Y. H. Lai & Co.
黎裕衡會計師事務所
Advisory · Business advisory
We help business owners turn accounting and financial information into practical insights, from sound financial practices to evaluating opportunities and managing change.
Why it matters
Running a business involves decisions that go beyond preparing accounts and filing tax returns. Understanding your financial position, managing cash flow and planning ahead can make a meaningful difference to your business.
How we help
Support for small and medium-sized enterprises in Hong Kong at different stages of their development.
Understand what your figures are telling you. We help you analyse revenue, costs, profit margins and trends, identify areas needing attention, and develop management reports that support timely decisions.
Plan for the payments ahead. We prepare cash flow forecasts, review working capital and assess funding needs, so you can see how collections, supplier payments, tax and other commitments affect your available cash.
Give your plans a sound financial foundation. We prepare budgets, projections and scenario analyses, so you can test changes in sales, costs, staffing or investment before committing resources.
Consider the tax implications before acting. We advise on Hong Kong tax matters arising from your operations and proposed transactions, including obligations, available reliefs and supporting documents.
We advise on the accounting and Hong Kong tax side of dealings with overseas customers, suppliers and related companies, including trading, services, intercompany charges and funding, and coordinate with overseas advisers.
Build procedures that suit the size of your business. We review workflows and controls over receipts, payments and record keeping, and recommend practical improvements that reduce the risk of errors.
Make your financial information more useful. We advise on cloud accounting, reporting processes and document workflows that reduce repetitive work and improve the timeliness and quality of your figures.
Support for group structuring and reorganisations, and for bank, investor and buyer due diligence.
Whether you need help with one issue or periodic financial reviews, we agree the scope of our work with you at the outset.
How we work
We take time to understand your circumstances, explain the financial implications in plain language and recommend practical steps. Because we see the audit and tax work of many private companies, our advice is grounded in how Hong Kong businesses actually operate.
Process
Tell us the decision or problem in front of you and the timetable.
We agree what we will look at, what you will receive and the fee.
We review your figures and documents and test the options with you.
We explain our findings in plain language and suggest practical next steps.
Questions
Yes. Some clients ask us about one decision, such as a new contract or a change in structure; others prefer periodic reviews of their figures. We agree the scope with you at the outset.
We agree the scope and the fee basis before we start, usually a fixed fee for a defined piece of work or an agreed rate for ongoing reviews.
Yes. We advise on the Hong Kong accounting and tax side and coordinate with your overseas professional advisers where local advice is needed.
No. We can work with the system you already use, although cloud accounting such as Xero often makes regular reporting quicker and easier to share.
Send us your latest audited accounts and group chart. We will reply with a fee quote and a proposed timetable.