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Sector: Promotional products
Our client, Favorite Gifts, is a successful international company. They trade with several companies (like Van Helden Relatiegeschenken, EuroGifts and Giving Europe) within Europe. They are known as a “no-nonsense” company for promotional products.
Founded as a family business in 1965, it has expanded to become one of Europe’s largest companies in the sector. Its core business is advising on and supplying a vast range of promotional gifts, from colour-changing umbrellas to eco-friendly travel cups.
They import supplies from all over the world which arrive for processing at its centres in the Netherlands and Poland, before being distributed to clients across Europe. This means that dealing successfully with varying tax rules and legislative requirements is very important to the growth of the business.
Dutch accounting firm Kreston Van Herwijnen (KVH) has connected Van Helden to Kreston firms in Spain, Germany, Italy and Poland to advise on all their local legal requirements. The firms involved are Kreston Bansbach, Kreston Iberaudit, Kreston GV and BPG Poland, and they deal with issues ranging from complying with transfer pricing obligations and national VAT legislation, to setting up local branches.
Our ongoing relationship with Van Helden is helping them evolve, expand and adapt their international trading.
Cor van Gessel, Kreston Van Herwijnen, commented: “It has been a privilege getting ‘under the skin’ of the business and getting to know their people well during our long-term partnership. We continue to learn from them so we can help their business grow and be always ready for new challenges and opportunities.”
Michiel Warners, Chief Financial Officer at Van Helden, said:
“For us, the most important aspect is that we can work with people we trust as we need to share sensitive information. I can reach out to the Kreston Van Herwijnen team anytime and know I will get an answer that counts.”
Sector: Technology, Media & Telecom
TP-Link is a global provider of reliable networking and wi-fi devices and accessories, distributing to more than 170 countries and serving billions of people worldwide. Its products include ‘smart’ bulbs, plugs and cameras for people’s homes and cloud solutions, routers and high-speed wired and wireless networking for businesses.
TP-Link UK’s group auditor is Kreston Reeves, led by Peter Manser. During 2020, the company carried out a restructure. This meant that TP-Link NL needed a group audit to reflect the new corporate structure and Kreston Reeves referred the company to Van Herwijnen Kreston (VHK). After a short proposal process, TP-Link NL appointed VHK as its group auditor. They are also advising on income tax assessment, general tax matters and our Dutch firm Bentacera is assisting in transfer pricing support and documentation.
This successful outcome demonstrates the strength and reach of the Kreston Global network. It also shows how the network can help smooth the changes many companies have to make following the UK’s departure from the EU.
Olivier Walravens, from Van Herwijnen Kreston, said:
“We were pleased to be able to help TP-Link change its group audit process so effectively and efficiently. Sharing and transferring the necessary data and documents was straightforward as Kreston firms are part of the same, secure system.”
Chris Sun, International Accountant at TP-Link NL, said:
“We’re very grateful to Kreston for making this major change so ‘smart’. It was achieved in good time and they took care of everything for us. Using firms within the Kreston network has undoubtedly saved the company time and money.”
June 10, 2021
