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Performance & Restructuring Tax Services

Global companies undergoing strategic transformation or financial upheaval require exceptional engagement, execution excellence and data-driven decision making to leverage tax and legal frameworks to their advantage.

In our Center of Excellence for Performance & Restructuring Tax Services, we bundle our expertise in corporate performance management and restructuring to make sound tax, financial and legal knowledge operationally feasible: From scenario planning to implementation.

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Tax & Finance Perspektive

Your active business partner

We are convinced that change is a marathon - not a sprint. With our corporate philosophy of not providing auditing services, we position ourselves as a long-term partner at your side before, during and after your transformation projects.

From risks to opportunities

Transformation event

Cost reduction programs

Investments/disinvestments and refinancing

Cross-border relocations and reorganizations of functions, risks and (im-)tangible assets

Optimization programs for corporate performance management/group reporting

Risks

Resilience of the valuation models with regard to tax-related liquidity effects

Deductibility of transaction costs

International double taxation risks

(Inter)national reporting and documentation obligations in the context of business restructurings and reorganizations

Tax audit risk due to data gaps and missing, contradictory or unusable documentation of tax issues

Opportunities

Transaction-related, scenario-based quantification of tax effects along the value chain

Health check of the structural and process organization of the tax function
(technical and organizational)

Support with liquidity planning

Planning and implementation of transformation projects for tax-relevant processes including interfaces

Utilization of tax benefits and funding opportunities for location decisions

What makes us special

Our approach

Full Service approach

We offer you a full range of services from experienced experts in tax and financial consulting along your transformation agenda

Worldwide connected

Global Network

We have a unique global network of tax experts in over 100 countries.

Tax as a Service

Individual optimized

Operationally integrated and tailored to your transformation environment: from sprints to interim management or long-term business partnering.

Our clients

Our clients are publicly traded or privately held multinational companies with global revenues in excess of €250 million and planned, ongoing or recently completed reorganization, restructuring and refinancing initiatives.

At eye level

With our clients

We work in partnership and on an equal footing with our contacts and their internal and external stakeholders in the Group environment: Chief Executives, Global Head of Tax, Global Head of Controlling, Asset Managers, Private Equity Funds, Strategy and Restructuring Consultants, Lawyers and Interim Managers.

Project examples from our experts in the CoE

Our experts think beyond the traditional service line boundaries of a consulting company and act for you as an interdisciplinary team made up of members from various subject areas and industries in our WTS ecosystem - put together to meet your challenges. Below you will find a selection of project examples for a practical overview.

Construction industry | Renewables

Carve-out and M&A initiatives, integrated financial planning and simulation model

Chemicals | Automotive | High-tech

Interim management/outsourcing of global tax function

Chemicals | Consumer Goods

Design and implementation of global tax and legal risk mitigation concept for Target Operating Model (cross-border reorganization)

Chemicals | Pharma | Consumer Goods | Logistics | Energy

Process optimization and automation of operational tax processes (Transfer Pricing, VAT, Tariffs, etc.)

TMT | Consumer Goods | Infrastructure

Global allocation of profits and costs incl. Transfer Pricing risk mitigation based on Value Chain & DEMPE analyses

Pharma | Laboratory services

Expert opinion on reorganization and solvency according to IDW S 6 prior to a transaction

Competence in every area

We pool our expertise and provide you with the best know-how from our three divisions. Find out more about our experts and contact us without any obligation via our mailbox.

Contact via restructuring@wts.de

Expert

WTS Advisory

Dr. Rainer Doll has been a partner of the WTS Group since 2013 and a partner of WTS Advisory in the Deal Advisory service line since July 2017. His areas of expertise include financial due diligence, restructuring, supporting transaction and transformation processes as well as interim management functions as CEO, CFO and CRO.

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WTS Tax

Tax consultant Daniel Blöchle is a partner of the WTS Group and provides support in the areas of corporate tax and medium-sized companies with a focus on group tax law including the taxation of partnerships, reorganizations, cross-border structures, DTA and foreign tax law as well as the relocation of companies and individuals.

