Corporate Tax Planning and Risk Management Training Course

Duration 5 days 10 modules · 33 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Tax Managers, Corporate Tax Accountants and others
Fee from USD 1,100 KSh 95,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 16 Nov 2026 Course code SD-T-038

Before you join: Participants should understand basic corporate income tax concepts, financial statements and common business transactions.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

Corporate tax decisions affect cash flow, reported earnings, transaction value and regulatory exposure. Tax teams must identify lawful planning opportunities while maintaining evidence for deductions, cross-border pricing, indirect taxes and uncertain positions. Weak entity data, poorly documented intercompany arrangements and late tax involvement in transactions can result in denied reliefs, penalties, double taxation and avoidable disputes with tax authorities.

This course develops practical capability in corporate tax planning, tax governance and risk management. Participants assess tax positions using commercial purpose, statutory conditions and documented facts; model the tax consequences of financing, restructurings and acquisitions; apply OECD transfer pricing methods; and evaluate Pillar Two, withholding tax, VAT, customs and deferred tax issues. The programme also addresses tax provision processes, IFRIC 23 uncertainty assessments, tax control frameworks and board-level reporting of material exposures.

Teaching combines focused instructor briefings with financial-services, multinational manufacturing, infrastructure and cross-border trading cases. Participants work through tax calculations, risk assessments, transaction scenarios and reporting decisions, using structured templates that can be adapted to their own organisation. The five-day instructor-led course is available in classrooms in more than 50 cities or live online. Training runs from 08:30 to 16:30 each day, providing approximately 6.5 contact hours daily. Participants receive a certificate of completion and leave with a corporate tax planning and risk management action pack.

The course is suited to tax, finance, accounting, treasury, legal and internal audit professionals who contribute to corporate tax decisions or oversee tax risk. It is particularly relevant where organisations operate through multiple entities, trade across borders, undertake restructurings or face increased tax authority scrutiny.

What you will be able to do

  • Assess corporate tax positions using statutory interpretation, commercial-purpose evidence and risk ratings
  • Construct effective tax rate reconciliations and deferred tax schedules under IAS 12
  • Evaluate cross-border structures for residence, permanent establishment, withholding and treaty risks
  • Apply OECD transfer pricing methods, functional analysis and documentation requirements
  • Model tax consequences of financing, acquisitions, restructurings and profit repatriation
  • Calculate core Pillar Two GloBE inputs and identify data, filing and governance requirements
  • Design tax risk-control matrices, uncertain tax position registers and escalation protocols
  • Prepare a tax strategy, board risk report and prioritised implementation plan

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Make better-supported tax planning recommendations to finance leaders and business sponsors
  • Identify material tax exposures before returns, transactions or financial statements are finalised
  • Produce clearer transfer pricing, uncertain tax position and tax control documentation
  • Contribute confidently to acquisition, financing and restructuring tax discussions
  • Build an evidence-based development plan for a corporate tax or finance role

For your organisation

  • Earlier identification of tax exposures, filing failures and unsupported tax positions
  • Better alignment between tax planning, commercial decisions and documented business purpose
  • More reliable tax provision, deferred tax and uncertain tax position reporting
  • Reduced risk of transfer pricing adjustments, withholding failures and indirect tax leakage
  • Clearer board visibility of tax risks, controls, disputes and remediation priorities

Course modules

10 modules over 5 days

Participants can distinguish lawful corporate tax planning from unacceptable arrangements and connect tax calculations to financial reporting.

  • Tax planning boundaries: commercial purpose, statutory reliefs, avoidance and evasion
  • Corporate income tax base: accounting profit, permanent differences, temporary differences
  • Effective tax rate reconciliation identifies recurring drivers and reporting anomalies
  • Deferred tax measurement under IAS 12 for enacted tax rates
  • Tax provision workflow links trial balance, adjustments, returns and disclosures
  • Documenting tax positions with facts, law, assumptions and supporting evidence

Participants can assess the tax consequences and compliance risks of domestic and cross-border entity structures.

