Reducing the tax burden Family & Co.

by RA Johannes FialaFor income tax, church tax and the solidarity surcharge, children and other dependents are treated as independent taxpayers. In the case of an intact family, a great deal of tax can therefore be saved by structuring measures within a family.the starting point for the following considerations is the fact that for every […]

The English Limited Company as an alternative to the GmbH ?

RA Johannes Fiala (München) hat für experten.de eine Kurzinformation zusammengestellt. Es geht um die Frage: Warum eine Limited ? Vorteile und Risiken. Für den Finanzdienstleister ergibt sich angesichts über 20.000 Haftungsprozessen im Jahr, die Notwendigkeit die Haftung zu beschränken, so gut es geht. Typische Gestaltungsmittel sind dabei die Versicherung des Restrisikos durch eine Vermögenschadenhaftpflichtversicherung, aber […]

Reporting obligations of the internationally active lawyer, auditor, tax consultant

In addition to keeping manual files, professionals have to fulfil even more far-reaching recording obligations, for example under the Money Laundering Act. In addition, internationally active professionals are subject to additional special reporting obligations under the German Value Added Tax Act and the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance. The main features are presented below: I. […]

Leverage transactions ; chance of multiple profit ? but also private bankruptcy risk! (at the same time with reference to the new BGH ruling on consultant liability, V ZR 402/99)

by Johannes Fiala, lawyer Leveraged transactions are in practice referred to by financial service providers as “savings annuity”, “savings annuity”, “lex annuity”, “interest rate differential transaction”, “loan-financed annuity”, “immediate annuity”, “leveraged annuity”, “guaranteed annuity”, “loan-financed life insurance”, “leveraged life insurance”, “fixed loan with redemption replacement”, “leveraged pool”, “loan-financed investment”, “fixed loan with repayment substitute”, “leveraged […]

Reporting obligations of the internationally active lawyer, auditor, tax consultant

RA Johannes Fiala (Munich), Sandra Seremek (Eggenfelden) In addition to keeping records, professionals have to fulfil even more far-reaching recording obligations, for example under the Money Laundering Act. In addition, internationally active professionals are subject to additional special reporting obligations under the German Value Added Tax Act (Umsatzsteuergesetz) and the Foreign Trade and Payments Ordinance […]