International tax law

Investments by German companies abroad and the expansion of foreign investors into Germany have one thing in common. Property owners with assets in another country also have the same thing in common: international tax law. On the one hand, it is contained in national laws, in our case mainly in the Income Tax Act and the Foreign Tax Act as well as in inheritance tax law. On the other hand, it is contained in bilateral agreements for the avoidance of double taxation, the DTAs or double taxation agreements. There are three main objectives: How to minimize the tax burden on current income, how to optimally offset losses against profits for tax purposes, how to transfer profits from one country to the other, and how to get out of the foreign country with as little tax damage as possible. For private succession, it is extremely important to know how differently gifts and inheritances are taxed in Germany and abroad. This is the basis for long-term planning, both for expansion and investment, but also for transfer, succession and withdrawal.

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What are the special features of international tax law?

The decisive factor is the so-called world income, which the state in which you are resident wants to know and tax from you. After it is clear in which countries you are subject to tax, there is a special feature: not everything is included in the double taxation agreements, certainly not in the case of inheritance or gifts. Many special features are contained in national regulations. There are documentation obligations (e.g. transfer prices), deadlines and information obligations that must be observed.

What Steu-Dat can do for you?

There are about 1300 specialized, certified advisors for international tax law in Germany. Many work in the tax departments of international corporations, many also in international law and auditing firms. And there are also a few in law firms for medium-sized and private clients. Our law firm has such a specialist in Vera Goebel, with whom all issues involving a foreign currency and a border crossing are concentrated.

For international tax law, our law firm has built up a network of tax advisors and lawyers abroad with whom the coordination between our German tax law and the tax law of the other state works very well. This enables us to calculate in advance the taxes that will be levied here and abroad, to explain the declaration obligations and deadlines, and to plan and secure the arrangements that will lead to the avoidance of double taxation.

For more information on the International Tax Law Network, click here International TAX Network

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Further services

International tax law is a cross-sectional task that can extend into all other areas. We think comprehensively and in detail.

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Digital tax consultancy

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Corporate Restructuring

Companies are free to choose the organizational form in which they operate on the market. But no structure is eternal, because with growth and increasing capital requirements, with the emergence of a group of companies or the desire for clear structures for succession or the addition of shareholders, new requirements arise for the legal form. Even if it is only a matter of a purchaser wanting to write off the purchase price. The German Restructuring Tax Act offers answers to this, which are discussed, planned and implemented in close consultation between the tax consultant, shareholder and notary.

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