Erich Baier Tax Lawyer of the Year Austria

Firm Profile

Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH is a Vienna based tax law and accounting firm, established in 1986 by Erich Baier, MBA, LL.M. (Int’l Tax Law) TEP, Certified Tax Advisor, who gained significant experience in his more than 30 years working in the tax law profession, consulting both domestic and foreign individuals and corporations.

Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH not only renders a wide range of corporate services like book keeping, financial accounting, payroll accounting, preparing and setting up annual accounts as well as preparing and filing tax returns for their clients but also consults them in national and international tax planning which

About Erich Baier

Mr. Erich Baier was born in 1956 in Vienna, Austria and is owner and CEO of Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH, a tax-law firm in Vienna, which concentrates on domestic as well as

international tax-

planning and furthermore renders full corporate services to clients.

Mr. Baier is member of various international organisations like the IBA and the International Association of Lawyers, the European-American Tax Institute in Europe and is member of the Global Advisory Board of the Asian Offshore Association and was accepted as a member of STEP.

Mr. Baier has given lectures at the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna on international

International Succession Laws published by Tolleys. Furthermore he contributed to a loose- leaf series about Taxation of International Sportsmen published by Nolot BV.

Mr. Baier is member of the board of a large number of Austrian private foundations and has gained significant practice in this field of business.

International tax law practiced by Mr. Baier for more than 20 years is another major field of business of his tax law offices.

taxation and

contributed to a book, published 1995 in Austria, dealing with the fiscal aspects of M&A, seen from the domestic and international point of view.

Mr. Baier contributed to a loose-leaf series on inheritance tax planning, published by Kluwer International and a loose-leaf series on

Mr. Baier also contributed to the book “International Tax Systems and Planning Techniques” published by Roy Saunders and was contributing to “Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions”, explaining the system of the Austrian Private Foundation, published by Globe Law and Business.

He furthermore contributed the Country Report about Austria to “World’s Leading Financial and Trust Centres”, published by Thompson Reuters.

Mr. Baier also serves as a speaker at international conferences since 1994.

of course includes cross-border issues and cross-border company reorganizations.

These services are not restricted to a specific field of taxation but of course include income tax, corporate income tax, inheritance and gift tax as well as VAT.

Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH and Erich Baier are Certified Tax Advisors and are entitled by law to provide also tax litigation services to their clients. Both are members of the Austrian Chamber of Chartered Accountants and are subordinated to the professional regulations issued by the Austrian Chamber of Chartered Accountants.

Areas of Expertise • Corporate and individual tax planning

• Inheritance and gift tax planning • Corporate reorganisations • Mergers • Tax litigation

• Representation of clients before tax authorities

• Working out and obtaining advance tax rulings with respect to the tax consequences of planned transactions

• VAT matters • Tax aspects of the establishment of companies and corporations

• Fiduciary services • Nominee and trustee services • Full range of corporate services

Contact

Erich Baier, MBA, LL.M. (Int’l Tax Law) TEP Certified Tax Advisor Bilanz-Data Wirtschaftstreuhand GmbH Schwarzenbergstraße 1-3/14a 1010 Vienna, Austria

Tel: (+43 1) 516 12 0 Fax: (+43 1) 516 12 14 Email: baier@austrian-taxes.com

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