Tax planning

We work together with our lawyers to develop proposals for the optimum legal form for your business, setting out the related tax and legal obligations. We support this by providing tailored overviews of comparative tax burdens.

Do you want to buy a property for your own use or as an investment property? We can advise you about optimizing the tax structure of your financing and about opportunities for grants and subsidies. We can also calculate your monthly charges on request.

A new flat tax on investment income has just been introduced. We can already help you chart a course for the future by structuring your income.

We can advise you about the tax consequences of any upcoming decisions and optimize your tax burden.

Thanks to our many years of experience in this area, we can assure you of optimum support in implementing projects such as the formation, reorganization, or restructuring of your business.  In particular, we can provide you with expert advice on the structuring options under the Umwandlungssteuergesetz (German Reorganization Tax Act), e.g. contributions of equity interests, mergers and split-ups.

Sometimes, tax planning means exploring the limits. We can provide tailored advice here and – working together with our lawyers – structure contractual arrangements to avoid constructive dividends. We also ensure that your underlying contractual documentation is complete, so you can be sure you’ll not face any unpleasant surprises in a tax audit.

The opinion of the tax authorities often runs counter to your tax interests. We can help you explain your position and assert your own interpretation. Our services also include the preparation of voluntary disclosures to avoid criminal prosecution if tax-relevant facts were not declared in the past.

Of course, we can also help you if you need advice for particular measures and issues, and will provide expert, proactive support if you’re faced with a tax audit. Especially in the case of tax audits, continuous support during the audit and constant contact with the auditor are vital. You can be sure that your adviser – who knows you and your business in detail – will do his or her utmost to provide the best possible level of support with the assistance of a team of highly qualified specialists. 

We can calculate the potential outcome of an electronic tax audit in advance by simulating the audit procedures using software that corresponds to the tax office’s own applications.