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Bernd Petzold

Financial Services Tax

Taxation of the Financial Industry

Clients:

  • Financial Institutions

  • Capital Management Companies (KVG)

  • Asset Manager

  • Institutional Investors

  • Holding Companies

  • Tax Groups

  • Domestic Branches of foreign Finanical Service Provider

My Services:

  • Supporting your tax department in the day-to-day business

  • Preparation of annual Income Tax and VAT returns

  • Preparation or review of monthly VAT returns

  • Preparation and/or assistance in preparing annual Financial Statements / reports

  • Determination of current and deferred tax positions according to HGB/IFRS

  • Preparation of (consolidated) tax reconciliations according to HGB/IFRS

  • Development of tax receivables and provision schedules

  • Preparation of (tax-related) process documentation, e.g. tax procedural documentation

  • Preparation of tax opinions

  • Individual tax planning and in-house consulting

  • Assistance during tax audits

  • Regular jour fix calls with updates on tax law developments

  • If you require additional services, please feel free to contact me!

Taxation of domestic and foreign Private Equity / Venture Capital Fonds

Clients:

  • Domestic and Foreign Funds / Asset Managers / Fund Administrators

  • Domestic and Foreign Private and Institutional Investors

My Services:

  • Preparation of partnership tax returns for private equity funds (in the legal form of partnerships) in accordance with Section 179, 180 Fiscal Code

  • Preparation of investor-specific reports

  • Analysis whether nominal capital repayments and other return of capitals (equity) are tax neutral in accordance with Section 27 German Corporate Income Tax Act

  • Assessment of the applicability of German controlled foreign corporation (CFC) rules and preparation of German CFC tax returns according to Section 7 and Section 18 Foreign Tax Act

  • Investor-specific inquiries (e.g. reporting under Section 138 Fiscal Code, trade tax reduction according to § 9 No. 2 in conjunction with § 7 sentence 8 Trade Tax Act, credit/deduction of foreign withholding taxes, information on domestic income according to § 6 para. 2 Investment Tax Act, etc.)

  • If you require additional services, please feel free to contact me!

Taxation of Capital Investments in Private and Business Assets

Clients:

  • Domestic investors holding capital investments in private and/or business assets

My Services:

  • Determination of income from capital assets according to Section 20 Income Tax Act (private capital investments) and Section 15 Income Tax Act (capital investments in business assets)

  • Calculation of private capital gains according to Section 22 No. 2 in conjunction with Section 23 Income Tax Act for shares which were acquired before January 1, 2009

  • Determination of income from (public) investment funds

  • Determination of income from special investment funds based on the declarations provided by the asset manager

  • The above services can also be provided on a case-by-case basis.

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