Sandra Winter

Sandra Winter, Lawyer, Tax Advisor and Expert Advisor on International Tax Law is active for more than 15 years in the consulting area of taxation of clients and their business activities abroad apart from foreign affiliates. Based on her experience as Head of Tax of Linde Engineering and since 2015 also as part of the WTS Service Line ITP - International Tax and Permanent Establishments, the focus of Sandra Winter is both on international tax advice in respect of potential permanent establishments (PEs), but also in the area of optimization of internal processes and their implementation - for clients of all sizes. Also PE`s restructuring as well as its tax and legal implications of is part of Sandra`s expertise. Exchanging views with the WTS Global Partners, but also directly with foreign tax authorities is not limited to construction and assembly PEs, but also extends to services PEs, dependent agent PEs  and fixed place of business PEs. New topics such as the local introduction of digital service taxes complete Sandra Winter`s expertise: together with the WTS Global partner Dhruva, Sandra had presented the introduction of the “Equalization Levy in India” in a conference for mainly German clients.

Sandra Winter takes a holistic approach on the businesses she is advising, considering the taxation effects at the company level, i.e. factually corporations should not be subject to taxes twice, but may pay their fair share in the country where value added is generated. Implementing respective processes accordingly in order to ensure that taxation is effected only once worldwide while considering also the responsibilities as an employer is a matter of heart for Sandra Winter.