  • Legal-entity mapping connects ownership, residence, activities, contracts and tax registrations
  • Source-versus-residence rules determine taxing rights over cross-border corporate income
  • Permanent establishment tests assess fixed places, dependent agents and construction projects
  • Branch and subsidiary comparisons address liability, loss use and repatriation
  • Withholding tax matrices match payment types, treaty rates and documentation
  • Treaty entitlement analysis tests beneficial ownership, limitation provisions and anti-abuse rules

Participants can evaluate common planning methods against tax law conditions, commercial facts and cash tax objectives.

  • Business-purpose analysis tests proposed arrangements against anti-avoidance and substance requirements
  • Loss-utilisation planning considers group relief, carrybacks, carryforwards and ownership changes
  • Capital allowance schedules align qualifying expenditure, pools, claims and disposal adjustments
  • Financing structures compare debt capacity, interest limits and hybrid mismatch exposure
  • Dividend, interest and royalty flows model withholding, credits and repatriation costs
  • Transaction tax calendars sequence elections, filings, payments and documentary conditions

Participants can select and document an appropriate transfer pricing approach for common intercompany transactions.

  • OECD transfer pricing methods select comparable uncontrolled price, resale or cost-plus
  • Transactional net margin and profit split methods address integrated operations
  • Functional analysis maps functions, assets, risks and contractual risk control
  • Comparable searches apply screening criteria, range selection and adjustments
  • Master file, local file and country-by-country reporting evidence pricing policies
  • Intercompany agreements align legal terms, conduct and transfer-pricing documentation

Participants can identify Pillar Two exposure, interpret core charging mechanisms and define required tax data ownership.

  • BEPS Actions connect treaty abuse, interest deductions and disclosure expectations
  • Pillar Two scope tests revenue thresholds, constituent entities and ownership chains
  • GloBE effective tax rate calculations identify covered taxes and jurisdictional income
  • Qualified domestic minimum taxes, IIR and UTPR ordering rules
  • Safe harbours and transitional rules reduce data burdens and filing risk
  • Data governance assigns accountable owners for Pillar Two calculation inputs

Participants can identify and report tax risks and planning opportunities during transactions and post-deal integration.

  • Tax due diligence prioritises exposures, uncertain positions, attributes and compliance gaps
  • Share versus asset acquisitions compare basis step-up, liabilities and tax attributes
  • Purchase agreement tax clauses allocate pre-close liabilities, covenants and indemnities
  • Tax attribute limitations test continuity rules, change-of-control thresholds and utilisation periods
  • Post-acquisition integration aligns legal entities, elections, systems and reporting calendars
  • Restructuring plans assess exit taxes, indirect taxes and operational substance

Participants can identify indirect tax and customs consequences arising from cross-border supplies and supply chain changes.

  • VAT and GST supply analysis determines place, liability, rate and recovery
  • Input tax recovery methods separate taxable, exempt and mixed-use expenditure
  • Customs valuation applies transaction value, additions, assists and related-party tests
  • Tariff classification uses HS codes, explanatory notes and binding rulings
  • Incoterms 2020 allocate customs formalities, transport responsibility and import risk
  • Cross-border supply chains identify registration triggers and indirect tax cash costs

Participants can build a proportionate tax risk management structure with accountable controls and escalation routes.

  • COSO-based tax risk assessment ranks likelihood, impact, ownership and controls
  • Tax control frameworks define preventive, detective and corrective control activities
  • Risk-control matrices connect obligations, assertions, evidence, owners and review frequency
  • Uncertain tax position registers record technical conclusion, exposure and confidence
  • Tax authority enquiry protocols preserve records, privilege boundaries and response governance
  • Voluntary disclosure decisions weigh penalties, interest, prosecution risk and remediation

Participants can improve tax provision accuracy and prepare evidence for uncertain tax treatment and disclosure decisions.

