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WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US BDO is the world’s fifth largest accounting network We have an excellent partner to staff ratio, with almost 48,800 people working with our clients and offering challenging, ethical and practical advice from 1,118 offices in 135 countries. BDO’s distinctive reputation for building excellent relationships with our clients is built upon our commitment to all our stakeholders: what matters to them, matters to us. We remain focused on helping our clients worldwide navigate the ever-changing economic and market conditions by providing high quality advice and service on a consistent basis. BDO Slovak Republic and our entire team is committed to provide seamless, integrated as well as value-added assurance, accounting, taxation, advisory and appraisal services to all our clients regardless of their size or origin. BDO is one of the few professional firms in Slovakia which have established a quality management system in compliance with the internationally recognized ISO 9001:2000 certificate. Based on a thorough audit of our firm, a quality management system certificate was issued by the reputable certification agency, SGS United Kingdom Ltd. Systems & Services Certification.
OUR VISION: WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GREAT IDEAS. THEREFORE, WE WANT TO DEVOTE ALL OUR TALENT, SKILL AND EXPERT KNOWLEDGE TO FINDING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BEST IDEAS FOR OUR CLIENTS.
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ALWAYS CLOSE TO YOUR BUSINESS Our wide range of specialist services includes audit & assurance, tax, outsourcing as well as business consulting. We are committed to providing all our clients with comprehensive and independent services.
BDO as your ’One Stop Service Centre‘
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OUR MISSION: PRECISION, EMPHASIS ON QUALITY, AND A PERSONAL APPROACH ARE THE KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR SERVICES THAT PROVIDE AN ON-GOING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR OUR CLIENTS. WE CREATE MAXIMUM SPACE FOR INVENTING GREAT IDEAS. WE APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE WHO CAN DO SO AND THE CLIENTS WHO SUPPORT IT.
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AUDIT AND ASSURANCE SERVICES We believe that focusing on partial processes or individual transactions can result in losing sight of actual business risks. Therefore our basic approach to auditing is focused primarily on understanding the client’s business in the wider context. Simultaneously, BDO offers the highest quality and added value service. Risks We pay priority attention to significant business risks and place special emphasis on those risks that may have an impact on financial statements. Responsibility of One Partner We remove all bureaucratic barriers of complex organizational structures by putting responsibility for the project into the hands of one partner. Control Given the fact that effective internal risk-control structure helps reducing audit risks, strengthening of these controls and methods of risk monitoring is a significant added value for our clients. Price We offer our clients the highest quality service and a personal approach at a very competitive price.
ALL BUSINESS RISKS EVENTUALLY BECOME AUDIT RISKS IT’S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
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AUDIT SERVICES ▶Auditing of individual or consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with local GAAP or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) ▶Audit of regular investment reports prepared for various state aid providers ▶Audit or review of information packages prepared for consolidation purposes ▶Annual report compliance audits ▶Transformation of financial statements into IFRS, US GAAP, German GAAP, etc. ▶Assurance services related to internal controls review ▶Trainings focused on various accounting issues and internal auditing
WITH ALMOST 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ON THE GLOBAL MARKET, 48,800 EMPLOYEES AND 1,118 OFFICES, BDO PROVIDES THE HIGHEST QUALITY SERVICES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
OTHER ASSURANCE SERVICES Special Reviews and Investigations ▶Prospectus audits and reports ▶Independent appraisal reports ▶Agreed upon procedures ▶Review engagements ▶Special purpose reports Forensic Assurance ▶Fraud investigations ▶Systems review ▶Investigation and analysis of records ▶Assessment of complex transactions and events ▶Modelling of hypothetical scenarios ▶Preparation of expert reports Corporate Governance ▶Board structure and operations guidance ▶Recommending strategies ▶Setting up audit committees ▶Strategic planning ▶Best practice procedures Risk Management ▶Identification of threats to your business ▶Prioritization of risks according to your objectives ▶Recommendation of strategies to minimize your risk ▶Risk mapping ▶Regular monitoring of risk
ONE OF SIX BDO IS ONE OF THE SIX ACCOUNTING NETWORKS ON THE GLOBAL PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE, RESPONSIBLE FOR SETTING THE INTERNATIONAL AUDITING FRAMEWORKS.
