Stephanie Saur

Duesseldorf

Partner

+49 211 9524 8592

Stephanie Saur - Tax Adviser and Lawyer

Stephanie Saur has many years of experience in advising on wage tax. She is head of the wage tax department and is responsible for its successful development. Stephanie’s experience in the area of tax treatment of incentives stands out in particular. Her client portfolio includes medium-sized companies as well as international corporations of various industries.

Fields of expertise

  • Wage tax audits
  • Development and implementation of wage tax-related corporate guidelines (e.g. for travel expenses, incentives, company cars) and of remuneration concepts
  • IT-supported solutions for documentation and fiscal treatment of benefits in kind
  • Creation of applications for correction of returns in accordance with Sec. 153 of the Fiscal Code of Germany [Abgabenordnung, AO] and Sec. 41c Income Tax Act [Einkommensteuergesetz, EStG]
  • Coordination of integrated consultancy approaches requiring not only wage tax advice, but also other services as regards tax and law matters

Memberships

  • Cologne Chamber of Industry and Commerce wage tax association
Qualifications
  • Tax Adviser
  • Lawyer
  • Magister Legum (LL.M.) in commercial and tax law

Services

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Update | Energy relief scheme – relief premium of up to 1,000 euros for employees stopped for the time being

Employment and tax law | Energy relief

The German federal government is planning to counter the current high costs of energy by introducing a relief premium. Employers will be able to make a voluntary pay-out to their employees of up to 1,000 euros tax- and social security-free by the end of 2026.

Thomas Felzmann
Sandra Guyot
Julia Mika
Stephanie Saur
Jasmin Ochsmann
Ekatarina Petrusevych
Hannes Zug
| 3 min read | 12 May 2026

Expansion of digital payroll interface – companies should not underestimate the need to take technical action

Payroll tax audit | Digital payroll tax interface

Article 3 of the Seventh Regulation Amending Tax Regulations expands the Digital Payroll Interface (Digitale Lohnschnittstelle–DLS). In future, employers are not only to prepare standard payroll data digitally but also the data determined and used for this purpose used by upstream and ancillary systems. The tax authorities’ goal is understandable. In practice, however, the change will throw up considerable technical, organisational and data protection questions. This new version of section 4(2a) of the Income Tax Implementing Regulation (Lohnsteuer-Durchführungsverordnung–LStDV) applies to the data recorded in payroll accounts from 1 January 2027.

Thomas Felzmann
Sandra Guyot
Julia Mika
Jasmin Ochsmann
Ekatarina Petrusevych
Stephanie Saur
Hannes Zug
Mihai Timciuc
| 6 min read | 04 May 2026

Farewell events can be tax-free

No tears of tax on leaving

A celebration to send off valued staff members when they leave is to thank them personally, together with their closest family members, and to look back on what you have achieved to-gether. But companies often combine this with practical business goals such as announcing who will take their place or talking to business customers.

Stephanie Saur
Hannes Zug
Sandra Guyot
Thomas Felzmann
Jasmin Ochsmann
| 5 min read | 07 Apr 2026
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