A corporate group
is not a single
chess piece.
Managing tax across related entities requires looking at the whole board — intercompany flows, consolidation elections, and entity-level exposures that don't resolve themselves on their own.
Coordination across your group, not just compliance at each entity.
Multi-Entity Tax Coordination is designed for corporate groups that need more than parallel filings. We look at how the entities relate to each other — the intercompany transactions, consolidation opportunities, and exposure points that only appear when you examine the group as a whole.
The practical result: a clearer picture of where your group's tax exposure sits, which structural adjustments may improve overall alignment, and where the current approach is costing more than it needs to.
What you can expect
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Analysis of intercompany transactions and the tax exposure they create across the group
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Review of consolidated or combined filing elections and whether current elections remain appropriate
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Preparation or review of consolidated and combined returns where applicable
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Identification of structural adjustments that may improve overall tax alignment across domestic or international subsidiaries
Each entity files. Nobody looks at all of them together.
Corporate groups often reach a point where each entity is managed individually — its own advisor, its own filing approach, its own sense of what's appropriate. That works for basic compliance. It tends to leave structural questions unanswered.
Intercompany transactions accumulate quietly
Loans, service arrangements, shared resources, and asset transfers between related entities each carry tax implications that compound across the group. These are rarely reviewed in a coordinated way unless someone is specifically looking for them.
Consolidation elections made once, rarely revisited
A group that elected to file consolidated returns years ago — or chose not to — may be operating under an assumption that no longer matches its current structure. Reviewing whether the election still serves the group is a straightforward step that's frequently skipped.
International subsidiaries add a layer most skip
Groups with subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions often manage each entity under local rules without considering how those positions interact with the parent's overall filing obligations. That interaction is where coordination tends to create the most value.
"The complexity in a corporate group rarely sits inside any one entity. It lives in the spaces between them — the transactions, the elections, the structural assumptions that nobody has formally reviewed."
— Taxonyx Advisory
The whole board, not individual pieces
Multi-Entity Tax Coordination means reviewing your group's tax position in a way that treats the entities as a system — because that's what they are.
Transactions between entities need attention
We analyze the intercompany transactions across your group — loans, service fees, asset transfers, cost-sharing arrangements — and map the tax exposure they create at each entity level and in aggregate. Where documentation is incomplete or pricing is potentially challengeable, we identify it.
Consolidation decisions have long tails
We review existing consolidation or combined filing elections, assess whether they remain appropriate for the current group structure, and prepare or review the applicable returns. Where a different approach would serve the group better, we surface it with an explanation of the tradeoffs involved.
Entity risk doesn't stay contained
A tax exposure at a subsidiary level can travel. We review each entity's individual position as part of the broader group picture — identifying where risk is concentrated, where it's been inadvertently transferred, and where structural adjustments could reduce it.
Better alignment is usually available
Most corporate groups that haven't had a coordinated review have structural arrangements that made sense at one point and haven't been revisited since. We identify where adjustments — to entity roles, transaction structures, or filing positions — could improve overall tax alignment across the group.
Structured review across the group, not just at the top.
Multi-entity work requires more information gathering than a single-entity review, but the process is still designed to be efficient. We're organized in how we collect what we need and deliberate in how we use it.
The engagement typically takes six to eight weeks from the initial mapping conversation to final deliverables, depending on the size of the group and the complexity of the intercompany arrangements in scope.
We work directly with your finance and tax team throughout — not as a parallel track, but as a coordinated effort to make sure what we find is accurate and the recommendations are workable.
Group mapping
We start by mapping the full entity structure — ownership, jurisdiction, filing history, and intercompany relationships. This gives the review a complete picture to work from rather than a partial one.
Cross-entity analysis
We work through intercompany transactions, consolidation elections, and entity-level exposures in a structured sequence. Issues that appear at one entity are considered in the context of how they affect the others.
