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An increasing number of tax assessments are erroneous. If the taxpayer does not object in time, he or she accepts the tax assessment and by ding do making it binding and irrevocable.
How is tax law applied correctly? This simple question is frequently the cause of disputes. Disputes are not only caused by new, unsystematic and in many cases badly made amendments to the law, but also by ambiguous laws that can have multiple interpretations.
The more vague the wording of the law, the more the assessments of the taxpayer’s situation and the interests of the tax authorities can differ. The tax authorities, not the taxpayer, win increasingly often, also with respect to the discretionary scope.
BÖHRET SEHMSDORF helps you to assert your rights – even in complex legal matters – in assessment, collection and appeal procedures, as well as in fiscal criminal cases.
Secure your legal position with BÖHRET SEHMSDORF:
We review your tax notices. We correspond and negotiate with the tax authorities on your behalf. We represent you within the framework of legal remedies before the tax authorities, and file applications on your behalf for the deferment, abatement or dismissal of levied taxes. We obtain legal advice and binding commitments from the tax authorities.
Judicial proceedings:
BÖHRET SEHMSDORF advises and represents you in disputes relating to tax law throughout every stage of the proceedings. We discuss the possible procedural paths with you and make suggestions as to how to proceed, always keeping the cost risk in mind.
The wealth of experience of BÖHRET SEHMSDORF is at your disposal with respect to both substantive tax law and tax-related procedural law. We help you assert your rights by means of legal remedies before fiscal courts and the Federal Fiscal Court, and we represent you in tax-related matters before the administrative courts.
Criminal defense in tax matters:
The development of the state’s finances has been dramatic. The pressure on the staff of the tax authorities increases daily. Issues that could have been settled amicably yesterday now result in fiscal criminal proceedings. The fines are heavy, and even suspected breaches of duty are ag-gressively prosecuted.
BÖHRET SEHMSDORF provides preventative consultancy.
We analyze possible facts that could result in punishment or liability. We develop reliable constructs that achieve the desired goals – without touching the grey area between tax arrangements that will not be accepted and flat-out tax evasion. We make it possible to avoid impending fiscal criminal proceedings by means of an effective voluntary declaration. In fiscal criminal proceedings, the defense starts as soon as the tax investigators knock at your door: It prepares the foundation for all criminal proceedings. You have to act now.
BÖHRET SEHMSDORF helps.
We assist and effectively represent you in tax investigations, and we defend you against unjusti-fied liability claims. Contrary to the taxation proceedings, the defendant has special rights in criminal proceedings: Nobody can be forced to incriminate themselves. Cooperation can no longer be forced. The right to refuse to provide evidence is another important issue. Taxation and criminal proceedings are intertwined, which can cause certain problems. In the case of an agreement, the “right” partners have to be chosen – because premature declarations made in the taxation proceedings can be very disadvantageous.
If judicial criminal proceedings have already been or are about to be initiated, BÖHRET SEHMSDORF will represent you. We assume the legal representation in proceedings for tax-related infractions and offenses (criminal defense), and we examine fiscal matters from the perspective of criminal law.
We make every effort to achieve the best possible outcome in criminal proceedings and the best possible tax solution. This also includes coordinated dealings with the tax authorities involved, the office for fines and criminal cases, the tax investigators, the prosecuting attorney’s office and the criminal court judge.