Our services
At Basil & Alred, we understand that success in today’s business environment requires more than just numbers, it demands clarity, foresight and strategic support. With a robust suite of services built around three core pillars, Assurance, Taxation and Advisory, we deliver thoughtful, tailored solutions that help you manage risk, optimise performance and unlock growth opportunities within different industry sectors.
Assurance
Assurance services provide financial statements and internal control attestation, as well as other assurance-related services. Our professionals examine and attest to a company’s financial statements through financial and internal control audits. Our audit approach focuses not only on financial statement-related processes, but also on business drivers, associated risks, and their potential effects on financial statement accounts. Monthly financial statements are important to organizations as they provide management with a clear picture of economic performance. Increasingly, organizations find it more efficient to outsource this function to reduce costs. Basil & Alred offers services including the preparation of monthly financial statements, financial reporting, fraud investigation, and payroll.
Services:
- Internal Audit
- Agreed-Upon Procedures
- Forensic Audit
- Compliance and Regulatory Assurance
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Audit
- IT Audits and Cybersecurity Assurance
Tax
Basil & Alred provides comprehensive tax services to help clients navigate an evolving regulatory environment and increasing scrutiny by tax authorities. We support full tax compliance across all statutory obligations, including VAT, PAYE, Corporate Tax, Individual Tax, and Withholding Tax. Our work also includes in-depth tax health checks to identify risks, opportunities, and training needs, and to prepare clients for Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) audits.
We verify VAT refund claims in accordance with legal requirements and provide strategic tax advisory services covering planning, compliance, and compensation structuring for both local and expatriate staff. Our transfer pricing services support clients with policy development, governance, and compliance with documentation requirements. We also deliver tailored tax training, ranging from annual budget reviews to customized workshops, ensuring client teams remain informed and compliant.
In addition, we provide comprehensive support during TRA audits, including reviewing audit findings, preparing documentation, engaging with tax authorities, and advising on potential risks. Our services further extend to tax due diligence, tax registration, and payroll processing, including payroll computation, statutory deductions, pay-slip distribution, tax payments, and the filing of all required payroll returns. This integrated approach helps ensure clients remain compliant, well prepared, and tax efficient.
Services:
- Tax compliance services
- Tax health checks
- VAT refund claim verification
- Tax advisory
- Transfer pricing
- Tax training
- Tax authority audit support
- Tax due diligence reviews
- Tax registration and payroll services
Financial Statements Audit
Advisory
Basil & Alred Advisory undertakes special assignments tailored to clients’ needs, including, but not limited to, special-purpose audits, financial due diligence, and process reviews. Our Advisory practice supports organizations facing strategic opportunities such as mergers and acquisitions and new product launches, as well as challenges including competition, fraud, and technological change. We draw on our experience to help clients address these challenges and convert them into sustainable opportunities.
Our Advisory Services include:
- Revenue Assurance – advising clients on matters relating to revenue billing, collection, and controls
- Performance Improvement – advising clients on enhancing organizational effectiveness and efficiency to strengthen the delivery of goods and services
- Risk Services
Basil & Alred provides comprehensive risk services through a range of strategic, outsourcing, and industry-focused operational solutions. These services assist organizations in evaluating and strengthening their internal audit and risk management functions. Our work helps clients better understand and manage business risks, improve business processes and operating efficiency, and ensure the reliability of business information.
- Internal Audit – designed to add value and improve organizational operations
- Internal Control – designed to help organizations in evaluating the effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting
- Information Technology (IT) – helping organizations in managing IT risks to enable management to rely on information generated by their systems
