Joint audits: The German experience

Stefan Greil, Stephan Schmitz, Thomas Eisgruber

February 17 2020

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Michael Braun, Thomas Eisgruber, Stefan Greil and Stephan Schmitz of the German tax administration discuss their experience with joint audits and why cooperation matters.

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Feature Transfer Pricing Germany Tax Disputes Compliance Management ITR Magazine Winter 2020

Michael Braun

deputy head of exchange of information and internat... Ministry of Finance, Germany

Stefan Greil

deputy head of international corporate taxation and... Suryani Suyanto & Associates

Stephan Schmitz

head of the German joint audit coordination unit at... Ministry of Finance, Germany

Thomas Eisgruber

head of international tax audit cooperation Ministry of Finance, Germany

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