Operations review for e-commerce

E-commerce across entities, stock and money mapped.

An online brand that sells in several countries may grow its structure one storefront at a time. The question here is not which entity to add next, but whether the entities you already have line up with where stock sits, where customers pay and where goods come back.

Stock locationsPayment settlementReturnsRegistrations
Decision question

Does each flow land in the entity that owns it?

Take a brand with a home company, a second entity set up for one market and stock held at a third-party warehouse in a different country. Orders, card settlements, refunds and supplier payments may each end up in a different place. The review traces each flow and shows where the legal seller, the account holder and the stock owner are not the same entity.

What we trace in an online retail group

What we trace in an online retail group

Where stock sits

Stock moving between warehouses or markets raises questions about who owns it at each point and what registrations may follow it. Which ones apply is for a tax adviser.

Who the processor pays

Payment processors settle to a named account holder. If the checkout shows one company and the payout goes to another, we flag the mismatch.

Returns and refunds

A return to a different country than the sale can create a flow nobody planned for, including refunds from an account that holds no sales.

Intercompany sales

When a brand entity sells to a local entity that sells to customers, the intercompany invoicing needs a rationale. Pricing between them is for a transfer-pricing adviser.

Customer-facing identity

Terms, invoices and the support address should name the entity that actually sells. We list inconsistencies.

The output is a map plus a list of points to hand to your tax adviser, not a tax position.

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 set the transfer prices between my entities?+

No. Pricing between related companies is a specialist tax matter. We show where the question exists.

Will you register us for VAT?+

No. Filings are a separate service, and treatment is for a licensed adviser.

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