  • Current tax calculations reconcile taxable profit, instalments, credits and return balances
  • IAS 12 deferred tax schedules track basis differences and reversal patterns
  • IFRIC 23 analysis assesses uncertainty, detection assumptions and measurement methods
  • ASC 740 provision concepts distinguish temporary differences, valuation allowances and reserves
  • Tax disclosure checklists link financial statements, management commentary and statutory returns
  • Close calendars assign evidence, review sign-offs and escalation deadlines

Participants can prepare a practical tax strategy and implementation plan for senior management review.

  • Annual tax strategy translates business plans into approved planning priorities
  • Scenario models compare cash tax, effective tax rate and compliance outcomes
  • Board reporting presents exposures, control performance, disputes and decision requests
  • Stakeholder maps coordinate finance, legal, treasury, procurement and external advisers
  • Tax technology roadmaps prioritise data quality, workflow automation and audit trails
  • Personal application plans assign actions, owners, evidence and review dates

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. Corporate tax planning assessment template
  2. Tax risk-control matrix
  3. Transfer pricing functional analysis worksheet
  4. Pillar Two data ownership map
  5. Uncertain tax position register
  6. Board tax risk reporting pack

Who should attend

  • Tax Managers — responsible for planning, compliance, tax authority engagement and team oversight
  • Corporate Tax Accountants — prepare tax provisions, returns, reconciliations and supporting evidence
  • Finance Managers — need to assess tax impacts on budgets, transactions and financial reporting
  • Treasury and Funding Managers — structure financing and repatriation while managing tax constraints
  • Internal Auditors and Risk Managers — review tax controls, governance and material exposure reporting
  • Legal and Transaction Professionals — support acquisitions, restructurings and cross-border contractual arrangements

Skills and tools covered

Corporate tax planningTransfer pricing analysisTax risk governancePillar Two assessmentTax provision reportingTransaction tax analysis

Tools and standards

OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Tax Administrations, OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework Pillar Two GloBE Model Rules, COSO Internal Control—Integrated Framework, IAS 12 Income Taxes and IFRIC 23 Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments

How the course runs

Training methodology

The course uses short technical briefings followed by structured case work, group analysis, calculation-based tasks and decision simulations. Cases examine entity structures, financing arrangements, transfer pricing files, indirect tax flows, acquisitions and tax authority enquiries. Participants apply tax risk ratings, control matrices, GloBE calculation inputs and reporting formats to realistic fact patterns. Facilitated discussion tests assumptions, competing interpretations and evidence requirements. The final sessions convert course findings into a prioritised workplace application plan.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should understand basic corporate income tax concepts, financial statements and common business transactions. Experience preparing tax returns, tax provisions, management accounts, audit evidence or transaction analyses is useful. Participants should be comfortable reading financial information and discussing legal-entity structures, financing arrangements and cross-border payments. Prior familiarity with IAS 12, transfer pricing, OECD guidance or Pillar Two is not required; these are introduced and applied during the course. This is not an introductory personal taxation course and does not require programming, specialist tax software or legal qualification.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

Participants need working familiarity with corporate tax concepts, financial statements and business transactions. Prior knowledge of transfer pricing, Pillar Two, IAS 12 or IFRIC 23 is helpful but not required.

Bring a laptop for live online delivery and any non-confidential examples of tax issues, reporting challenges or planned transactions. Course materials, templates and case information are provided.

It is designed for tax, finance, accounting, treasury, legal, risk and internal audit professionals with corporate tax responsibilities. It also suits managers who need to challenge tax assumptions or oversee tax risk.

Compliance courses focus mainly on preparing returns and meeting filing requirements. This course addresses planning decisions, transaction tax, cross-border exposure, governance, controls and the evidence needed to defend tax positions.

Participants can use the planning assessment, risk-control matrix, position register and board reporting formats in their own tax processes. The application plan identifies priority actions, owners, evidence requirements and review dates.

Each day runs from 08:30 to 16:30 and provides about 6.5 contact hours. Time is divided between instructor briefings, tax calculations, case analysis, group discussion, decision simulations and application planning.

Questions about this course?

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