Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Graduate in Business Administration
Corporate Tax Consulting
We accompany you throughout your entire corporate tax journey. Whether tax planning, declarations, or defense during tax audits: With clear guidance, we support your corporate tax compliance. We ensure the efficient fulfillment of all national and international tax obligations and open up opportunities for tax structuring. At every stage of your Corporate Tax Journey – for your business success.
Philipp Heinrichs
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Auditor, Certified Public Accountant
Strategically Shaping Corporate Tax.
Corporate taxes influence competitiveness and liquidity. And in decision-making bodies, they are a crucial aspect of every strategic decision. Those who do not consistently monitor their taxes risk unnecessary tax burdens and compliance violations – and miss out on structuring opportunities. We understand your company, your industry, and your tax challenges.
As a trailblazer, we design structures that open up opportunities and minimize risks. We question the status quo, identify tax potentials, and develop future-proof solutions. With a genuine understanding of your business model.
Whether national tax law, international structures, tax rate optimization, complex M&A transactions, transfer pricing, restructurings, or declarations. Corporate Tax is our domain. We rely on a digital Tax CMS, smart tools, and Artificial Intelligence.
One firm, one standard: We ensure quality across disciplines and national borders. Our global presence and local roots ensure quick responses to regulatory changes and practical solutions. The result: Corporate taxation that strengthens your performance and secures growth.
Together, we get your corporate taxes on track – and keep them there.
Our Services
Skip SectionTax Declarations & Tax Compliance Services
Whether ongoing tax consulting, precise tax declarations, and process-oriented Tax Compliance Services: We view declarations, annual financial statements, financial accounting, and consulting as stages of a shared journey. We always think ahead, safeguard your decisions, and navigate together through tax opportunities and challenges. For security, transparency, and reliability.
Our focus areas
- Preparation of annual financial statements and timely tax declarations
- Ongoing Compliance Monitoring
- Efficient Process Optimization
- Expert clarification of individual tax issues
- Contract review and consulting on special topics
Philipp Heinrichs
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Auditor, Certified Public Accountant
Tax Audits
In tax audits, we create clarity, prepare you optimally, and support you every step of the way. With experience and a clear strategy, we eliminate any uncertainty. Until successful completion.
Our focus areas
- Audit preparation and risk analysis
- Representation before the tax authorities
- Secure handling of critical issues
- Optimize documentation and evidence
- Successful completion support
Philipp Heinrichs
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Auditor, Certified Public Accountant
Dr. Rolf Leuner
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Auditor, Accredited CSRD auditor
Authority Communication & Tax Disputes
We speak not only your language but also that of the tax authorities. Whether binding rulings or ongoing communication: We manage the dialogue, create transparency, and significantly relieve your burden. Even in tax disputes before court, we resolutely represent you and vigorously safeguard your interests.
Our focus areas
- Applications for binding rulings
- Handling correspondence with tax authorities
- Secure management of appeals
- Resolution of complex special cases
- Representation before tax courts and strategic litigation
Dr. Isabel Bauernschmitt
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Graduate in Business Administration
Philipp Heinrichs
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Auditor, Certified Public Accountant
Prof. Dr. Florian Haase
Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Certified Tax Advisor, Specialist lawyer for tax law, Master of International Taxation (M.I.Tax)
Transfer Pricing
Transfer prices are complex, entail high tax risks, and are subject to increasing transparency requirements. We accompany you throughout the entire Transfer Pricing Lifecycle. From planning, implementation, and documentation to digitalization. With in-depth expertise, practical excellence, and a globally networked team, we create solutions for your transfer prices.
Our focus areas
- Maturity analysis of your transfer pricing processes
- Design of tax-robust transfer pricing systems
- Preparation of transfer pricing documentation and CbC reports
- Defense and safeguarding of your transfer pricing strategy
- Optimization and digitalization of your transfer pricing processes
Corporate & Asset Succession, Foundations
Business and asset succession is a crucial step for preserving the values and future of your company. We support you personally and strategically with all tax-related questions. From the initial idea to implementation. Locally and globally. With interdisciplinary strength, we develop concepts – whether for an external or internal transfer or a foundation solution. Thus, we pave the way for your successful succession.
