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We work with a wide variety of clients and stakeholders such as high street banks, private equity funds, directors, government agencies and creditors to implement solutions which provide the best possible outcomes.

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Our audit services can strengthen your business and stakeholders' confidence. You'll receive professionally verified results and insights that help you grow.

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Tax

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Corporate and International Tax
Northern Ireland businesses face further challenges as they operate in the only part of the UK that has a land border with a country offering a lower tax rate.
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Our team specialises in remuneration and incentive planning and works closely with employers, shareholders and employees to ensure that business strategies are aligned and goals achieved in the most tax efficient, cost-effective manner.
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Our team of experienced advisors are on hand to guide you through any decision or transaction ranging from the establishment of new business ventures, to realising value on exit, to succession planning and providing for loved ones.
Global Mobility Services
Grant Thornton Ireland offer a different approach to managing global mobility. We have brought together specialists from our tax, global payroll, people and change and financial accounting teams across Ireland and Northern Ireland, while drawing on the knowledge and insights of our global network of over 143 offices of mobility professionals to provide you with a holistic approach to managing global mobility.
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Our outsourced service provides valued service to over 150 separate PAYE schemes. These ranging from 1 to 1000 employees, working for micro, SME and global employers. The service is supported by the integrated network of tax and global mobility teams and the wider Grant Thornton network delivering a seamless service. Experienced staff deliver a personal service built around your business needs.
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Our Tax Disputes and Investigation team is made up of tax experts and former HMRC investigators who have years of experience in dealing with a variety of tax investigations. Our expertise and insight can guide you through all interactions, keeping your cost at a minimum while allowing you to continue with the day to day running of your business.
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Driving value with tailored, risk-focused audit solutions

Stakeholders and those charged with governance are now more than ever placing huge reliance on a robust and risk focused audit. Their organisations are contending with a dynamic, uncertain and complex world where the pace of change continues to accelerate.

In these circumstances, audit can no longer be a purely confirmatory process to verify the current state of affairs. It must add value by delivering key insights which can be used to take the business forward.

This ever changing regulatory landscape requires a tailored, responsive approach, aligned to your specific needs and focused on addressing your key challenges and risks. Whether it be an Irish or a global audit, this is our approach with clients.

Seeing the bigger picture

gtap

gtap is the heartbeat of a Grant Thornton Ireland digital audit. It is a purpose built, automated analytics platform that equips our auditors with cutting edge, digital enablers at every stage of the audit cycle.

Why gtap?

Tailored market solutions

gtap meets diverse market needs with local innovation. Our customised solutions keep pace with technological, regulatory and industry changes.

On-demand insights

gtap uses cutting-edge tech to reduce cycle time from data to insight. It streamlines audits with targeted data from ERPs, generating insights & audit documentation.

Redefined audit process

gtap reduces audit burden by using data to understand your business. It enables exception-based audits, resulting in fewer document requests and a simplified process thereby improving audit quality.

Benefits to you

Quality

gtap's advanced analytical capabilities will enable comprehensive auditing of 100% of transactions within all client business cycles.

Scalability

gtap can deliver at scale, with no restrictions regarding an entity’s data volumes, location or structure.

Client experience

gtap will streamline the audit cycle time and generate meaningful insights - delivering exceptional value to our clients.

A unified audit

gtap is targeted at all levels, from staff up to partner, and is used during each stage of the audit cycle, from planning through to completion.

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Statutory audit

Assurance that the information presented in financial statements is accurate and in accordance with relevant accounting standards and company law.

Financial services audit

Our Financial Services Audit team offers expertise and knowledge along with a horizontal approach to solving clients’ problems and queries. Clients get access to the full range of our expertise and the complete service offering which exists within Grant Thornton.

Non-statutory audits

Non-statutory audits, including compilation reports.

Group audits

Providing an audit opinion on group financial statements, including subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures and branches.

Business risk services

Practical and pragmatic solutions that support clients in growing and protecting the inherent value of their businesses. We leverage our risk, internal audit and technology subject matter expertise to critically assess your governance, risk and internal control mechanisms, thus helping you to better manage risk and enable more informed decision making.

Financial reporting

Financial reporting advice/solutions under Irish/UK and IFRS accounting standards. Our highly experienced team are skilled in applying accounting standards and the theoretical framework in the preparation of financial statements of entities, including groups and how to analyse and interpret those financial statements.

Statutory audit

Assurance that the information presented in financial statements is accurate and in accordance with relevant accounting standards and company law.

Group audits

Providing an audit opinion on group financial statements, including subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures and branches.

Financial services audit

Business risk services

Non-statutory audits

Non-statutory audits, including compilation reports.

Financial reporting

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Louise Kelly

Partner - Audit and Assurance

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Why Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton has brought new thinking and innovation to the process by combining cutting edge technologies with our team of more than 800 highly training audit professionals. We leverage the unique human capabilities of our audit team with the power of technologies such as artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to deliver a best in class audit experience.

Supporting you to achieve your ambitions

We provide a wide range of audit and assurance services to private, public and international companies across various sectors.

Our people are committed to delivering best-in-class audit and assurance services both domestically and internationally. We respond to the challenges of our clients with high quality, value for money technical solutions.

Quality in our work, quality in our practices and quality in our people

Like you, our reputation is built on the quality of the work we deliver. Our approach to quality assurance is designed not only to ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements, but more importantly to ensure that we deliver the absolute best to our clients.

A rigorous quality management system ensures all our team understand the role they play in delivering quality work and achieving the high standards we set ourselves – the standards our clients expect.

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