Konrad Rohde is a tax partner at DLA law firm in Frankfurt, Germany, for more than 10 years. Globally DLA has ~1500 partners and ~100 tax partners.
We spoke about:
* Nordic Business Forum and some topics covered there,
* charities,
* global minimum taxation – it seems Germany does not expect more than EUR 20 mil. as a result of it and the compliance cost might be substantially higher,
* DAC6 and how the tax structuring has changed,
‘if you call something a license from IP perspective doesn’t men it’s a license from tax perspective’
* social media,
* tax practice management principles, and if billing by an hour might change,
‘in order to have a successful tax team you need good seniors with at least 7-10 years’ experience on board’
* collaboration between tax and legal teams,
* some business development tips,
‘my experience with winning clients is – they must feel that you take their issue seriously’
* a case DLA won at the European Court as a result of which foreign investment funds most likely will be able to recover large amounts of tax paid in Germany,
* some predictions about the future of tax systems, AI and climate change.
