Taxation of partnerships: tax risks and structuring options

Partnership tax law is particularly complex and error-prone.Whether an asset-managing partnership or co-entrepreneurship - we provide our clients with comprehensive advice on structuring issues, tax optimisation strategies and defensive advice vis-à-vis tax authorities and law enforcement agencies.

Tax challenges and legal advice

Our advice includes in particular:

Income tax, real estate transfer tax and VAT issues
Criminal tax law and procedural law aspects
Optimisation in the formation, restructuring and dissolution of partnerships
Acquisition, transfer and change of shareholders
Representation before the tax authorities, tax courts, criminal prosecution authorities and criminal courts

Successful restructuring of partnerships

We provide comprehensive advice on the tax and legal optimisation of the admission or departure of shareholders, the sale of shares and the choice of corporate form in the context of company succession or restructuring. In doing so, we take into account not only tax implications but also civil law implications in order to create a structure that is sustainable in the long term.

Expertise through decades of experience

Our expertise is reflected in numerous specialist publications and lectures.The specialist book ‘Schwedhelm - Die Unternehmensumwandlung’ (Otto Schmidt-Verlag) has established itself as a standard work, particularly in the tax restructuring of partnerships.