To ensure that you do not sell your company below value you need to know the exact value of your company. Thanks to our longstanding expertise we can carry out a thorough and accurate valuation of the company, helping our clients to negotiate an appropriate purchase price and benefit to the largest possible extent from the disposal.
Our tax consultancy office can obtain a legally binding statement from the tax authorities on your behalf to ensure that all tax provisions and laws are complied with. Thus we ensure that your transaction is legally sound and that potential risks or conflicts are avoided.
In more than 23 years of offering tax advice for company disposals we have gathered extensive experience and developed tried and tested strategies. We have accompanied numerous successful transactions and have the know-how required to guide you through the entire disposal process.
We manage to reduce the overall tax burden on company disposals to the astonishingly low rate of just 1.5%.
Let’s assume you are planning to sell your company with business units in several countries. Such a cross-border sale presents numerous tax-related challenges that require sound international tax advice.
As we obtain a written and legally binding statement from the tax office you can rest assured that our proposals are legally watertight.
If the purchase price of your company is in the range of 8-12 x the annual net profit, a sophisticated tax concept can generate substantial tax savings.
Our aim is to reduce your tax burden despite a high purchase price thus enabling maximum returns.
We do not provide answers to individual unrelated tax-related questions
Please note that we do not provide answers to individual tax issues regarding company disposals that are not part of a larger project. Our services focus on rendering comprehensive advice and providing support during the entire disposal process.
Order volume of less than EUR 20,000
Our hourly rates take account of the effort and the expertise required to render comprehensive tax advice for company disposals. If the order volume is less than EUR 20,000, the added value from our services is usually not economical in relation to the hourly rates we charge.
Mr. S wants to prepare the sale of his company Z-GmbH. The company currently generates profit of EUR 3 million per year, which would mean that a purchase price of about EUR 30 million would be adequate.
The objective is to prepare the future sale in the most tax-efficient way for Mr S.
In order to keep Mr. S.’ tax burden low, we established a two-tier GmbH structure (holding with a parent-subsidiary structure).
Mr. S. set up an S Family GmbH that holds all the shares in the successful Z-GmbH. This structure would make it possible to sell Z-GmbH, while the tax burden for S Family GmbH would amount to a mere 1.5%. S Family GmbH is thereafter wholly owned by Mr. S.
The clever restructuring and design of the company meant that the tax burden on the withdrawal of the disposal gain at the private level of Mr. S could be reduced drastically to just 1.5%, saving approximately EUR 7.05 million.
The sale remains taxed at only 1.5% at S-Familien-GmbH (current holding company). This corresponds to savings of approximately €7.05 million.
The sale price also increased by approximately €7.05 million due to the higher after-tax return from the tax shield.
My consulting services are billed by the hour (Thomas Breit: EUR 750 net/hour, employed tax advisors/lawyers: EUR 650 net/hour, employees: EUR 550 net/hour). The analysis and your objectives will determine which concept is the best fit for your needs. The total cost of implementing this chosen concept will depend on the actual amount of time needed for the implementation. An advance payment of EUR 20,000 plus statutory VAT is due when the order is placed (equivalent to the minimum fee). The conceptualization and implementation are always preceded by a cost-benefit analysis.
My fees are generally offset by the tax savings you achieve. The return on investment is between six months and no more than two years.
Additional costs may be incurred for court fees, notary costs and an expert for corporate law, depending on the project.
We can of course work together with your usual partners. Should you need experts, we have a good network of corporate law experts and notaries.
No, only in part and not permanently. What does that mean specifically? Due to our high degree of specialization, we do not offer financial and payroll accounting services. These remain with your usual accounting firm throughout the entire project.
However, we take care of the annual financial statements relating to the restructuring of your company. This reduces legal risks for you and allows our work results to be processed in the annual financial statements. We also handle correspondence with the tax office for all assessment issues and questions relating to the restructuring.
Once the project is complete, we hand the annual financial statements back to your usual firm and point out any special features.
