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Audit of annual and consolidated financial statements
We place particular emphasis on customized solutions and international service and adapt our services to your needs.
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Assurance related advisory services
Assurance related advisory services are based on the knowledge and expertise that are the staff of life of our auditors.
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Global audit technology
We apply our global audit methodology through an integrated set of software tools known as the Voyager suite.
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Accounting related consulting
Accounting in accordance with UGB, US-GAAP or IFRS is in constant motion. The integration of new regulations into their own accounting systems poses special challenges for companies.
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Corporate Tax
We are your problem solvers for corporate tax issues
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Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisition
Expertise and creativity for the perfect structure
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International Tax
We are here, whenever our clients require our assistance
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Transfer pricing
We are your experts for an optimal transfer pricing structure
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Indirect Tax & Customs
We take care of your indirect taxes so you can take care of your business
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Private Wealth
We are your competent partner in the field of Private Wealth Tax Services
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Real Estate Tax
We are a valuable partner at every stage of your property's life
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Global Mobility Services
Local roots and global networking as a secret for successful assignment management
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Advisor for Advisor
As advisors for advisors, we support in complex situations
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Bookkeeping & Financial accounting
Financial accounting is the basis for many decisions in the company. Only those who prepare their figures clearly and get a good overview of their company can recognize weak points in time and react to negative developments. The use of state-of-the-art software (BMD) allows you to access your figures at any time. Digital document management and a document management system for data archiving are a matter of course. We take care of your financial accounting.
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Preparation of annual & consolidated financial statements
Depending on the size of your company and the legal form chosen, you are obliged to prepare annual financial statements. In addition, shareholders, owners and management want to be provided with financial information on a regular basis. We support you in fulfilling your recording obligations and thus ensure that you present companies, the bank and other addressees with meaningful and reliable figures.
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Payroll Services
Payroll services are among the subject areas that are changing rapidly and constantly gaining in complexity. This is where tax law, social security law, labour law, residence law and other legal matters come together. Our experts will help your team to stay up-to-date and solve complex issues. But we are also happy to take care of your entire payroll accounting.
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Tax Compliance
Tax authorities keep entrepreneurs and freelancers constantly engaged with tax issues, so they play a central role in almost every business decision. Depending on your needs, our services range from the preparation of tax returns, the execution of tax calculations with a thorough review of the data as a basis for assessment, to international tax compliance for several countries.
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Robotic Process Automation (RPA)
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a software-based technology that mimics a series of activities within and between systems based on a set of instructions typically to complete a process.
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Valuation
Valuations are a core competence of Grant Thornton Austria. As auditors and tax advisors we combine profound know-how with our practical experience to offer you customized solutions for your valuation assignment. Our industry expertise is based on years of services to our clients, including listed companies as well as owner-managed companies with an international focus. We advise on valuation matters related to arbitration and provide expert opinions.
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Forensic Services
When it comes to risks in business, our experts are on hand. We support you not only in suspicious cases or in disputes, but also develop suitable strategies in the area of prevention to avoid serious cases as far as possible. Our Cyber Security team helps you to keep your networks and applications secure and is quickly on hand in the event of a security leak.
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Transaction Support
We can support you throughout the transaction process – helping achieve the best possible outcome at the point of the transaction and in the longer term.
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Sustainability Services
Sustainability is no longer a trend, but the only way to create a future worth living. Our experts will support you in successfully developing your sustainability strategy and preparing your sustainability reporting in compliance with regulations.
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Merger & Acquisition
Companies start new activities and separate from old ones, cooperate and merge. Markets and competitive conditions are subject to constant and increasingly rapid change. As a result, existing business models are changing. Some companies have to restructure and reorganize. But new business opportunities also open up.
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Restructuring & Going Concern Forecast
Restructuring & Going Concern Forecast: Bundled services for your strategic, operational and financial decisions offer the right answers for companies, banks, shareholders and investors.
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Internal Audit
Internal Audit helps companies and organisations to achieve their goals by analysing and evaluating the effectiveness of risk management, controls and management and monitoring processes. Internal Audit focuses on independent and objective audit (assurance) and consulting services that improve the value creation and business activities of your company.
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Expert dispute resolution & advisory
Grant Thornton Austria offers comprehensive services in the field of business-oriented expert services with a broad range of competencies from banking to communication. The core activity of experts is the objective recording of findings and the preparation of expert opinions - regardless of all external circumstances. Our experts Gottwald Kranebitter and Georg H. Jeitler, as sworn and court-certified experts, ensure that the highest professional standards and the principle of objectivity are observed.
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Blockchain and Crypto-Asset
Blockchain as a carrier technology for crypto currencies and smart contracts, among other things, is becoming increasingly important. Grant Thornton Austria offers comprehensive audit and confirmation services for block chain technologies and business models.
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Corporate & Brand Strategy
We support you in developing growth strategies for a sustainably successful future and in maximizing the potential of your brand.