Our focus areas
- Tax and legal structuring of your business and asset succession
- Structuring of inheritance in business assets
- Tax structuring of gifts
- Integration of foundations into succession concepts
- Development of individual asset protection
Elke Volland
Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Specialist lawyer for tax law
Salary Tax Consulting
Wage tax is both an obligation and an opportunity. We support you in avoiding risks, reliably fulfilling obligations, and intelligently utilizing structuring opportunities. With smart compensation models, we strengthen your employer brand and create solutions that stand up to scrutiny by tax authorities and social security. Thus, we combine legal certainty with tangible added value for your company.
Our focus areas
- Ongoing wage tax consulting
- Analysis and optimization of existing wage tax processes
- Support for your Tax CMS project regarding wage tax risks
- Support during wage tax audits
- Assessment of facts from a social security law perspective
International Tax Law & Permanent Establishments
International tax law is complex – for us, it’s familiar territory. We advise you on investments, restructurings, or relocations with a global mindset and local proximity. With interdisciplinary strength, we minimize risks, leverage opportunities, and develop sustainable cross-border solutions.
Our focus areas
- Assessment of permanent establishment risks and permanent establishment profit determination
- Structuring of international tax structures
- Avoidance of double taxation
- Tax support for cross-border transactions
- Support on topics of exit taxation and controlled foreign corporation (CFC) taxation
International Tax Law & Permanent Establishments
Prof. Dr. Florian Haase
Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Certified Tax Advisor, Specialist lawyer for tax law, Master of International Taxation (M.I.Tax)
Dr. Susanne Kölbl
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Graduate in Business Administration
Tax Structuring & Tax Planning
We design tax strategies that are effective and sustainable in the long term – from initial planning to successful implementation. Whether restructuring, holding models, international structures, or Tax Accounting & Reporting: We create structures that are legally sound, tax-efficient, and economically optimal.
Our focus areas
- Structuring and optimization of your group structure
- Event-driven reorganizations and Mergers & Acquisitions
- Development of tax-optimized financing models
- Sustainable restructurings and reorganizations
- Efficient Tax Accounting, Tax Reporting, and effective, digital Tax CMS
Dr. Isabel Bauernschmitt
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Graduate in Business Administration
Dr. Susanne Kölbl
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Graduate in Business Administration
Tax Business Partnering
Tax Business Partnering is a long-term partnership that ensures tax risks are minimized and opportunities are optimally utilized. We are your tax trusted partner, enabling you to achieve your corporate goals in the best possible way. Through temporary support and supplementation or even complete takeover of tax tasks. And through smart and digital processes on the path to the tax function of the future.
Our focus areas
- Strategic consulting on all tax matters
- (Partial) outsourcing or complete takeover of the tax function
- Ensuring your Tax Compliance
- Digital transformation of your tax function through automation and smart tools
- Cross-border support
Digital Tax Transformation
We shape the digital transformation of the tax function. With smart tools, automation, and Artificial Intelligence, we create efficient, secure, and transparent tax processes. We analyze, optimize, and operationalize your processes, making them future-proof.
Our focus areas
- Defining your digitalization and automation goals
- End-to-end digitalization of your tax processes
- Selection of optimal tools and technologies
- Individual in-house solutions, perfectly tailored to your requirements
- Compliance-compliant digital transformation of your tax function
Anna Luce
Partner
Certified Tax Advisor, Graduate in Business Administration
Research Allowance
We’ll assist you throughout the entire process of applying for the research allowance with the tax office. We review your information in accordance with the tax authorities’ guidelines, structure the application accordingly, and thereby pave the way for a successful assessment and refund.
Our focus areas
- Tax advice on determining the research allowance
- Preparation and assistance with applications to the tax authorities for the determination of the research allowance, including the required documentation
- Tax classification and treatment of the research allowance
- Conducting opposition proceedings
- Assistance with tax audits conducted by the tax authorities
