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Adviser liability
We not only support advisors with our expertise in specialised tax law issues or in disputes with the tax authorities, but also assist them in the event of a dispute with the client.
We examine allegations of liability and clarify for advisors or the insurance company whether a liability case exists and to what extent this could materialise.
1. Defence against damages in tax proceedings
On behalf of the consultant or the insurance company, we argue with the tax authorities in order to minimise the damage.
2. Defence against damages in recourse proceedings
At the same time, we represent consultants threatened with liability in extrajudicial and judicial proceedings before the civil courts for the purpose of defence against alleged tax consultant claims. We have been working together with market-leading liability insurers for many years.
3. Prevention
In addition, we advise on questions of liability prevention (choice of legal form, structuring of tax consultancy agreements, liability limitation agreements).
We also offer preventive advice to avoid any liability risks in advance. In this way, we create legal certainty for consultants for their future actions. Here we use our expertise and many years of experience from ‘both worlds’, i.e. from tax law and civil liability law.
4 We are happy to share our knowledge with you
We are one of the leading advisors in Germany in the defence of tax advisor liability claims. We are happy to share our knowledge through lectures and publications. For example, our partner Dr Markus Wollweber as (co-) editor and author of the standard work Gräfe / Schmeer / Wollweber ‘Steuerberaterhaftung’.
5. Contact us
- Initial telephone support by a partner on the same or next day
- 3 partners and 3 associate lawyers specialising in tax advisor liability
- Ongoing handling of more than 100 liability cases
- Support from smaller income tax cases to complex major loss cases (e.g. cum-ex)
Competence team for Adviser liability:
Our competencies
- Internal Affairs
- Taxation of the private individuals
- Taxation of sole entrepreneurs and freelancers
- Taxation of partnerships
- Corporate taxation
- Corporate transformation
- Insolvency tax law
- Non profit organizations / foundations / public sector
- Value added tax
- International tax law
- Commercial criminal law
- Compliance
- Inheritance and gift tax / succession
- Special transaction and excise taxes
- Customs duties
- Income tax and social insurance law
- Company law/M & A
- Adviser liability
- Taxation of real estate