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Professor Martin Wenz speaks at the D-A-CH Tax Committee meeting in Rust, Austria


At the 54th meeting of the joint D-A-CH Tax Committee on 26 August 2011 in Rust, Austria, Professor Martin Wenz held a talk on the current developments in Liechtenstein tax law.

At the 54th meeting of the joint D-A-CH Tax Committee on 26 August 2011 in Rust, Austria, Professor Martin Wenz held a talk on the current developments in Liechtenstein tax law. Following an introduction about the Liechtenstein tax reform, he spoke about the taxation of private asset structures, captives (captive insurance companies), investment funds and the taxation of revenues from intellectual property rights (IP box). He concluded his speech with an explanation of the function of interest deduction on equity in Liechtenstein, in comparison with Belgium.

Other speakers of the tax committee were renowned tax experts such as MMag. Oliver-Christoph Günther (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Professor Pascal Hinny (University of Fribourg), Professor Georg W. Kofler (Johannes Kepler University Linz), Professor Michael Lang (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Professor Jürgen Lüdicke (University of Hamburg), Professor Markus Reich (University of Zurich) and Professor Madeleine Simonek (University of Zurich).

The D-A-CH Tax Committee meeting is regularly held within the context of the cooperation between the German Federal Chamber of Tax Consultants, the Austrian Chamber of Chartered Accountants, and the Swiss Chamber of Fiduciaries. At the joint meetings, experiences regarding the developments of the countries’ tax laws are exchanged, and shared activities, in particular the realization of tax events, are prepared. In addition, comparative legal analyses are carried out, helping tax advisors in the three countries in their daily work.