Tax Law plays a key role for companies aiming to invest in a cost-efficient manner and in compliance with fiscal legislation. With this understanding, and also considering the fact that every commercial transaction comes with tax implications, Erdem & Erdem provides its clients tax advisory and tax litigation services.

Tax Advisory Services

By combining its tax law expertise with its extensive knowledge in mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, capital markets, real estate and construction, company law and general corporate law, as well as international business transactions, Erdem & Erdem advises its clients on the tax risks that may be associated with commercial transactions within the scope of its tax advisory services.

Erdem & Erdem provides tax and legal advisory services in relation to company restructuring projects by considering the tax law aspects of transactions such as mergers, spin-offs, company-type amendments, capital in kind contributions, and asset deals. The scope of these services includes the determination of the most efficient restructuring alternative by taking into account the legal and financial status of the companies, as well as the implementation stage of the relevant transaction.

Advising taxpayers about potential tax controversy issues, pursuing current fiscal developments, and evaluating tax risks that may be associated with commercial transactions are also within the scope of the tax advisory services. Additionally, Erdem & Erdem provides tax and legal advisory services during the determination of technical insolvency/bankruptcy situations through the analysis of the companies’ balance sheets as per the provisions of Turkish Commercial Code number 6102, and determines the legal actions that can be applied to resolve the aforementioned financial issues, by taking into account the tax implications of the relevant alternatives.

Tax and Customs Litigation Services

Erdem & Erdem’s litigation team is noted as being 1st tier by the world’s leading directory Legal 500. Our team with extensive litigation experience is also expert in tax dispute matters.

Erdem & Erdem provides legal services to its clients from the beginning of the tax inspection until the end of the tax litigation. The scope of these services includes the evaluation of the tax inspection procedure and the tax inspection report, application to the Report Evaluation Committee, management of the pre-assessment and post-assessment reconciliation procedures, initiation of the tax litigation process and the individual application procedure before the Constitutional Court.

Moreover, management of the entire customs litigation process are also within the scope of Erdem & Erdem’s services, including the objection procedure against the customs duties and fines before the relevant customs authorities.