Return preparation or review
Where consolidated or combined returns are applicable, we prepare or review them as part of the engagement. This isn't a separate add-on — it's part of what coordination means at the group level.
Findings and recommendations
The engagement concludes with a structured deliverable that maps findings across the group, identifies recommended structural adjustments, and explains each one in a way that your team can act on or discuss further.
A fee that reflects the scope of group-level work.
Multi-Entity Tax Coordination is priced at a flat engagement fee. The fee is set to reflect the scope of a full group review — the mapping, intercompany analysis, consolidation work, and structural recommendations that comprise the engagement.
For groups with unusual complexity — a large number of entities, atypical jurisdictional arrangements, or particularly intricate intercompany structures — we discuss scope before engagement commencement so there are no surprises on either side.
Engagement fee
$7,000 USD
Flat fee. Invoiced at engagement commencement.
What's included
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Full entity structure mapping across the corporate group
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Intercompany transaction analysis and exposure identification
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Consolidated or combined filing election review
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Preparation or review of consolidated and combined returns where applicable
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Entity-level exposure mapping across domestic and international subsidiaries
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Structural adjustment recommendations with rationale and estimated impact per item
Why group-level review works differently
The mechanics of multi-entity coordination are distinct from single-entity advisory. Here's how we approach the work.
Map first, analyze second
Attempting intercompany analysis without a complete entity map produces an incomplete result. We spend time at the outset making sure the structure we're reviewing reflects how the group actually operates — not just how it's described in formation documents.
Returns prepared to a workable standard
Where consolidated or combined returns are part of the scope, they're prepared with documentation that explains the positions taken — not just the numbers. The return supports understanding, not just compliance.
Six to eight weeks for a complete group review
The timeline reflects what a thorough group-level review takes. We don't compress it to meet an arbitrary deadline, and we don't let it drift without a clear reason. Progress updates are provided regularly throughout the engagement.
Findings mapped to entities, not left general
The output of the engagement is specific. Each finding is tied to the entity or transaction it relates to, each recommendation is explained in terms of what it would require and what it's expected to produce. General observations that don't lead anywhere useful aren't included.
Group-level work requires group-level precision.
Multi-entity engagements carry more moving parts than single-entity reviews. We manage that complexity deliberately — with a clear scope, a structured process, and a commitment to producing a deliverable that accurately reflects what we found.
If the engagement surfaces findings that are more limited than expected — because the group's positions are already well-aligned — we'll explain what we reviewed, what we looked for, and what we found. That's still a useful outcome.
We're happy to discuss the scope before any commitment is made. Share your group structure and the questions on your plate — we'll respond with how we'd approach it.
Scope confirmed before work begins
The entities in scope, the transactions being reviewed, and the returns being prepared are confirmed at the outset — so the engagement delivers what was agreed, not a subset of it.
Findings explained, not just listed
Every finding in the deliverable is explained in terms your team can work with. We walk through the output together and address questions before the engagement closes.
Follow-on questions included
Questions about the deliverable that arise after the walk-through are answered as part of the engagement — there's no separate charge for helping your team understand what we produced.
A group review starts with a conversation about the group.
The intake for a multi-entity engagement is a conversation about structure — how many entities, what jurisdictions, what intercompany arrangements are already in place. You don't need everything organized before you reach out.
Describe your group
Reach out with a basic description of your entity structure — the number of entities, their jurisdictions, and what's currently being coordinated (or not). Email works well for this: [email protected].
We scope the engagement
We respond within two business days with a sense of how we'd approach the review for your group — what the scope would include, what we'd need from you, and what the engagement would look like in practice.
We begin the mapping
Once scope is agreed and the engagement confirmed, we begin with the entity mapping conversation. From there the work proceeds in a structured sequence through to the final deliverable.
Ready to look at your group as a whole?
Share the shape of your group and what you're trying to understand. We'll respond with how the Multi-Entity Tax Coordination engagement applies to your situation.
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