No, never. 3,500 cases in 25 years – no slip ups.
Developing a concept takes between three and five years, depending on the project. In rare cases, it may take as many as seven years to implement a concept. However, the tax benefit takes effect from the very first year of our collaboration.
Yes and no. We are basically able to answer any questions concerning tax law. However, many of these questions can be answered just as well by other tax consultants with lower hourly rates, which is why we recommend you retain your usual tax consultant for such questions.
My expertise covers every legal aspect of civil law, such as private law, company law, commercial law, international tax law, inheritance law and much more. In a way, you can compare it to a general practitioner who knows about the heart but is not able to perform heart surgery. I am the cardiologist among tax advisors and consultants, and my specialty lies in providing comprehensive advice that goes beyond tax law itself.
With Thomas Breit Tax Consulting, you receive legally binding tax office information, interdisciplinary expertise from 23 years of experience, and customized, future-proof tax concepts—legally compliant and based on German and European legal forms.
Our tax consultancy office can obtain a legally binding statement from the tax authorities on your behalf. With our help you can rest assured that your tax affairs are handled in compliance with the applicable legal provisions.
23 years of experience, including 17 years as a certified tax consultant and more than 3,500 successful cases, give me the expertise to optimally structure your individual tax situation and advise you on your succession planning.
By combining several legal fields like tax law, corporate law, trade law, inheritance law, family law, law of obligations and many more I draw up customized concepts that are legally sound and tailored to exactly fit your personal needs.
I work exclusively with German and European legal entities that are subject to taxation in Germany in order to ensure that we can optimally use the tax advantages and opportunities that these legal structures offer.
My models are highly flexible and can be easily adapted to accommodate any changes that might occur in the future. They are infallible and guarantee that your tax and legal matters are safe and in order for years to come.
Our clients value our exceptional expertise and tailor-made solutions. See for yourself how successful entrepreneurs have benefited from our tax consulting services.
Sönke Pickenpack
I have been working with Mr. Thomas Breit for years out of conviction.
Mr. Breit has far-reaching knowledge of tax laws, so that I always feel that I am in the best hands. He always answers any questions I have in connection with taxes. His office is extremely well organized and quite innovative. Full marks!
Christian Behrens
There are very few tax firms that are so outstanding and so impressive.
In my opinion, it is impossible to find anyone who can match the quality, passion and energy of Thomas and his team – not even close. Thomas has a rare and indescribable gift and we are overjoyed to have found him.
Stephan Witte
Managing director, Savitor GmbH
As the managing director of Savitor GmbH, I spent a long time looking for a solution to the challenges we were facing and came to Thomas Breit via referral.
From day one, Mr. Breit left a competent & binding impression and was quick to approach the task professionally. The result is exactly the solution we wanted – thank you very much!
Peter Maurer
Mr. Breit attaches great importance to finding the optimal structure that is easy to implement on a daily basis, so that he really does stand out from the crowd of “tax administrators”. His proposals are highly sophisticated and thought through to the last little detail.
He succeeds in realizing concepts that last for years because he thinks out of the box. We clearly recommend Thomas Breit as a tax consultant.
Jörg Holst
Owner, Bäckerei Jörn Holste GmbH
Thomas Breit and his tax office really helped our company – Bäckerei Jörn Holste GmbH – in a difficult time of upheaval.
The greatest benefit for us was that we dealt with issues that needed to be solved and subsequently implemented the required changes. We have created a basis with which we can enter the digital age. Definite recommendation.
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Net hourly rates
Thomas Breit €750 per hour
Assigned tax advisor accourding § 58 StBerG €650 per hour
Team member €550 per hour
We are a tax consultancy office specializing in tax structuring and succession planning. We can provide you with comprehensive and interdisciplinary support and advice in these matters. Please visit our YouTube channel: Thomas Breit Tax Services
We do not offer routine accountancy and payroll services. However, if you would like us to work with you, we can refer you to our network of long-standing, highly qualified and fully digital partners.
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