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Assurance

Grant Thornton Taiwan is committed to providing high quality assurance services to help clients navigate the prevailing climate of tightening regulatory and...

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Audit
At Grant Thornton, our IFRS advisers can help you navigate the complexity of financial reporting.
IFRS support
Our IFRS advisers can help you navigate the complexity of the Standards so you can focus your time and effort on running your business.

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Tax Services

At Grant Thornton, tax is a key part of our organisation and our award-winning teams can offer you a range of solutions, whatever the size of your business or...

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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
Tax Audit
Our trusted teams can prepare corporate tax files and ruling requests, support you with deferrals, accounting procedures and legitimate tax benefits.
Tax Appeal
Our teams have in-depth knowledge of the relationship between domestic and international tax laws.
Advance Ruling
Through our global organisation of member firms, we support both companies and individuals, providing insightful solutions to minimise the tax burden for both parties.
Tax Treaty Benefits Application
Tax Treaty Benefits Application
FINI/FIDI Tax Services
Our solutions include dealing with emigration and tax mitigation on the income and capital growth of overseas assets.
Expatriate Income Tax Filing
Our team has extensive experience in helping expatriates in Taiwan to file personal income returns and claim tax refund where applicable. We file approximately 300 expatriate personal income tax returns in Taiwan annually.

Outsourcing Services

At Grant Thornton, outsourcing represents more than US$250 million of our business. Whatever the size of your organisation or wherever you are in the world, we...

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Bookkeeping
Effective bookkeeping and financial accounting are essential to the success of forward-thinking organisations. To get the optimum benefit from this part of your business, you'll need an experienced team behind you.
Inventory movement reporting
Outsourcing your operations and specific business functions to Grant Thornton can not only cut costs, but also bring new insights and experience to your business.
Payroll administration
Payroll and, in addition, personnel administration are the biggest and most time-consuming challenges facing expanding organisations. Grant Thornton’s outsourcing teams can manage these commitments on your behalf, allowing you to focus on what you do best – growing your business.
Trust account management
Running a transparent and trusted business means keeping shareholders, owners, management and other important stakeholders informed about key developments in your organisation.
VAT returns
At Grant Thornton, we understand the pressures management is under to achieve results, and for this reason we have developed systems for taking away the burden of compliance chores, leaving you to spend your time and energy on the core activities that ultimately lead to growth.
Head Office reporting
Businesses frequently outsource some of their daily operating tasks in order to focus their energy on their core competencies, while improving performance and lowering costs of their non-core activities. By saving time and money, Grant Thornton's outsourcing services allow clients to concentrate on what is really important to their business.
Executive Search
We understand that HR leaders need to focus on securing talents and this is no easy exercise. Our mission is to share best practices with our clients and help our clients to stay competitive in the market. Please do not hesitate to contact us to find out more about details of our services and how we can work together with you.

Global Mobility Services

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Work Permit and Employment Gold Card Application Services
Work Permit and Employment Gold Card Application Services
Expatriate Tax
Expatriate Tax

Advisory Services

As your business grows, our advisory services are designed to help you achieve your goals. Successful growth often means navigating a complex array of...

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PRIMA Consulting Services
PRIMA Consulting Services
Business Operation Plan Composition
Business Operation Plan Composition

Corporate Services

Grant Thornton Taiwan’s corporate secretarial advisors work directly with our in-house tax experts to help clients select and establish the best type of entity...

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Setting up legal entities
With a global network of experts in their respective tax and regulatory environments, Grant Thornton advisors help individuals and corporations establish the type of business entity that will best position them to achieve their goals from the very start of their operations.
Liquidation and de-registration
Sometimes a business suffers an adverse event which impacts its ability to continue trading. And sometimes a solvent sale proves unsuccessful or a turnaround just isn't an option.
Update company statutory record
With a global network of experts in their respective tax and regulatory environments, Grant Thornton advisors help individuals and corporations establish the type of business entity that will best position them to achieve their goals from the very start of their operations.

Mergers and Acquisitions

mergers and acquisitions

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Merger and Acquisition
Merger and Acquisition

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Legal Services

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Administrative remedies
Administrative remedies
Corporate legal consulting
Corporate legal consulting
Bankruptcy and restructuring
Bankruptcy and restructuring
Company dissolutions and liquidations
Company dissolutions and liquidations
Supplier and employee background investigations
Supplier and employee background investigations
Legal attest letter drafting service
Legal attest letter drafting service
Preparation and review of agreements in Chinese and English
Preparation and review of agreements in Chinese and English
Lifting restrictions on going abroad
Lifting restrictions on going abroad
Labor law compliance and labor-management negotiation
Labor law compliance and labor-management negotiation
Business and personal asset planning
Inheritance, inheritance tax, family business, and personal asset planning

Valuation Services

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ESG & Sustainability Services

ESG & Sustainability

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Executive Search

Our approach may at first appear similar to most executive search and selection companies; but what sets us apart is the ability to leverage the knowledge of...

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Chemicals

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Construction

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Electronics

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Financial institutions

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Food manufacturing

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Hotel, tourism and leisure

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Information technology

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Machinery

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Manufacturing

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Metals

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Pharmaceuticals

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Public Sector

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Not for profit organizations
Not for profit organizations
Schools
Schools
Others
Others

Service Industry

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Retail

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Telecommunications

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Textile

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Experience

Gillian is our global leader for the hospitality and tourism industry and head of advisory services for Grant Thornton South Africa.

Developed a national tourism strategy for South Africa
Assessed the benefits of the 2010 Soccer World Cup hosted in South Africa
Advised on restructuring of a major Southern African hotel group
Regularly selected as an expert in disputes relating to hotels and lodges
Major market research surveys of the tourism sector
Numerous hotel feasibility studies

Gillian works with a wide range of clients across the hospitality and tourism industry in both the public and private sectors, providing tourism and business strategies, feasibility studies, economic impact assessments, destination marketing plans and valuations. She is a regular media commentator and sits on the board of the University of Johannesburg’s school of tourism and hospitality.

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) hotel, catering and tourism management (University of Surrey)
MBA degree (Wits Business School)

Latest Articles

Blog Volatility: opportunity or challenge?

The hospitality and tourism industry is hotwired into the global economy; how businesses in the sector prepare for and respond to economic shocks is critical to long-term growth prospects.

Gillian Saunders

| 11 Aug 2015

Blog Digital: the next frontier for hotels

Established players in the hospitality and tourism sector are having to work harder than ever to find growth. A series of recent events have disrupted demand in the short-term, but longer term, the rise of the digital economy is threatening traditional operating models and sales channels. Businesses in the sector need to be alive to the challenges posed by online travel agencies and aggregators (OTAs), as they try to build their brand and maintain market share.

Gillian Saunders

| 19 May 2015

Hospitality and tourism Hotels 2020: Welcoming tomorrow's guests

The hotel industry is going through a period of unprecedented, irreversible change and will look very different in 2020 than it does today.

Gillian Saunders

| 02 Mar 2015

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