Operations review for service groups

Agency groups across borders, who delivers for whom.

A service group may sign with clients in one entity while the people doing the work are employed in another. The review tests that arrangement: who contracts, who delivers, who invoices, and how the cost of shared staff moves between entities.

Contracting entityShared staffRechargesClient billing
Decision question

Do the paper flow and the work flow agree?

If a client in one country is billed by an entity that employs nobody working on their project, someone will eventually ask why. The review lays the contract, the delivery team and the invoice side by side for each major client and notes where they point to different entities.

Where service groups stumble

Where service groups stumble

Pass-through media or travel

Costs bought for clients can sit in the wrong entity and distort every later view of the group's result.

Remote employees

A team member who moves country can create a question for the group that nobody noticed. We flag it for a local professional.

Client-requested billing entity

Clients sometimes ask to be invoiced by a particular entity. The reasons and consequences should be understood before agreeing.

Step by step

How the review reads a service group

This is a sequence rather than a checklist; each step shapes the next.

01

List the entities

Entities, their countries, and who is employed or engaged in each.

02

Follow one project

Pick two or three typical client projects and trace them from contract to payment.

03

Check intercompany moves

Look for recharges, loans or settled balances between entities, and whether anything documents them.

04

Note the reporting points

Mark where staff location may create a registration or tax question for a local adviser.

The service

Cross-Border Operations Review

Who it is for
Groups and companies operating through entities in several countries
The problem it solves
Payments, VAT and registrations between entities were set up piecemeal and nobody sees the whole
What we need from you
  • entities and countries
  • flows between them
  • existing registrations
How it works
  • intake questions
  • LATYNEX maps operations and flows
  • review
  • written overview
What you receive
A written overview of how operations, payments and registrations work across the entities, with gaps and options
Included
  • map of operations and flows
  • gaps in registrations and payment routes
  • options to close them
  • points for tax advisers
Not included
  • tax positions or transfer-pricing opinions
  • filing or registering on the client's behalf
  • legal advice
Timing
Confirmed when your request is accepted.
What LATYNEX does
  • map the operations
  • find the gaps
  • write the overview
  • refer tax points
Price
Confirmed when your request is accepted.
Good to know

What this is, and isn't

This is business and structuring analysis, not legal, tax or investment advice. Where a legal or tax opinion is needed, we say so and point you to a licensed adviser.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Do you cover payroll across countries?+

No. Payroll is a local specialist matter. The review shows where staff are placed so you can ask the right question.

Is this the same as a setup assessment?+

No. A setup assessment is for deciding a new structure; this reviews one that already operates.

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Consulting

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