Ryann Thomas

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Email: ryann.thomas@pwc.com

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Ryann Thomas is an international tax services partner at PwC Tax Japan. After joining the firm in mid 2001, Ms. Thomas worked initially in the transfer pricing area, but has worked more recently in providing general international tax services for multinational enterprises. Her client base is primarily foreign headquartered companies conducting inbound business to Japan, although she also works with a number of Japanese headquartered corporations.

During her time with PwC, Ms. Thomas has been involved in a wide variety of projects covering the whole corporate lifecycle. This includes Japan market entry and entity establishment, transfer pricing compliance and risk management (including the allocation of profits to permanent establishments), corporate income and consumption tax support, value chain restructuring and tax controversy management (audits, advance pricing agreements and mutual agreement procedures). She also liaises between PwC Tax Japan, PwC Outsourcing LLC and PwC Legal Japan to help deliver a full suite of tax compliance, tax consulting, legal, accounting and payroll services for clients. 

Prior to coming to Japan, Ms. Thomas worked as a barrister and solicitor in commercial and private litigation in New Zealand. 

Ms. Thomas is a former treasurer of the Australian New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and a former governor, treasurer and vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.