Client stories
Notes from finance teams who asked us to audit tax reporting applications before filing.
Short notes
“They caught a withheld-tax mismatch on our Q3 PND that would have delayed the corporate filing. The report was blunt in places — usefully so.”
— Finance manager, hospitality group, Patong
“We hired them for a VAT return application review ahead of Songkran week. Two input claims came out; one we disputed and kept with better invoice support. Turnaround matched the calendar they set at kickoff.”
— Owner, marine supply company, Chalong
“The full tax reporting application audit took longer than our bookkeeper hoped — our fixed-asset register was a mess — but the memorandum listed every open item with a form box reference. We filed two weeks later with fewer night shifts.”
— Controller, retail group, Kathu
“Clear on what was out of scope. They declined to rewrite our chart of accounts and pointed us to our accountant instead. That honesty mattered when we compared firms.”
— Director, consulting Co., Ltd., Phuket Town
Extended story: year-end CIT pack for a villa management company
A villa management company preparing its first full year of corporate income tax asked us for a year-end CIT package review. The draft application looked tidy; the schedules behind entertainment and related-party management fees did not.
Our reviewers tied each add-back to contracts and board minutes. Three items needed restatement before the application could stand. The exit meeting ran ninety minutes at our Phuket Road office with the company’s external bookkeeper present. They left with a punch list; we left with a signed final memorandum two days after their responses arrived.
The filing went in on the planned date. The client later returned for a withholding schedule check on contractor payments — a smaller engagement that reused the same document folder structure.
Extended story: VAT months after a rate change
A restaurant group adjusted menu pricing mid-year and worried that VAT reporting applications for three months mixed old and new invoice patterns. We reviewed each month’s application against the POS export and purchase folders.
Findings were uneven: one month was clean, one needed a timing correction, and one held unsupported staff-meal claims. The group’s accountant cleared the punch list; we issued go / hold notes per month rather than a single blanket opinion.