Tax and criminal tax law

We advise in all areas of national and international tax law. Our proven cooperation with the auditing and tax consultancy firm RINGTREUHAND defines comprehensive and interdisciplinary advice in national and international tax and corporate law. In addition to providing advice, we also represent our clients in disputes with the tax authorities and represent them in fiscal court proceedings.

Focal points:

• Criminal tax law and voluntary disclosure
• Financial statements, bookkeeping, wages and tax returns
• Corporations and partnerships
• Tax structuring for asset transfers / inheritance / company succession
• Inheritance and gift tax
• Development and design of new, tax-optimized financial products
• Real estate, investments, company pension plans
• Legal representation before fiscal courts

Exemption from the social security obligation

The field of social security and pension law is one of the most complex areas of law. For many years, our law firm has been offering excellent advice in connection with corporate law structuring options in order to resolve issues of social security obligations in the interests of the parties concerned.

• Advice / official and judicial representation in status determination proceedings
• Drafting contracts in the sense of social security exemption

Remuneration optimization – more net from gross

The law firm supports companies in the process of so-called remuneration optimization. Through the intelligent use of tax and social insurance-free (or preferential) remuneration components (such as meal vouchers, reimbursement of telephone costs, reimbursement of childcare costs, etc.), employees receive a higher net payout amount while their gross salary remains the same. Our law firm creates legal certainty for companies and, in particular, for company bodies by accompanying the process from start to finish. In particular, we prepare expert opinions based on the company’s existing regulations, obtain binding information from the relevant tax offices and check payroll accounting for compliance with legal requirements. Lawyer Christian Hansen, partner of the law firm, publishes an annual booklet, now in its 5th edition, from which the latest legal situation can also be derived. You can download it here free of charge.

Supplementary pension in the public sector (VBL/ZVK)

Following the implementation of the so-called “Mannheimer rulings” in the statutes of the supplementary pension funds (VBL/ZVK), there are increasing incentives for a (partial) exit from the public pension system. A (partial) exit can be financially worthwhile in many cases, but must be well planned and legally secured in view of the complex regulatory matter of public supplementary pension law and in particular due to the risks associated with a (partial) exit (e.g. special termination by the VBL/ZVK in the case of partial outsourcing or so-called drying up measures). We advise you comprehensively in the run-up to a (partial) exit and analyze the advantages and legal risks of the specific case. In this way, we put you in a position to make a reliable and strategically comprehensible business decision on the (partial) exit, despite the complex and sometimes confusing nature of the matter.

Your contact persons:

Christian Steinpichler(steinpichler@steinpichler.de)