Tax simplification has been a subject of public debate for years. However, given the complexity of business life, the goal of tax returns simple enough to fit on a beer mat will presumably remain a distant dream. This means that expert tax advice is essential. Tax laws are complicated and are constantly evolving. As the global markets grow together and a host of new sectors emerge, tax legislation will become ever more complex. This requires a deep knowledge of national and international trends in the field of tax consulting.

We provide high quality, reliable tax advice and help businesses and individuals navigate their way through the tax jungle and obtain answers to the many questions they have. Besides accounting services, we prepare tax returns and financial statements. However, our main task as tax advisers is to offer you forward-looking advice and ensure your finances are optimally planned. In addition, as the fields of activity of auditors and tax advisers nowadays overlap in many respects, providing management advice is also part of modern tax consulting.

GENERAL TAX ADVICE

Our auditors and tax consultants work together and create interdisciplinary teams of experts perfectly tailored to your needs. This ensures that you receive comprehensive advice forming the basis for individual solutions and tax-optimised planning.

Whether you are a business or non-profit organisation, we not only prepare tax returns and financial statements according to commercial and tax law, but also provide comprehensive tax advice covering the entire range of your operations. In addition, we can advise and support you in financial accounting and payroll accounting. We also assist in tax audits.

Of course, our range of services does not focus solely on businesses. Individuals also receive expert assistance in all tax matters and the best possible tax advice for their specific assets and all further matters relating to personal tax returns.

TAX PLANNING

Good tax advice involves tax planning, from the establishment of a business to succession issues. Our auditors and tax advisers offer advice on strategic planning in tax and legal matters when you start a business and assist you ahead of key business decisions such as the choice of legal form.

In addition, we advise on corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and prepare the necessary steps for you on a change in ownership (management buy-out and management buy-in).

Our tax advisers also deal with all aspects of inheritance law and inheritance tax and help you plan your business succession.

In planning for private persons, our tax advisers ensure that our clients’ tax burden remains bearable and that they do not run the risk of losing their way in the “tax jungle”. Our services include assessing the tax implications of investment products such as annuities, endowment policies, investment fund shares and stocks. We also advise on gifts and estate and inheritance matters. In addition, we offer tax-efficient investment planning as well as comprehensive wealth planning services.

INTERNATIONAL TAX ADVICE

In a global economy, profound knowledge of international tax systems is fundamentally important. Cross-border advice can help entrepreneurs and private persons securely avoid the pitfalls and dangers of international taxation.

With our network of consulting firms in all the major business centres, we support the activities of our clients worldwide and advise them in particular on the application and effects of double taxation treaties. We ensure that they can safely enter foreign markets and also provide comprehensive tax advice that highlights the numerous benefits of international tax planning.

• Strategic planning advice in tax and legal matters
• Tax and business advice on the appropriate legal form for business entities
• Advising on succession and inheritance tax planning and business and private succession planning
• Preparing tax returns for incorporated entities, partnerships and individuals
• Preparing annual financial statements according to commercial and tax law
• Assisting in and advising on tax audits
• Assisting in and advising on corporate transactions, management buy-outs and management buy-ins
• Cross-border advice on international tax issues, in particular on the application and effects of double taxation treaties
• Assessing investment products from a tax point of view
• Executions of wills and advisory board and supervisory board work
• Advising non-profit and charitable organizations
• Financial bookkeeping
• Advising on business start-ups

Our services in detail