Service 03 — Compliance Health Check
Find out where things stand — before someone else does.
Most businesses have handled indirect tax reasonably well. Some have gaps they're not aware of. A health check finds out which situation you're in — calmly, without judgment, with a focus on what to do next.
What this review delivers
A clear picture of your indirect tax position — including anything that needs attention
After this review, you'll have a written summary of how your indirect tax handling looks — what's in good order, what could be tidied, and what (if anything) warrants more immediate attention.
The tone matters here. This isn't an inspection designed to find fault. It's a review designed to give you an honest, useful picture — so that if a tax authority ever does look closely, you're already in a position to respond with confidence.
A full compliance picture
Registrations, filings, rates — reviewed as a whole, not in isolation.
Areas to tidy, clearly flagged
What needs attention — and how significant each item is — explained plainly.
Written findings to keep
A document that summarises the review — shareable, referenceable, yours to keep.
Practical steps to follow
Not just findings — a realistic view of what to prioritise and how.
Why businesses ask for this
Indirect tax gaps tend to accumulate quietly, without anyone noticing
Things changed, and the processes didn't
A business expands into new markets, starts selling a new product type, crosses a threshold in a jurisdiction it wasn't watching. The compliance setup doesn't always keep pace — not through carelessness, just through the ordinary pace of growth.
Something prompted a closer look
A query from a tax authority, a comment from an accountant during year-end, a conversation with someone in a similar business — sometimes these raise a question that deserves a proper answer before it becomes something bigger.
The history isn't well documented
Compliance responsibilities were handled by someone who's no longer with the business, or in a period when record-keeping wasn't the priority. Understanding what was done — and what wasn't — requires someone to look carefully.
What we actually review
A structured look at your indirect tax position across the areas that matter
We work through your compliance position methodically — not to produce a long list of findings, but to identify anything genuinely worth addressing. Most of what we review will be in order. When something isn't, we describe it clearly and proportionately.
The review covers the areas most likely to contain compliance gaps: registration status across jurisdictions, accuracy of rates applied to different transaction types, filing history and completeness, and whether exemptions have been applied correctly.
We conclude with a written summary that puts findings in context — distinguishing between things that should be corrected soon, things that are worth monitoring, and things that are simply fine as they are.
Registration position
Are you registered where you need to be? Are there jurisdictions where you may have crossed a threshold without registering?
Rate and category accuracy
Are the right rates being applied to the right transaction types? Have any exemptions or reduced rates been applied correctly?
Filing completeness
Is the filing history complete and on time? Are there periods that are missing, late, or where the figures need a second look?
Documentation and records
Is there sufficient documentation to support the treatment of key transactions, should a tax authority ever ask to see it?
How the review unfolds
Thorough, but not drawn out — a contained piece of work with a clear end point
Week one
Intake and scoping
We start by understanding your business — which jurisdictions are relevant, what records are available, and whether there's a particular concern or time period prompting the review. This shapes what we look at and in how much depth.
Weeks one to three
The review itself
We work through the records and check each area systematically. If something needs clarification — a transaction that isn't immediately clear, a period where records are incomplete — we'll ask before drawing conclusions.
Delivery
Findings and next steps
A written summary covering what was reviewed, what was found, and what — if anything — is worth addressing. Items are described in plain language and placed in context, without unnecessary alarm or understatement.
A note on tone
We approach this review as advisors, not auditors. The goal is to give you an accurate picture and useful guidance — not to produce a findings list that reads like an indictment. If something needs correcting, we'll say so clearly. If something is in good shape, we'll say that too. The aim is for you to leave with more clarity than you came in with, and a reasonable sense of what to do next.
Investment
A flat engagement. Complete before we start.
The full health check is priced as a single flat engagement. The cost is agreed and settled before the review begins — no hourly additions, no variable charges based on what we find.
Compliance Health Check
$560 USD
Flat rate — agreed and billed before work begins
- Review of registration position across relevant jurisdictions
- Rate and category accuracy check
- Filing history and completeness review
- Documentation and record-keeping assessment
- Written findings summary with prioritised next steps
- Follow-up questions answered after delivery
Why doing this proactively helps
Finding things yourself is better than having them found for you
A tax authority review is a different experience from a self-initiated health check. When you've already identified and addressed any gaps, you're in a much stronger position to respond to questions — because you've already asked them yourself.
Proactive disclosure — where a business identifies and corrects a compliance gap before it's raised by a tax authority — is generally treated more favourably than gaps discovered during an audit. The timing genuinely matters.
Even if the review finds nothing significant, it gives you a documented baseline. That has its own value when questions come up — internally or externally — about how indirect tax has been handled.
How we approach this work
Careful, honest, and proportionate
We distinguish between serious and minor
Not every finding carries the same weight. A missed filing from three years ago in a jurisdiction with a generous correction process is different from a current registration gap. We describe each finding with the context that lets you prioritise sensibly.
We don't assign blame for past decisions
Compliance gaps usually arise from growth, complexity, or resource constraints — not from bad intentions. We report what we find and focus on what can be done now, not on reconstructing how things went wrong.
We're direct about genuine concerns
Where something genuinely needs attention — a registration that should have happened, a filing that appears to be missing — we say so clearly. A health check that downplays real issues isn't serving its purpose.
Experience across varied compliance histories
We've worked with businesses at different stages — some with tidy records and a few minor gaps, others with more complex histories. We know what to look for and how to describe what we find in a way that's genuinely useful.
Our commitment
A review you can rely on — thorough, honest, and usable
The written summary we deliver is meant to be genuinely useful — clear enough to act on, thorough enough to be a meaningful record. If any part of it is unclear, or if a finding needs more explanation than we've provided, we'll work through it with you after delivery.
We won't tell you everything is fine if it isn't. And we won't make more of a gap than the evidence supports. What we'll give you is an honest, proportionate account of what we found — which is what a health check is actually for.
Post-delivery clarification included
If any part of the written summary needs more explanation, we'll provide it — no additional charge.
Confidential by default
What you share with us for the purposes of this review stays with us. We don't share findings with third parties.
No obligation to use us for remediation
If the review identifies gaps, you're free to address them however suits your business. We'll support that decision either way.
Getting started
A straightforward process from first conversation to final findings
Tell us what prompted this
A brief note about your business, what jurisdictions you operate in, and what's behind the request. No need for a full history — just enough to start a sensible conversation.
We scope the review together
We'll confirm what's in scope, what records we'll need, and a realistic timeline. Once agreed, we'll send a short intake form to get the process moving.
We carry out the review
We work through the records, follow up on anything unclear, and prepare the written summary. We'll let you know if anything significant comes up before the final document is ready.
Findings delivered
You receive the written summary and can ask follow-up questions. From there, you decide how to proceed — with us or independently.
Compliance Health Check — $560 USD
Ready to get a clear picture of how your indirect tax handling looks?
Get in touch with a brief note about your business — what prompted the question, which jurisdictions are relevant, and roughly what period you'd like us to cover. We'll take it from there at a pace that suits you.
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