Tax Stories: Life, Business & Tax

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Konrad Rohde is a tax partner at DLA law firm in Frankfurt, Germany, for more than 10 years. Globally DLA has ~1500 partners and ~100 tax partners.

We spoke about:

* Nordic Business Forum and some topics covered there,

* charities,

* global minimum taxation – it seems Germany does not expect more than EUR 20 mil. as a result of it and the compliance cost might be substantially higher,

* DAC6 and how the tax structuring has changed,

‘if you call something a license from IP perspective doesn’t men it’s a license from tax perspective’

* social media,

* tax practice management principles, and if billing by an hour might change,

‘in order to have a successful tax team you need good seniors with at least 7-10 years’ experience on board’

* collaboration between tax and legal teams,

* some business development tips,

‘my experience with winning clients is – they must feel that you take their issue seriously’

* a case DLA won at the European Court as a result of which foreign investment funds most likely will be able to recover large amounts of tax paid in Germany,

* some predictions about the future of tax systems, AI and climate change.