a follow up question and extends the process, sometimes by months.

In an audit or an unannounced inspection the preparation is already done if the bookkeeping is in order. We produce what is to be handed over, take part in the contact and make sure nothing is disclosed that was not requested. Staff registers and cash registers are checked on site in some industries, and there the outcome is decided by the routines, not by the answers.

If a decision goes against the company we assess whether there are grounds for a review or an appeal, and say plainly when we think a matter is not worth pursuing further.

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Tax matters

An answer before you act, not an explanation afterwards.

Most tax questions in a small company concern the line between the company and the individual: what may be deducted, which benefits are tax free, how a car is treated, what applies when working from home and how entertainment is handled. The answers exist, but they depend on the circumstances, and a general rule of thumb often leads the wrong way.

For closely held companies the 3:12 rules are the question that matters most in kronor. The allowance determines how much can be taken as a dividend at 20 per cent tax, and it is calculated either under the simplification rule or under the salary based rule. Which is better is determined by the company's payroll and your own drawings, and the calculation has to be done during the year to be actionable.

In changes of ownership, succession and the sale of a company, the tax question becomes decisive for the outcome. We go through the consequences in advance and say when the matter requires a specialist beyond us.

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Financial advisory

The figures used to make decisions, not just to report.

We review profitability per service or product, pricing, margins and what the cost base consists of. Many companies grow in turnover without growing in profit, and the cause is almost always visible in the figures long before it shows up in the bank account.

Liquidity planning is the other part. A company rarely fails because it is unprofitable, but because the money runs out at the wrong moment. We set up a simple forecast showing how the cash position develops over the coming months, with tax payments, salaries and known investments included.

Ahead of an investment, a hire or an expansion we calculate what the decision means: what it costs, what volume it needs to carry itself and how it affects the tax. You get something to decide on, and our view when you ask for it.

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Commercial legal guidance

Contracts and company matters reviewed before they become disputes.

We review customer and supplier contracts with a focus on what has financial consequences: payment terms, late payment interest, limitations of liability, notice periods and what happens if the counterparty fails to deliver. A contract with 90 day payment terms is a financing decision, whatever it says on the page.

For companies with several owners the shareholders' agreement is the most important document that is most often missing. It governs what happens when someone wants to sell, leave, falls ill or dies, and it needs to be written while everyone is still in agreement. We go through what such an agreement should contain for your situation.

We are accounting consultants, not lawyers. We say when a question requires a solicitor and help formulate the brief, rather than giving an answer that sounds reassuring but does not hold.