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Expert

WTS Digital

Ali Aksakal is a Senior Manager in the Digital Service Line and supports clients in the planning and implementation of transformation projects from a tax perspective: from the operational implementation of short-term restructuring measures to medium and long-term strategic programs.

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Our Services: Corporate Performance Management & Restructuring

Our Center of Excellence for Performance & Restructuring Tax Services offers you targeted services along your transformation agenda:

With our Restructuring Tax Services, we offer both tax concepts for your specific restructuring programs in the areas of growth, operational excellence and cost saving (e.g. in the context of reorganizations, relocation of functions, profit, cost and liquidity management, sale of assets), as well as analyses and expert opinions in the context of transactions (financial andTax Due Diligence or Fact Books, IDW S6 expert opinions on restructuring and solvency, integrated financial and liquidity planning as well as simulation models).

During prevention or following a successful restructuring, we provide support with our Performance Management Tax Services in mitigating tax risks as part of the

planning (tax and finance health check, FP&A support, budgeting/forecasting of tax effects),
management (effective tax rate, optimization and operationalization of the transfer pricing model) and
control (ICS, Tax CMS, Global Reporting, e.g. CbCR, Pillar 2, ESG, LkSG, GRI207, DAC6 ...)

of your operating business or individual business units within the Group.

Interdisciplinary know-how from all specialist areas

We work on an interdisciplinary basis with our colleagues from the following specialist areas of our Tax, Advisory and Digital service lines:

Corporate and International Tax

Click here for the services of our experts: Corporate Tax | WTS Deutschland

Transaction Advisory (Transaction, Valuation, Restructuring & Modeling Solutions)

Transaction
Financial Due Diligence (Buy Side & Sell Side) | Financial Fact Book

Valuation
Company Evaluation | Purchase Price Allocation | Impairment Test | Fairness Opinion

Restructuring
Reorganisation Report | Liquidity Planning | Interim Management | Financial Restructuring

Modeling Solutions
Financial Planning | Financial Modeling | Model Review Advice

Click here for the services of our experts: Deal Advisory ▷ Independent solution provider | WTS Germany

Financial Services

ESG in Finance | Financial Reporting | Risk & Regulatory | Introduction & Optimization of IKS

Click here for the services of our experts: https://wts.com/de-en/services/financial-advisory/reporting-regulatory/financial-services

M&A Strategy

Sell Side Advisory | Buy Side Advisory | Debt Advisory | Capital Markets Advisory

Click here for the services of our experts: M&A Strategy ▷ Book consulting | WTS Germany

M&A Tax

Tax Due Diligence | Tax Fact Book | Tax Structuring Consulting| Tax SPA-Consulting| Post-Deal Advisory

Click here for the services of our experts: https://wts.com/de-de/services/mergers-acquisitions

Tax Compliance Management

Tax CMS 2.0 (functional & digital) according to IDW PS 980 | Governance | Process Support | Control Implementation | Automated decision-making workflows

Click here for the services of our experts: Tax CMS 2.0 - als zukunftsfähige digitale Lösung | WTS Deutschland

WTS Digital

End-to-end optimisation of processes in the global corporate tax function:

Status-quo analysis
Target definition and action planning to operationalise the digitalisation strategy
Selection and implementation of suitable tools, e.g.
- Tax Accounting and Reporting Tools
- Low-Code / No-Code Solutions
- Customised AI technologies, e.g. WTS plAIground (Joint Venture AIPlatform | WTS Deutschland)

Click here for the services of our experts: Digital | WTS Deutschland

Further topics that might interest you

Pillar Two

The sometimes very complex regulations require expertise and know-how in order to apply them correctly, determine the necessary data and calculate the applicable tax - the so-called "top-up tax".

Intelligent data preparation

In times of digital transformation, data preparation plays a decisive role, especially for large amounts of data, in particular through automated solutions with individualized analysis tools.

End-to-end sales tax service

Our aim is to provide the finance or tax department with the best possible support in implementing its digital strategy across the entire VAT process, involving all departments involved.

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