Our team has many years of experience in providing comprehensive tax advice to Italian companies doing business in Germany and vice versa in providing tax advice to German companies doing business in Italy. Our advisors have first-class German and Italian language skills and are very familiar with both the tax codes and the differences in mentality of both countries.
Our advisors of the Italian Tax Desk have the following main areas of expertise:
Tax advice on cross-border M&A transactions including tax due diligence, tax structuring and advice on tax clauses in the SPA / APA
Tax advice on the appropriate organizational or legal form (subsidiary vs. permanent establishment)
Assistance regarding the tax registration of subsidiaries and permanent establishments in Germany
Advice regarding the tax optimization of corporate and financing structures
Advice on all corporate income tax issues arising from the ongoing business operations
Support during tax audits in Germany
Coordination and advice on tax audits of German companies in Italy and on joint audits with a focus on permanent establishments and transfer pricing in teamwork with the WTS partner firms in Italy
Tax advice on bilateral advance pricing agreements and mutual agreement procedures (APAs, MAPs) on transfer pricing, permanent establishments and withholding tax issues in teamwork with WTS partner firms in Italy
Tax advice on restructuring projects along the legal structure (e.g. mergers) and value chain (e.g. relocation of functions, asset transfers, conversion of function profiles, etc.) with reference to Italy
Advice on all income tax issues arising from ongoing business operations in Germany
Support during tax audits /field auditing in Germany
Many years of experience (both as in-house and external advisor) in advising on tax issues in the area of Financial Services Tax at credit institutions, insurance companies, investment companies and many other financial service providers,
Ongoing and project consulting on VAT, but also on many other bank-specific topics such as capital gains tax and withholding tax (Withholding Tax, Sec. 50a German Income Tax Act (EStG), FATCA), in particular for national and international financial service providers,
Support for tax audits in the financial sector
Conducting fiscal court proceedings in the area of VAT
International project management for many tax projects (e.g. for the implementation of processes and controls for VAT)
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