Kreston Kuwait
April 11, 2024
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Ganesh has extensive experience of more than 30 years in providing specialist tax services, particularly to large privately owned groups, with particular strengths in the property, retail, healthcare and hospitality industries. He has supported various entities with specialist advice on tax-effective structures and restructures, cross-border transactions on account of outbound and inbound India investments, mergers, acquisitions and divestments. Ganesh has also worked with stakeholders across businesses to deliver solutions such as tax due diligence, tax consolidation and restructuring of large family businesses in the Middle East, Asia, and Singapore.
Surandar Jesrani is the CEO and Managing Partner at MMJS Consulting. A chartered accountant by qualification and entrepreneur by nature, Surandar prior to founding MMJS was in key positions at HSBC Private Equity, Infosys, L&T and GM.
Surandar is a thought leader and the leading newspapers in the region frequently seek his views. Surandar is a speaker at various International forums and was recognized as ‘Corporate Icon of the Year’ for three consecutive years.
December 5, 2022
The Accountant Magazine recently highlighted the impact of the OECD two-pillar solution to control impact of BEPS on GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) countries. Two tax experts from Kreston Global, Ganesh Ramaswamy, Partner at K Rangamani and Associates LLP in India and Surandar Jesrani of Kreston Menon shared their thoughts with The Accountant on the region’s readiness to adopt the new framework.
As the global economy becomes increasingly more digitalized, the OECD made the decision to update the framework on base erosion and profit sharing. Pillar one impacts the multi-national enterprise (MNE) with a turnover of more than 20 billion and profits before tax of over 10%. Pillar two is seeking a global tax rate of at least 15%.
Parts of the region have been in a position to be able to adopt the pillar two framework with relative ease. Multiple countries within the GCC are already positioned to be able to adopt the 15% tax rate, with Oman already in that position. A 15% corporate tax rate exists for non-GCC companies in Kuwait with Saudi Arabia already exceeding the expectations at 20%. Bahrain and UAE currently have no corporate tax structure and are considering how to implement it.
UAE will meet obligations by introducing corporate tax in June 2023. This is a step-change for the country, however, guidance is yet to be issued with details of how that might affect businesses in the country. Bahrain has not yet made a full announcement, but is expected to follow the UAE in its adoption of pillar two principles.
Saudi is seeking to make changes, considering the removal of the Zakat tax, with Qatar and Kuwait adopting corporate tax for GCC and non-GCC entities. In order to control BEPs within the GCC region, five of the six countries within the region will be adopting the OECD’s BEPs 2021 framework update. Kuwait is yet to confirm participation.
January 27, 2022
LONDON – Kreston Global has today welcomed Johar and Partners, based in Kuwait, to its global network
Johar and Partners specialise in providing audit and assurance, financial advisory, accounting, risk, tax and zakat and bookkeeping services to businesses in Kuwait. The firm will be re-branding as Kreston Kuwait.
The firm is accredited by the Capital Market Authority, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in the state of Kuwait as certified auditors and accountants. Johar and Partners was founded in 2011 by Managing Partner Abdullatif Johar, who works alongside Senior Partner Mohammed Ali in supervising the practice. In addition to the two partners, the firm comprises 17 other fee-earners and three administrative staff.
Johar and Partners have a broad client base in Kuwait encompassing a range of sectors including transportation, financial services, consumer and services, real estate and construction, telecommunication and power & utilities.
Johar and Partners is the fourth firm to join the Kreston Global network in recent months and will be rebranding itself under the Kreston banner as Kreston Kuwait, deepening its association with the network and enabling further expansion on a local and national level. 2021 saw the Kreston Global network celebrating its 50th anniversary as well as undergoing Its own rebrand.
Abdullatif Johar, managing partner at Johar and Partners, said:
“Kreston Global stood out amongst potential partners as we move towards this new, exciting phase in our development. We were struck by the advanced technological platforms and resources underpinning Kreston’s global community, but also by the culture of empowering member firms to determine their own path. We will be working with our new colleagues to build opportunities both in the region and beyond for our clients.”
Liza Robbins, Chief Executive of Kreston Global, said:
“Johar and Partners have an excellent reputation in the Kuwaiti audit and advisory landscape and are extremely well placed to build their standing in the international market. The breadth and depth of their expertise across a range of sectors will make them a natural partner for international businesses. We look forward to working with them to forge links throughout the network and beyond.”
July 2, 2021