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Tax Compliance

Tax compliance is the avoidance of violations of tax laws. Cases such as cum-ex show the extent to which inadequate tax compliance can reach. For companies, tax compliance therefore means avoiding financial and criminal law risks, but also avoiding reputational risks and personal liability for company management and employees.

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When tax and control come together

Tax compliance is particularly important where companies consciously take risks by wanting to utilise leeway and loopholes in tax laws.

Increasingly, legislation, case law and tax authorities expect taxpayers to have aligned their actions with tax compliance in all relevant tax types and to be able to prove this. Tax compliance is therefore part of the management task of ensuring tax-compliant behaviour.

Controls of tax-relevant processes and ensuring proper documentation are essential here. In addition, appropriate delegation and supervision by the management - as the person responsible under tax law - via the tax department or external consultants involved plays a special role in order to avoid personal claims being made against the management.  In addition, the tax authorities' audit options must be ensured as part of a digital tax audit.

Approach and Range of Services

Approach

Together with you and your employees, we analyse whether and to what extent the tax compliance currently in place for your company is incomplete and should be supplemented. If there are indications of breaches of tax obligations, we will support you with the implementation of investigative measures and the necessary next steps vis-à-vis the financial and criminal authorities. In doing so, we rely on our many years of experience as legal advisors and our practical experience in financial administration. 

In the case of corporate transactions, we discuss with you in advance the extent to which tax due diligence is required and then carry this out in a cost-efficient manner.

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Range of Services

  • Preparation of the specific tax obligations to be fulfilled by your company, in particular tax declaration obligations, notification obligations, accounting and record-keeping obligations, retention obligations, cooperation obligations and tax payment obligations
  • Support in establishing a functioning tax compliance management system (tax CMS)
  • Processing the tax-relevant facts in the event of indications of realised breaches of tax obligations (internal investigations)
  • Advice and representation before the tax authorities and tax courts
  • Assistance in the preparation of voluntary tax disclosures
  • Carrying out tax due diligence for corporate transactions
  • Durchführung einer steuerlichen Due Diligence bei Unternehmenstransaktionen

Your Contact

André Suttorp is our Tax expert and obtains a Diploma for Finances.