Onshore Investment Consulting

Doing business or investing in this age of globalisation often bring investors and organisations to unchartered territories. Unfamiliarity with the local business environment and the nuances of doing business in Malaysia often leads to misjudgement and poor decision making which can, in turn, be a costly education.

LMG Nexus' Onshore Investment Consulting is targetted at local or foreign parties who intend to do business or invest in Malaysia.

LMG Nexus will provide investors, local and foreign, with an impartial outlook and objective advice. We will hand-hold you through the process until fruition.

If you are looking to doing business in Malaysia, or to invest in Malaysia, LMG Nexus will strategise with you to produce a practical and tax efficient structure.

Even if you are only at a fact-finding stage, or need a feel of the local economic and commercial climate, LMG Nexus is in a position to guide you through and provide objective advice to assist your decision-making.

LMG Nexus will handle the A to Z of starting your business, from setting up an appropriate business entity and obtaining all relevant licences and permits to sourcing for office or factory premises and equipment and even advise on human resource matters. Everything you need to get your business up and running in the most expeditious and advantageous manner.

LMG Nexus will liaise with and obtain approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities in accordance with your mandate. Such authorities include the Foreign Investment Committee (FIC), the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) and the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (MIDA).

LMG Nexus will facilitate immigration procedures including securing work permits and other immigration passes for you. We will orientate your expatriate managers and assist him or her settle down locally.

LMG Nexus will smoothen your transition of doing business and investing in Malaysia.

Contact us for more information - it may turn out to be your smartest first step.

Industrial Incentive Advisory

Malaysia is a young and vibrant economy with high ambitions. As a growing economy, she depends on inward investments to spur her growth. The Malaysian Government has put in place a myriad of incentives aimed at encouraging continued investments into Malaysia.

As the menu of incentives available is ever-increasing, local and foreign investors alike are often unaware or oblivious to the various industrial incentives that are available to them.

LMG Nexus' Industrial Incentive Advisory will advise you on the incentives available to your business. We will design an appropriate structure, if necessary, and secure the approvals from the relevant regulatory authorities for you.

Special purpose structures have been established by the Malaysian Government which include the International Procurement Centre (IPC), Representative Office, Regional Office, Operational Headquarters (OHQ), Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) and numerous others which offers various incentives such as tax holidays, preferential tax rates, duty exemptions, capital incentives and many many more.

Contact us for more information - give us a brief description of your business, products, manufacturing facility (if applicable) and share capital size.

Tax Services

In today's multi-faceted environment, we are often faced with numerous situations and transactions involving one or more forms of taxation. Minimising the tax consequences of these decisions can make all the difference.

LMG Nexus' Tax Services takes pride in providing you with solutions that offers the lowest possible tax legally payable. To you, this means significant tax savings.

A fixed fee is quoted from the onset of any assignment so that you will know exactly what our charges will be. We do not believe in billing our clients on an open-ended time-cost basis.

Our expertise covers the whole realm of tax planning and compliance functions for companies as well as individuals, whether employed or in business. These include personal tax, corporate tax, real property gains tax, sales tax and service tax.

The introduction of a self-assessment regime in Malaysia brings with it new issues to tackle. LMG Nexus is in prime position to face these challenges having had vast experience in other mature self-assessment jurisdictions such as Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom.

Some of the areas where we can help individual taxpayers include remuneration packages, retirement, employee share incentives, owner-managed businesses, purchase or sale of a business, entry into or exit from Malaysia, overseas assignment or employment and tax audit and investigation problems.

Companies look to us for advise on tax planning, offshore structuring, tax incentives, tax audits and investigations as well as to manage their tax affairs including tax preparations and tax payments due under self-assessment.

LMG Nexus offers several service packages to suit your specific needs:

Basic Package - our entry-level service package for tax preparation of straightforward cases

Standard Package - we will manage your tax affairs and advise you on your tax position including tax payments due under self-assessment

Premium Package - we provide tax planning ideas for taxpayers with various income sources

Bespoke Package - we manage complex tax cases for a pre-agreed fixed fee.

We are glad assist you with any tax matters you may have. Contact us for assistance.

Corporate Finance Consulting

A good business idea needs financing to be translated into reality……

LMG Nexus' Corporate Finance Consulting is able to assist you source for your much-needed equity or debt capital. Our extensive network of capitalists are ever keen to invest in viable business projects. If you prefer, loan funding can also be arranged. We will advise you, help you formulate the necessary strategies and raise the required funding for your project.

At LMG Nexus, we carry with us many years of corporate finance experience at various public-listed organisations. Whether you are acquiring a listed vehicle, or require breathing space to meet your financial obligations, LMG Nexus is here to assist you.

We have the necessary expertise to handle a variety of exercises, including initial public offerings (IPOs), corporate takeovers, mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate debt restructuring and Section 176 type schemes.

Our extensive networking ensures that we stay on top of Corporate Malaysia. Contact us for more information.

Support Services

Integral to our other service areas is the provision of backbone support services.

LMG Nexus' Support Services can establish your business presence in Malaysia, be it a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited company, branch office or other forms of entities.

We can provide your company with a registered address and a professionally qualified company secretary who will advise you on company secretarial matters and compliance with the Companies Act.

We can also advise you on matters pertaining to the labour laws of Malaysia and other human resource matters.

We provide critical support services to your business should you decide to outsource them, including accounting, payroll and administrative functions.

Contact us for more information.