The introduction of the global minimum tax will result in new obligations for large corporate groups. A central component is the group holding report, which will be relevant for the first time for the 2024 financial year. This article highlights the most important aspects that companies in Germany will have to consider in the future.
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As multi-award-winning auditors for medium-sized companies, we always have one eye on the future. The questions that drive us are: What will the audit of the future look like? What added value can we offer our clients in the future? How can we become even better? In our view, ongoing digitalisation and the use of innovative technologies will permanently change the audit of the future.
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The introduction of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in Germany is facing unexpected challenges: A government draft is available, but the legal implementation could not be completed by the end of 2024. Now the CSRD Implementation Act is to be passed and come into force in 2025. This creates uncertainties for many companies that are to be subject to reporting requirements.
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The current inflation trend and rising interest rates are having a significant impact on company valuations. Inflation can erode the value of a company – which is why it is important to take a debt beta into account when valuing a company.
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Transfer prices, also known as transfer pricing, are an essential element of international tax planning and compliance for companies that conduct cross-border business. Transfer pricing refers to the prices charged between affiliated companies – for example, a German company headquarters and its foreign subsidiaries or branches – for goods, services,
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The European Union has introduced standards for corporate sustainability reporting, including the European Sustainability Reporting Standard (ESRS) E1. This standard relates to climate protection, climate adaptation and energy.
They oblige companies to report comprehensively. It covers both positive and negative, actual and potential impacts.
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Today, no company can avoid the topic of sustainability. This is due not only to pressure from investors, consumers and employees, but above all to new regulatory requirements such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the EU Taxonomy and the Supply Chain Sustainability Act (LkSG). These make non-financial reporting mandatory for many organizations.
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The German Supply Chain Act (LkSG), the European Supply Chain Act and the EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Reporting (CSRD), together with the EU taxonomy, lead to new reporting obligations for companies in Germany and the EU.
They affect small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) earlier than the respective size categories of the laws would suggest,
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At ACCONSIS, we constantly strive to impress our clients with our in-depth expertise and outstanding advisory services. We are therefore particularly proud that our efforts have been recognised accordingly. In 2024, ACCONSIS is once again one of the consulting firms in Germany that has received multiple awards, with four prestigious seals of approval from manager magazin,
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The F.A.Z.-INSITUT and the renowned market research company statista rank ACCONSIS among the best tax consultancies and auditors in 2024.
This award is based on a survey conducted in summer 2023, to which around 15,000 experts from tax consultancy and auditing firms as well as business and corporate clients were invited.
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Due to demographic change, the topic of company succession is becoming increasingly explosive, especially in medium-sized businesses. It requires careful preparation and poses numerous challenges for both the transferor and the transferee. Moreover, a takeover process can extend over several years if legal and tax aspects are to be used optimally.
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Overtime and its compensation are often the cause of disputes between employees and employers. This is especially true when overtime is still “on the books” after a dismissal and ex-employees want to be paid for this overtime.
But who has to prove whether overtime was actually worked? So far,
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