Strategic tax planning Strategic tax planning assists and guides you in your business life, from the establishment of your company until its final liquidation or sale. Legislators’ original objective of subjecting different legal forms for enterprises to a similar level of taxation has failed to materialise. The choice of legal form is therefore of major importance, and exerts a decisive influence on your future tax burden. In the course of time, the framework within which a company operates is liable to change, necessitating adjustments of various kinds. Tax legislation still provides a number of options for making such adjustments by changing the legal form of the company without incurring a higher tax burden. We know these pathways and will gladly explain them to you. Strategic tax planning is based on comparisons of tax burden under different alternatives. In the private domain, too, strategic tax planning may be imperative, particularly with regard to the law of succession. Inheritance tax will become increasingly important in future; skilled tax planning can often lead to far greater tax savings that even the best schemes for investment write-offs. We will design a concept for you that best fits your circumstances. Eckhard Strohkirch, Lawyer Dr. Josef Sommer, Tax Consultant Ronald Haupt, Tax Consultant