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Cyber Security
Cyber incidents, IT system failures, the resulting business interruptions and the loss of critical data are one of the greatest business risks for companies. Recent cases underline the need for strategic protection and awareness of the issue and require a holistic approach and technical expertise that takes into account all legislative, regulatory and technical aspects of cyber security to protect companies against the daily increase in cybercrime incidents.
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International Project Coordination
Our International Engagement Management team is your central point of contact for international projects in all our service lines. We take care of operational project management for you and act as a central point of contact and coordination for your projects. We support companies that start international projects from Austria as well as companies from abroad that want to gain a foothold in Austria or use Austria as a hub for their international projects, especially in the DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) and CEE region.
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International Desks
As a member of the Grant Thornton network, we guarantee direct access to resources from our worldwide circle of partners. This global connection enables us to seamlessly integrate highly qualified specialists and industry experts from different countries around the world into our teams. Through our broad perspective and diverse expertise, we ensure that we can optimally meet the individual requirements of our clients in an increasingly globalised economy.
Forensic Investigation Services
Economic crimes can occur in any company: Corruption, bribery or fraud lead to financial loss and damage to reputation.
Our experts have extensive experience from activities for the judicial authorities and will support you discreetly in the fight against white-collar crime. If an internal suspected case occurs, we conduct independent in-house investigations using reliable methods and extensive know-how of fraud patterns. In this way, you will quickly gain an overview, can more easily determine responsibilities and assess damages more accurately.
Together with you, we develop individual strategic solutions and options for action from the identification of the perpetrator to asset recovery. In the event of a dispute in or out of court, you will have conclusive documentation based on the results of our investigations. If required, the findings can also be prepared as an expert opinion by a sworn and court-certified expert.
Based on the findings of the forensic investigation, our experts will also be happy to carry out a risk analysis in the course of which your company's processes and compliance structures will be adapted. Early warning indicators will enable you to detect irregularities quickly in the future and the fraud risks in your company can be minimized significantly.
You can trust in our services:
In cooperation with the legal representation of your company and internal departments involved, we analyze the suspected situation and show the available options in the fight against economic crime.
We outline a suitable initial procedure to avoid the risk of collusion and define targets to minimize the damage. A central point is an involvement at the earliest possible time.
The operative examination and the subsequent analysis include:
- Tactical situation analysis and execution as well as coordination of appropriate measures in the area of preservation of evidence and fact-finding, e.g. through forensic questioning
- IT-supported backup, recovery and analysis of evidence such as data, websites and other media content, eDiscovery
- Sifting of physical document stocks or digitalization for IT-supported evaluation
- Forensic data evaluation and documentation in the form of a written report including preparation for use in court
- Expert opinions on the relevant facts, for example, to determine the value of fictitious invoices
The occurrence of white-collar crime usually represents a crisis situation for the company concerned, which requires accompanying and follow-up measures. We offer you:
- Evaluation of the situation and implementation of measures for acute damage minimization
- Development of tailor-made strategic solutions and support in setting up prevention systems and implementing compliance management systems
- Increased security through the optimization of existing compliance systems, if necessary dismantling of overflowing compliance structures.
- A worldwide network that can support you in the cross-border recovery of assets if required.
One of our specialties: consulting fraud
Practical experience shows that financial transactions in the area of white-collar crime often take place by way of sham consultancy services. Settlements and falsified reports provide the ideal basis for unobtrusively obtaining payment approvals. This is also the way to establish tax deductibility - which serves to avoid taxes if irregular or illegal financing is to be carried out.
When internal auditors come across conspicuous projects, the usual audit paths end quickly - especially when fictitious documents are available. To this day, consulting services are considered by a large number of decision-makers in business and the judiciary to be un or hardly assessable - especially when the parties involved refuse to provide information or even claim successful service provision in coordination. Classification from a criminal law perspective is particularly difficult - if the question of the distinction between "non-value" and "inferiority" has to be asked.
It is precisely for this reason that solid preparation is necessary if employment relationships are to be terminated and further action - in or out of court - is planned.
This is where our experts come into play: in many cases, our specialists can provide evidence of sham consulting projects by means of cross-comparisons, practices, project histories and the (non-)identification of performance artifacts.
Checking the integrity of business partners
New international laws mean that companies are also liable for the actions of their business partners. Background checks or business partner screenings are therefore recommended before transactions or cooperations. In addition, comprehensive background research is a valuable part of any internal investigation.
We use Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) as a strategic basis for background research for specific occasions. This involves searching legal, freely available public sources for specific information. The results are structured, evaluated and checked for their relevance. Depending on the occasion, the information is further used in a forensic investigation - or as a pure report.
Preparation for legal proceedings
Business disputes can cost a company dearly and have a negative impact on its reputation.
Our experienced experts prepare you optimally for upcoming court proceedings with IT-supported analyses and prepare facts for legal disputes in civil proceedings, criminal cases or tax matters in an economically competent and expert manner.
We support our clients in the operative processing of the facts of the case as well as by providing private expert opinions, which are issued by comprehensively experienced sworn and judicially certified experts.
Our experts have expert certifications in numerous fields. You can find further information .
