SEMINAR – FOCUS: TAX AUDIT

In this seminar, you will receive comprehensive information on the topic of digitalisation, as well as on the formal requirements for proper bookkeeping under the German Tax Code (AO) and the Principles of Proper Bookkeeping and Data Management (GoBD). You will learn to identify the most common mistakes when handling digital data, to establish proper process documentation, and to be prepared for the most common estimation and calculation methods used in tax audits.

Focus: Tax Audit – Digitalisation is unstoppable, and since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the latest, it has reached even the smallest businesses. Ever-increasing volumes of digital data are accumulating in companies and tax practices – a development that has not gone unnoticed by the tax authorities. It is increasingly clear that the tax audit of the future will no longer be conducted in analogue fashion, but will focus on digital data.

In this context, a lack of knowledge in the area of digitalisation can quickly lead to significant costs. Serious violations of the bookkeeping requirements under the AO and GoBD can give rise to far-reaching powers of estimation by the tax auditors. Many business owners and tax advisors are unaware of how quickly such a violation can arise in the digital age.

To address this risk, this seminar covers the core areas of digitally-oriented bookkeeping and prepares you to face the tax authorities' right of data access with confidence and expertise.

You will receive information from a recognised expert in the field of digital tax auditing – someone who covers this subject not only theoretically, but also practically on a daily basis as a supra-regional specialist data access auditor within the North Rhine-Westphalia tax authority. Dipl. Finw. Matthias Eilenbrock will present the subject matter in a practical, accessible way and show you how tax audits are setting their digital focus.