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Value added tax (VAT) can impact almost every transaction while doing business overseas and presents a key factor in a business cash flow as well as potentially a real bottom-line cost. As many businesses act globally and perform cross-border transactions with delivery of goods or supplies of services there is an increasing interest to be VAT compliant in a foreign country and to get information of the VAT treatment during business case planning, covering for example VAT rates, VAT registration obligations, simplifications, refund possibilities. At the end it is intended to avoid any VAT risks and to calculate project costs, price and margin valid and not influenced by VAT (retroactively).

 
Since many years the Value Added Tax (VAT) is a profitable source of revenue not only in Germany but also in many other European member states. It is understandable that from a fiscal point of view value added taxation is an issue of the legislative power, the local and European jurisdiction and the tax authorities, especially due to easily achievable findings and surplus tax profits.

 
Therefore, VAT is also an essential issue for entrepreneurs because there is often money at stake. Due to the current VAT rate of 19% in Germany and a potential interest risk of 6% p.a. and late-filing penalties etc. mistakes in the area of VAT lead to a definitive charge. As a consequence our advisory offer also covers VAT advisory services to generate best approaches which could be implemented in your company.

VAT Services at Rödl & Partner – our strengths
​Our business area VAT Services offers efficient, sustainable, cross-industry and practical VAT advice with respective focus on industrial sectors and a practical approach. Our service line VAT Services with our experienced VAT specialists assists companies and entrepreneurs of all industrial sectors and sizes.


In our International VAT Group more than 40 VAT experts are organized worldwide with regular communication, professional exchange, sharing approaches and hot topics in VAT and changes in law, leading practice across industries. So, Rödl & Partner could provide you with advice to all national and international VAT issues and declaration obligations. Rödl & Partner with the global team of experienced VAT professionals is pleased to support you in navigating the complex topic of VAT in respect of your business needs.


In the area of Value Added Taxation it is necessary on the one hand to avoid any risk by fulfilling all legal and many formal requirements, e.g. invoicing requirements, documentation requirements in case of performed VAT exempt supplies and declaration obligations. On the other hand also opportunities and optimizations can and should be realized due to an active designing and organization of VAT for your business activities and business cases.

Our advisory services
  • ​Advisory services for all ongoing VAT queries of your daily business with high level practical and sector-oriented approach for national and cross-border issues with coordination of the colleagues in the concerned countries worldwide
  • Assistance in VAT compliance/declaration obligations (e.g. filing of preliminary and annual VAT returns, Intrastat Reports, EC Sales Listing, VAT registration in Germany, special VAT refund procedure) 
  • Dealings with local tax authorities: Assistance in discussions with the tax authority in audits or special VAT audits and in filing appeals or statement of claims, rulings 
  • Litigation in VAT-related tax court cases
  • Performance of specific projects (e.g. VAT reviews as a simulated audit, VAT Checks with different extent and scope)
  • Implementation assistance for „VAT processes“ in your company as an internal control system from a risk management perspective 
  • Specific topics and issues (e.g. cash-flow optimization, intercompany charging, restructuring, holding companies, allocation and proportion of input VAT deduction and respective optimization, import VAT and implications of customs and duty with regard to cross-border supplies)
  • Inhouse-Workshops, client-designed for the typical business cases and qualifications of the participating employees 
  • Check and review of the transformation of the VAT requirements in the ERP system
  • Customs-related advice

Value Added Tax (VAT) Guidelines | VAT Fellows

​VAT Fellows wants to be a fellow, a companion and partner for your initial orientation, for entrepreneurs, companies and interested parties doing or planning business nationally and abroad. It also demonstrates our working together on a daily basis as ONE firm concerning VAT advisory services in our International VAT Group. This group consists of very experienced, motivated and great colleagues as your VAT Fellows. More »

 

VAT Fellows Guidelines

Prepared by our International VAT Group, the booklet covers more than 30 countries and their respective VAT regulations.
 
398 pages, 3rd edition

Overview

Tax Data Hub
​The Tax Data Hub developed jointly with the Rödl IT enables our clients to create data marts (a subset of data) for tax purposes in a business warehouse. In this, a tax data model and thus the foundation for an entire tax data architecture can be laid. The tax data model can be built up modularly for the areas of transfer pricing, sales tax, income tax and withholding tax. Tax-specific analyses and evaluation can be provided, but also client-specific analyses can be created. The Tax Data Hub can be provided as Software as a Service (SaaS) or On Premises (OnPrem).

Tax Determination Solution
​With an integrated tax determination solution, the commercial ERP processes in purchasing and sales can be raised to a higher tax level. This minimises tax risks as early as the order creation stage and makes a valuable contribution to tax compliance. At the same time, systemic parameters are created to define VAT KPIs for your company with the help of the Tax Data Hub and to enable effective internal controls and reporting.

Contact

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Dr. Heidi Friedrich-Vache

Certified Tax Consultant (Germany), VAT Services

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+49 89 9287 80 570

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