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Business taxation: compliance and optimisation
Your management decisions need to account for tax obligations and implications. Structure your interpretation of the rules, identify areas requiring attention and prepare decision-relevant information. Strengthen your ability to engage with specialists and contribute to business compliance.
- Duration
- 2 days 14 hours
- Code
- BFA002FR Code
Presentation
In an economic environment where tax management is crucial, this intensive 2-day course provides the essential tools to navigate the tax landscape confidently. It helps you master fundamental principles, optimise compliance and anticipate the financial impact of strategic decisions.
The progressively structured programme guides you from analysing the different sources of tax law and the tax system to practical application. You will learn to calculate taxable bases, manage VAT and complete returns. The course concludes with a concrete scenario: analysing a tax reassessment notice and proposing an appeal strategy, providing a realistic view of tax management challenges.
Beyond theoretical skills, the programme is practice-focused. You will work on concrete cases and exercises based on real situations. This approach enables you to develop an immediately operational action plan for more effective and confident tax management. You will know how to navigate a tax code, calculate corporate income tax and VAT in under an hour, and draft a response to the tax authorities that protects your cash flow.
Objectives
By the end of this business taxation course, you will be able to:
- Recognise the different taxes and levies applicable to businesses;
- accurately calculate the main taxable bases, including corporate income tax and tax on salaries and wages;
- correctly apply expense deductibility and VAT recovery rules;
- submit mandatory tax returns (VAT and corporate income tax) within statutory deadlines;
- identify differences in treatment between accounting standards and tax requirements;
- assess potential tax risks and develop legally compliant optimisation strategies.
Program
Module 1: Understanding the business tax framework
- Fundamental principles of business taxation.
- The Guinean tax system: taxes, levies and contributions.
- Sources of tax law: legislation, codes and circulars.
- Types of businesses and their corresponding tax regimes.
- Applying corporate income tax (IS) and calculating the taxable base.
- Distinguishing deductible and non-deductible expenses.
- Calculating corporate income tax and advance payments.
- Introduction to new transfer pricing regulations.
Practical exercises
- Calculate taxable profit and corporate income tax from a real income statement and simulate transfer pricing documentation.
Module 2: Managing VAT and indirect taxes
- How value added tax works: output VAT, deductible input VAT and VAT payable.
- Taxable and exempt transactions.
- Conditions for exercising the right to deduct.
- Tax return obligations: frequency and formalities.
- Managing tax on salaries and wages (ITS).
- Motor vehicle tax (TVM) and other contributions.
- Taxes specific to telecommunications and financial transactions.
Practical exercises
- Complete a VAT return and calculate ITS.
Module 3: Managing accounting and tax risks
- Tax adjustments to accounting profit.
- Managing depreciation, provisions and capital gains.
- Differences between the General Tax Code and accounting standards.
- Filing and documentation obligations.
- Tax audit and reassessment procedures.
- Penalties and sanctions.
- Legal tax optimisation techniques and associated risks.
Practical case study
- Analyse a tax reassessment notice and propose an appeal strategy.
Audience
This course is intended for professionals managing or overseeing business tax matters, including:
- Finance and accounting managers seeking to deepen their expertise;
- Administrative directors and business leaders seeking stronger oversight of tax matters;
- Anyone involved in a business's tax management.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites are recommended for this course:
- Professional experience: one to two years of experience in finance, accounting or business management. Although not strictly mandatory, this experience is essential to contextualise the tax concepts covered and apply the learning immediately in a concrete professional setting.
- Basic knowledge: a good understanding of fundamental finance and accounting concepts is strongly recommended, including:
- Key financial terminology;
- basic accounting principles;
- reading and understanding company financial statements.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
- Case study
Course highlights
- Concrete practical application: realistic case studies ensure that learning can be applied immediately after the course.
- Local and contextual expertise: the trainer has in-depth knowledge of the Guinean General Tax Code and the specifics of the West African tax environment.
- Optimisation strategies: the programme goes beyond compliance fundamentals to teach legal tax optimisation techniques for more effective management.
Dates and sessions
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