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TAX ADVISORY Our goal is to provide effective strategies aimed not only at optimizing the tax position of a tax payer and identifying innovative tax planning ideas, but also at maintaining tax compliance obligations. Our tax professionals bring together international experience with local market knowledge. Our tax services are tailored to client’s needs and range from individual tax compliance services to complex tax structuring projects. Tax Adviser of the Year 2011 BDO has been recognized both for our comprehensive suite of tax services and for our exceptional ability to coordinate cross-border tax planning matters. In one particular case, we helped a major IT client in 60 countries to identify and resolve tax risks and maximize its tax position.
OUR EXCEPTIONAL CLIENT SERVICE HAS BEEN RECOGNISED AGAIN, THIS TIME AS TAX ADVISER OF THE YEAR 2011 AWARDED BY INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING BULLETIN.
Our Tax Advisory Services: Corporate & international taxation ▶General tax consulting & planning ▶International transactions ▶Transfer pricing ▶Indirect taxation Corporate tax compliance Individual taxation ▶Personal tax compliance ▶Performance and reward taxation ▶Payroll tax services ▶Personal income tax
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CORPORATE & INTERNATIONAL TAXATION General Tax Consulting & Planning Large companies require professional advice and services to manage their tax obligations. Our team provides tailored solutions for all our clients. International Transactions Through BDO global network, we help our clients achieving their world-wide goals and implement globally-integrated tax solutions, regardless of circumstances. Transfer Pricing Our experts can identify and address any tax pitfalls and opportunities. Our aim is to help our clients to implement tax-efficient transfer pricing policies and adjust them to ever changing circumstances. Indirect Taxation All commercial transactions have indirect tax implications. Our experts work with our clients to navigate through this complex and wide ranging area.
THROUGH MARKET GLOBALIZATION, CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS ARE COMMON AS NEVER BEFORE.
OUR INTERNATIONAL NETWORK, WITH TAX EXPERTS IN MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES, PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL ADVICE FOR ALL TRANSNATIONAL TAX MATTERS. WE ENSURE THAT - AT HOME AS WELL AS ABROAD - YOU RECEIVE FULL ASSISTANCE FROM COMPETENT ADVISORS WITH DEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE RESPECTIVE NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK.
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OUTSOURCING – OUR SERVICES Our highly qualified team of professionals provides all the necessary resources and technology background for functions such as financial back office (bookkeeping, payroll, reporting, controlling, etc.), as well as other compliance services. Our Assets ▶One contact (account manager) ▶Latest technology & customized software solutions ▶Key performance indicators ▶Complex issues discussed with our tax experts ▶Flexibility and continuity ▶Deployment of employees with extended knowledge and experience in all fields of bookkeeping and finance ▶A robust international network We deliver ▶Complex solutions from A to Z ▶The quality and proximity you expect ▶Tailor-made advice and guidance ▶All our values at a fair price We offer ▶Collaboration based on an equal partnership ▶A pragmatic approach to day-to-day problems ▶Reliability ▶Extended guarantee ▶Confidentiality
Our Services: Accounting Payroll Tax compliance Reporting BPO Corporate legal advisory IT Secretarial services
OUR PRIMARY FOCUS WITHIN THE OUTSOURCING DEPARTMENT IS TO HELP OUR CLIENTS OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR NON-CORE BUT STILL IMPORTANT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES.
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ACCOUNTING References on our completed projects, many for significant foreign investors, confirm that we are among the leading providers of outsourcing services in Slovakia.
