A tax advisor or tax consultant is a person with advanced training and knowledge of tax law. The services of a tax advisor are usually retained in order to minimize taxation while remaining compliant with the law in complicated financial situations. Tax Advisors are also retained to represent clients before tax authorities and tax courts to resolve tax issues.
Field of activity
Tax consultants have the task of advising and representing their clients in all tax matters, to represent them in fiscal court processes and to advise them on business issues. The activity can be carried out independently or as an employee.
The tasks of the tax consultant consist mainly of forward-looking advice for optimal tax avoidance, the preparation of bookkeeping, annual financial statements and tax returns as well as the subsequent review of tax assessments and representing the client in disputes with the tax office and before the tax court.
Legal advice in other areas of law (conditional task of the lawyers) and the auditing of annual and consolidated financial statements (conditional task of the auditors) are not permitted.
The tax consultant does not have to do all the work himself, but can use the help of expert staff (tax clerks, tax specialists, etc.). The condition is that the employees work exclusively in accordance with instructions under the professional supervision and professional responsibility of the tax consultant