Services
Audit services of the firm have been designed to support you to meet the challenges involved in managing risks, resources and information.
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Audit
In our firm we respond to the demands of our customers. We have modern methodologies and audit techniques operating in the best interests of your organization.
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Statutory Audit
Audit services of the firm have been designed to support you to meet the challenges involved in managing risks, resources and information.
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External Audit
The external audit service aims to express an independent opinion regarding the fairness of the financia!statements of the companies or certain business areas in which we use previously agreed procedures.
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Managerial and Result External Audit
Our work consists of the execution of the defined procedures to review the accounting information and issue reports and documents.
Our specialized multidisciplinary team adjust the advice to the customer needs, analyzing the legal alternatives to optimize the use of existing regulations...
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Taxes
We work with our clients during all their processes to achieve an excellent statutory clase year, in order to optimize the taxes payment and ease the tax burden.
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Transfer Pricing
The laws surrounding transfer pricing are becoming ever more complex, as tax affairs of multinational companies are facing scrutiny from media, regulators and the public.
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Legal Services
Our legal advice involves professional lawyers, specialized in different fields.
We have developed a methodology for IFRS process to convert figures and implementation, which has been successfully applied in implemented projects.
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Diagnosis and implementation of Full and SME IFRS
Servicio de Diagnóstico e implementación de NIIF plenas y NIIF para las PYMES.
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Training and updating in IFRS
Services of Training and updating in IFRS
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Calculation of accounting estimates under IFRS
Services of Calculation of accounting estimates under IFRS
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Valuation of financial instruments
Services of Valuation of financial instruments
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Advice on specialized topics
Services of Advice on specialized topics
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IFRS advice for public sector entities
Services of IFRS advice for public sector entities
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Preparation of financial statements and disclosures
Services of Preparation of financial statements and disclosures
Over the past 11 years, we have consolidated the technology advisory services related to developing.
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Sarbanes-Oxley Service Audit (SOX)
Only those who have clearly structured numbers and a good view of their business, can identify weaknesses and opportunities early enough to react on time to events in their environment.
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Audit of Organization
In order to help the service organization and its users to establish a reliable and standard process for the service organization's reports, we offer the following services:
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IT Audit
IT Audit Services help the Organization manage risks and controls related to IT implementation and use to achieve business financial, operational, and regulatory objectives.
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Computer Security
Cybersecurity frames a set of tools, policies, security safeguards, guidelines, risk management methods, actions, training and in summary a series of practices that can be used to protect the organization's assets and users in cyber-environment.
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Performance Tests
Our service focuses on determining the speed at which a task is performed under particular working conditions on a specific information or application system.
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Audit Security Social
As part of Social Security policies and strategies in Colombia, pensions and health are fundamental workers' rights, for which specialized support is required to guarantee access to these rights, in a transparent, equitable and the law.
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BCP Services
We are certified by DRI International as Business Continuity Plans Consultant, CBCP and with training and certification as internal auditor in SGS, ISO 2005: 27001..
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SAP Auditing and Computer Security
We have certified experts in security and auditing SAP in R / 3, CRM, BW. Our approach allows us to perform in SAP
This service line develops activities to support the clients in the organizational improvement, through the evaluation of processes, revision and design or...
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Corporate Risk Management
This regulatory environment seeks to mitigate the risks and uncertainties of the banking industry, also responding to economic pressures and investor expectations.
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Operational Improvement
Process management, within which operational improvement is framed, can be defined as a way of focusing the work, where the continuous improvement of the activities of an organization is sought through the identification, selection, description, documentation and continuous improvement of the processes. Any activity or sequence of activities that are carried out in the different business units, constitutes a process and as such, must be managed.
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Change Management
Change management is the process, through tools and techniques, to manage the transition to a new reality, trying to make the people involved able and willing to work in the new defined context and achieve the expected results.
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Business Intelligence and Analysis
Business intelligence acts as a strategic factor for an organization, generating a potential competitive advantage, which is none other than providing privileged information to respond to business problems.
The Advisory line extends to support companies, in their integration and expansion efforts, with independent services developed by experts, to establish the...
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Due diligence
Due Diligence is a term, usually used in the field of business acquisitions, to refer to the process of finding information about an organization.
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Valuations
The valuation of a company is not an exact science and can vary depending on the type of business and the reason.
Companies often decide to focus on core business activities, an important reason to choose the outsourcing for other labors. Thereby, the outsourcing improves...
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Financial accounting
Only those who have clearly structured numbers and a good view of their business, can identify weaknesses and opportunities early enough to react on time to events in their environment.
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Tax and legal compliance
The tax authorities constantly keep entrepreneurs and freelancers on alert, with tax issues taking part as a crucial role in almost all business decisions.
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Payroll
Payroll is one of the most challenging responsibilities that a company faces every year. Our service fulfill the client internal policies, understands the corporate strategic planning and focus on the record of the received newness.
Legal Services
Legal Advice: Our firm has professionals capable of offering legal advice and permanent accompaniment to companies wishing to do business in Colombia, providing recommendations based on the knowledge of its operation, best practices, and strategies within the legal framework, in the following areas:
- Tax Law: Consulting on the national, district, and other taxes involved in the ordinary activities of companies and changes in legislation.
- Corporate, commercial, and contract law: Incorporation and liquidation of companies, statutory reforms, and preparation of minutes of the board of directors or highest corporate body, preparation or review of contracts, mergers, or spin-offs.
- Foreign exchange law: Consulting related to foreign exchange movements for international investments, foreign indebtedness, and foreign trade operations.
- Labor law: Advice, preventive consulting, and training in labor and social security matters, to facilitate decision making, minimize risks and achieve an adequate management of human talent and the handling of labor relations at a corporate level.
Power of Attorney: Grant Thornton Colombia recognizes the need of our clients to have a strategic ally for the development of operations in the country and therefore we offer our services of a special or general power of attorney, to support the work of compliance with formal duties that require the signature of the legal representative who may not be in the national territory to carry out such management personally.
Therefore, according to the particular requirements of each entity, tax and exchange documents, among others, may be signed in the name of the company and in the capacity of attorneys-in-fact, such as:
- Sign of tax returns
- Update of National Tax ID (RUT) and municipal Tax ID (RIT), and procedures before chambers of commerce.
- Sign of exchange forms
- Affiliation of employees to entities of the social security system.
- Sign of forms for updating or renewal of commercial registration.
Lawsuits in tax matters: We have a group of experts in providing advice and support to companies facing controversies with national or territorial tax authorities, whether they are in administrative or judicial proceedings, for which we design and structure strategies and legal arguments to defend the interests of our clients.
Based on our knowledge and experience we advise the client and according to the decision adopted, we are able to perform the following:
- Attend the administrative acts issued by the tax authorities for tax determination.
- Respond to administrative acts issued in tax sanctioning processes.
- Elaborate answers to ordinary or special requirements.
- To file appeals against official assessments.
- Prepare claims for annulment and reestablishment of rights.
Legal and tax due diligence: Grant Thornton Colombia accompanies its clients in strategic transactions such as mergers or acquisitions of companies, for which we assist this process in the identification of opportunities, risks, and contingencies, solutions, and/or recommendations in the evaluation of the transaction based on tax or legal contingencies that could impact the negotiation.
Our service includes, among others:
- Review of all significant taxes applicable to the Company subject of the transaction, for the years open to inspection.
- Review of compliance with the formal and substantive duties of the company.
- Review of contracts and labor conditions.
- Analysis of social security contributions.
- Review of documents related to the incorporation of the company and its reforms.
- Review of contracts (clients, suppliers, related parties).
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