Benjamin Bergau is a Tax Adviser and Senior Manager at our Frankfurt am Main location. He can look back on many years of professional experience both in audit firms and at a major international law firm. Today, he advises national and international clients on all aspects of German VAT law. He has developed a focus on financial services. He assists financial institutions, including leading commercial and investment banks, investment funds, institutional investors and other special funds, foundations, brokers, as well as leasing or factoring companies, e.g. in structuring their business for VAT purposes, with expert assessments of complex VAT matters, in out-of-court and in-court appeal proceedings, in obtaining advanced rulings, in avoiding VAT risks, in adjusting tax returns and in tax self-disclosures. Benjamin Bergau was also a lecturer in VAT law at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and publishes articles in specialist VAT literature.
In this post, we let you know the details and show you what to pay attention to with practical im-plementation.
The EU is pushing the modernisation of the VAT system with the planned introduction of unionwide electronic invoicing (“e-invoices”). But in practical implementation, there are great differences between the EU Member States. In this article, we explain the main challenges that global businesses face and point out how you can safely navigate through the different coun-tries’ various plans for implementation.