NO COMPANY CAN AFFORD TO EMPLOY SPECIALISTS IN EVERY FIELD THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
Our Accounting Services: ▶Regular bookkeeping using robust and proven methodology and customized software solutions ▶Complex or partial outsourcing of various finance department functions ▶Transfer of Slovak GAAP into IFRS, US GAAP and other accounting standards ▶Outsourcing of internal/external reporting functions ▶Preparation of various reporting packages for consolidation purposes ▶Preparation of financial statements ▶Regular preparation and submission of tax returns ▶Deliver full tax compliance and other administration procedures ▶Assistance in negotiations with the Slovak tax authorities; assistance during tax authority inspections ▶Accounting legislation consultancy ▶Outsourcing of reporting for regulators (national bank, ministries, tax authorities, etc.) and the preparation of statistical reports
PAYROLL Clients appreciate our diversified experience in the outsourcing of various internal functions and processes. We cover your payroll process from A to Z. Our payroll experts always strive to bring additional value to your business, provide reliability and more importantly confidentiality.
Our Payroll Services: ▶Complex payroll agenda administration ▶Management of payroll records and employee files ▶Reporting and subsequent communication with social/health insurance agencies and tax authorities ▶Regular preparation of payslips and other relevant documents for employees ▶Preparation and review of travel expenses declarations ▶Food vouchers processing ▶Bank transfer order preparation and/or payment management ▶Employment related legislation consultancy ▶Issue of employee salary certificates for the purpose of income tax return preparation ▶Preparation of employment related legal documents (i.e. employment contracts, temporary agreements, personal reference binders, etc.) ▶Providing „hot line“ to clients and their employees with salary and other payroll related questions
OUR PAYROLL SERVICES BRING YOUR BUSINESS BOTH RELIABILITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
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BUSINESS CONSULTING Our expertise is multi-faceted. Despite various professional backgrounds of our consultants, they all share the same ultimate goal: maximize your returns. Our advisers take a personal approach and offer tailor-made solutions. Our scale and structure allow us to provide a full spectrum of consulting services for your current and future business operations. Please, feel free to contact one of our BDO consultancy people to find out more about our expertise, without any obligation.
Our Business Consulting Services: Corporate finance Public sector advisory Transaction advisory services
WE WILL HELP YOU BE MORE STRATEGIC IN YOUR BUSINESS DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
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CORPORATE FINANCE Corporate finance covers a wide range of services, focusing mostly on business costs and efficiency management, complex financial restructuring processes and cash-flow optimization. With knowledge and experience from many industries, we can help our clients complete all types of complex structural changes and efficiently achieve the results required.
Our Corporate Finance Services: Business planning Process optimization Liquidity management Cost cutting Benchmarking Project management Turnaround advisory
JUST POINT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE EXPANSION AND LET US TAKE CARE OF THE REST.
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PUBLIC SECTOR ADVISORY We assist public agencies and program managers in navigating what can be a tumultuous landscape by developing strategies to improve program efficiency and effectiveness, identifying organizational risks, ensuring efficient use of resources, as well as mapping and implementing plans for linking organizational policies with program and contract requirements.
Our Public Sector Advisory Services: Calculation of costs resulting from various public service obligations Preparation and implementation of significant foreign direct investments Feasibility studies and consultancy regarding PPP projects Counselling with respect to unbundling in network oriented industries Preparation and implementation of projects financed by the EU
THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS THAT CANNOT BE SOLVED, THERE ARE ONLY SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE FOUND.
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TRANSACTION ADVISORY SERVICES Our transaction advisory services team enables our clients to make well informed and supportable decisions when buying or selling a business, creating succession plans, or resolving internal disputes. In addition, BDO’s professionals with their extensive experience provide independent and substantial valuation assessment in various industry sectors.
Our Transaction Advisory Services: Valuation and business modelling Sell side / buy side due diligence Purchase / sales agreements negotiations Tax efficient structuring Corporate reorganizations
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO MAXIMIZE YOUR RETURNS.
