Tax & Social Security Advisory
Statutory Audit
Expert
statutory or private auditing services offered to
clients from various industries.
Internal Audit
A systematic
and disciplined approach, for evaluating and
improving the effectiveness of clients' risk
management, internal controls and governance
processes.
Clients outsource their accounting transactions
management to us, including:
- Issuance of all financial statements and reports
(Trial Balance, P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, …)
- Preparation and presentation to concerned
authorities of all direct and indirect tax
declarations (Income Tax, VAT, Built Property Taxes,
Taxes on Salaries & Wages and other)
- Handling all social security services (Maternity
and Sickness, Family Allowances, End of Service, …)
Chartouni & Partners has developed a network of
business alliances with specialized IT service
providers, integrating their unique skills with
various technologies to deliver successful ERP
solutions to clients.
From concept to
installation, our common objective is to add value
to clients' platforms by reducing risk and cost,
while making sure that the solution successfully
achieves the exact intended business outcome.
Our
approach is based on PMP standards, adapted to our
clients' requirements. It is the framework within
which projects are planned, estimated, controlled,
and completed in a consistent manner.
Projects include:
- ERP Consultancy
We advise clients on the product that best
suits their structure and needs.
- Application Design & Implementation
We gather and analyze clients' business
requirements, before designing the appropriate
application solution. Then we start the
implementation phase which involves programming,
testing and/or developing business requirements as
defined in the Design phase.
- Training
After full implementation we provide clients
with the required technical training for
understanding and using the software.
- Customer Support
Our technical team remains ready to support
clients in all circumstances.
Tax Review
Our experts review
clients' tax strategies and advise on the best ways
to minimize tax liability by optimizing their
position while staying compliant with local and
international laws.
Litigation Assistance
We develop all necessary financial documents
or studies needed to back clients' position when
they are in litigation with any third party.
Restructuring and Liquidation Services
We share with clients all available expertise
in best practices for restructuring and liquidation
issues.
Corporate Tax Filing
Our Tax Advisors guide clients in calculating
their taxes and filling all documents related to
direct and indirect tax declarations (VAT, Income
Tax, …)
Social Security
We prepare and coach our clients in declaring
all documents and contributions related to social
security matters.
Financial knowledge is key for monitoring business
results.
Our coaches provide clients'
staff with customized financial trainings that best
suit their business, through programs tailored to
address the different levels of employees.
Our
coaching structure is flexible; whereas each program
is specifically designed to meet each client's
unique needs and availability.
Our
clients come from various industries such as:
banking, automotive, engineering, manufacturing and
other.
Course offerings include:
Basic Accounting Principles, Financial
Analysis, Financial Ratios Calculation, Flows of
Funds, Budgeting and Forecasting, Management of
Capital, Risk Exposure from Foreign Operations, The
Foreign Exchange Market, Hedging Contractual
Exposure to Currency Risk, and more.
Through our consulting services, we stand by clients
and provide them with expert support in Corporate
Finance, Enterprise Risk Management, Business
Process Optimization, Business Plans, Restructuring,
Policies & Procedures, Strategic Planning, and
Corporate Governance.
Our global
expertise allows us to support clients in
determining the value of their business; whether
they are looking to sell, to buy, or to restructure
their current operations.
We work with
chief financial officers on finance organization,
portfolio strategy and major investment decisions,
ensuring that M&As and other transactions are
consistent with overall strategy.
We provide full support to clients wishing to extend
their business to Europe, the Middle East and
Africa.
Our expert consultants walk the
client throughout the whole process, starting from
the business plan development, until reaching the
company establishment in the country of destination.
Chartouni & Partners is a listed Consultant in
Lebanon for the EBRD (European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development) and for the
USAID.
As such, we are
entitled to introduce to them struggling SMEs,
seeking to finance their business expansion
strategy.
With the financial support of
EBRD and USAID, we
help our SME clients to transform, to grow and to go
global.
Chartouni & Partners provides the
needed business advice. And we can confirm that when
we come back to assess results one year after, the
wide majority of our projects are rated "successful"
as per EBRD and
USAID standards; meaning they
"resolved the business' need and had a significant
impact on the performance of the company".