Services

Practice areas

We are as Luxembourg Experts-Comptables and German Steuerberater comprehensively active in all areas of Luxembourg and German accounting and tax law.

The focus of our activities lies on:

• Advising companies in the financial and investment fund industry

• Advising of cross-border entrepreneurs between Germany and Luxembourg

• Advising cross-border employees and/or their employers (in cooperation with our partner firm Breuer & Otto Personal Tax GmbH, Steuerberatungsgesellschaft)

Our industry focus lies on Luxembourg alternative investment funds and investment structures ( stand-alone / single investor, co-investments, securitizations etc. ) in the asset classes alternative energies ( wind, solar, hydro ), real estate ( office, logistic, residential ), debt ( non-performing loans/distressed debt ), private equity/venture capital.

Our service offer includes amongst others:

Tax returns / Tax Compliance

• Preparation of business and private tax returns of any kind, in particular preparation of tax returns for investment vehicles and special purpose vehicles such as Soparfi, SICAV ( SIF & RAIF), SICAR, Propcos (Real Estate), securitisation companies, financial / issuing companies, Luxembourg limited partnerships (Sociétés en Commandite Simple or Spéciales) and their general partners / managing limited partners.

• Ongoing advice and support in all tax compliance issues such as tax records and registrations (value added tax / value added tax), tax returns (foreign investments), and applications (refund of deposits, capital inome tax refunds, etc.)

Accounting and annual accounts / consolidated financial statements

• Preparation of current accounting

• Preparation of annual financial statements in accordance with Luxembourg commercial and register law (LuxGAAP), German commercial law (GermanGAAP) and IFRS, liquidation and merger accounts

• Preparation of monthly or quarterly financial statements and other accounting reports

• Comprehensive services for Luxembourg financing and holding companies ( SOPARFI ), securitisation companies ( with multiple compartments ), limited partnerships ( SCS / SCSp ), real estate companies ( Propcos ) and capital management companies in all accounting, tax and reporting matters

• Preparation or support in the preparation of regulatory reports (e.g. BCL reports for securitisation companies or finance companies)

• Preparation of German and Luxembourg payroll accounting

Advisory

• Tax advice, especially in international matters, VAT issues (analysis of business transactions, tax exemptions, etc.) and partnership taxation

• Advice on special accounting issues

• Income tax, wage tax and social security special issues (coordination of social security systems)

• Assistance with business permits (trade authorisation) for Luxembourg

Domiciliation und Corporate Services

• Provision of domicile for tax-transparent companies and companies without special substance requirements (limited partnerships (SCS / SCSp ), general partners (SARL / SA ), managing limited partners (SARL / SA ) etc.

• Corporate services such as making entries in the commercial register, entries in the RBE or transparency register