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OUR CLIENTS These are just a few of our clients Abraxas Petroleum Aeroflot ALROSA Amtrust Financial AON Group Association for the Blind AstraZeneca Ataxo Atomenergoprom AVG Technologies AVNET AXA Baglioni Group Bakcell Bank of Moscow Barclays Barnes & Noble Bayer BBVA BearingPoint Berkeley Technology Limited Berner Body Shop International BoysTown British Land BT Cancer Council Queensland CBRE
Charles Tyrwhitt China Telecommunications Cognizant Covance Crayon Cresco Group Deutsche Bank Deutsche Euroshop Deutsche Telekom DEUTZ-FAHR DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luftund Raumfahrt Dometic DR Oetker E.ON EC Harris Europart Holding Fortis Fujitsu Consulting Glaxosmithkline Gazprom Gazpromneft Gerken Google Group G7 Grunt Hard Rock Hotels Holdings Heitman
Holcim Hospira HSBC Holdings Immocap Group Imperial Tobacco Group Intercontinental Hotel Group Internet Mall IVG Immobilien IVG Oppenheim Jacuzzi Jaguar Land Rover Johnson Controls Jones Lang LaSalle KAMAZ Karcher Karstadt Warenhaus KRAS Kronospan KSB KSS Group La Perla Leaf International Lloyds TSB Group Lukoil M&C Saatchi Made by Vaculik Magna International Manitowoc
Marriott Matra Petroleum Mayer/McCann Erickson Moris Slovakia Musiq1 NLMK Nordmann, Rassmann Novartis Oracle Orange Business Services Petrobras Paraguay PFIG Group PIK Group Possehl Group Printec PSA Peugeot Citroen Publicis Radisson RAO UES Regers Group Resort Group River Island Rosatom Rosneft Royal Bank of Scotland Group Russian Railways Russneft RWE
Salans Santander Save the Children Sbarro Sberbank SHT Haustechnik Sinopec Sisme SITA SIXTY Group Slovalco Slovenská Pošta Slovenská sporiteľňa Slovenské Elektrárne/ Enel Group SLOVENSKÉ LOTÉRIE Smith&Wesson Holding Societe Generale Sodexo Solar Power Solarworld Specialty Minerals Specsavers St Vincent de Paul Society State Bank of India Stefano Ricci Stredoslovenská energetika/ EdF Sukhoi Tatra banka
Telefonica The Asthma Foundation The Seventh Continent The World Swimming Championships Thyssen Krupp TIAA-CREF Toni & Guy Toshiba Transneft TUI Travel TUV Nord- Group Unilever Unimilk Vaillant Valentino Fashion Group Vattenfall Vion VION Food Group VISA Vodafone Vossloh WANZL Xerox Yves Rocher Zepter
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CONTACTS For further information or advice on how we can help you, please, contact: Peter Gunda Managing Partner gunda@bdoslovakia.com + 421 2 5710 6677 For Business Development: Vladimír Michalík Senior Partner michalik@bdoslovakia.com + 421 2 5710 6699 For Audit & Assurance Services: Monika Babincová Director babincova@bdoslovakia.com + 421 2 5710 6644 For Tax Services: Miroslav Tain Partner tain@bdoslovakia.com + 421 2 5710 6622 BDO Slovak Republic Zochova 6-8 811 03, Bratislava I Slovak Republic
Tel: +421 2 5710 6666 Fax: +421 2 5710 6610 www.bdoslovakia.com e-mail: office@bdoslovakia.com
For Consulting & Outsourcing Services: Tibor Šumský Director sumsky@bdoslovakia.com + 421 2 5710 6611
This publication has been carefully prepared, but it has been written in general terms and should be seen as broad guidance only. The publication cannot be relied upon to cover specific situations and you should not act, or refrain from acting, upon the information contained therein without obtaining specific professional advice. Please contact BDO, spol. s r.o to discuss these matters in the context of your particular circumstances. BDO, spol. s r.o, its partners, employees and agents do not accept or assume any liability or duty of care for any loss arising from any action taken or not taken by anyone in reliance on the information in this publication or for any decision based on it. BDO, spol. s r.o., a Slovak limited liability company registered with Commercial Register of District Court Bratislava I, Section: Sro, File No.: 26518/B, is a member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. SGS-COC-1180
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