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      Our experts can advise you on VAT and Customs & Trade issues. In order to provide you with comprehensive support beyond purely tax-related issues, our specialists regularly work together with experienced colleagues from the Audit and Advisory divisions - both nationally in Germany and internationally.

      Interdisciplinary teams that go beyond tax issues

      Due to the internationalisation of business activities and the steady increase in cross-border trade in goods and services, advice on complex VAT and customs issues is becoming increasingly important. The ever more extensive legal regulations also require an increased awareness of the associated tax requirements.

      VAT and customs law issues are becoming increasingly important

      In particular, the amendments to Directive 2006/112/EC (formerly the 6th EU Directive), their sometimes very different implementation in the individual EU countries and the large number of pending proceedings before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) require comprehensive specialised knowledge. This is the only way we can react quickly to any changes and implement them promptly in your company.

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      Our range of services

      If you have any questions on these topics, our experts will advise you on how to minimise your VAT and customs risks, optimise national and international flows of goods and services and identify potential savings in excise duties. This is the only way we can react quickly to any changes and implement them promptly in your company.

      Expertise for clients of all sizes and industries

      Our experience covers a wide range of different companies. Whether you are a large or medium-sized company, involved in global trade in goods and services, or focused on importing or exporting goods, we can provide you with comprehensive expertise. Whether you are part of the value chain in chain transactions or in the financial services sector, whether you are planning reorganisations or conducting business electronically.

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      Controlling VAT with foresight

      We support you in analysing, designing and implementing your indirect tax processes. We bring together tax expertise, an understanding of technology and experience from national and international projects.

      KPMG Digital Gateway allows tax-relevant information, workflows and data points to be brought together in a structured manner. This allows you to manage tasks more transparently, map responsibilities more clearly and improve the decision-making basis for your tax function.

      You can rely on this: We provide forward-looking, reliable and precise advice. Our experts support you wherever tax requirements, operational processes and technology intertwine.

      Our Indirect Tax Services

      • Sales tax advice and compliance

        We support you with ongoing sales tax issues, advance returns, annual declarations and the tax assessment of complex matters. This includes national and cross-border supply and service relationships as well as chain transactions, tax group issues and input tax processes.

        Our particular focus is on avoiding recurring sources of error. We analyse your processes, identify tax risks and work with you to develop viable solutions to correctly map VAT and keep the tax burden predictable.

      • E-Invoicing, ViDA and digital reporting processes

        The introduction of e-invoicing is not only changing invoicing processes technically, but also from a tax perspective. Structured data must be correctly generated, received, checked and archived. This creates a new quality criterion for management and the tax function: tax accuracy must already be taken into account in the process design.

        We support you in the technical categorisation, process analysis and implementation in interaction with finance, tax, IT and shared services. We also support you in preparing your data and system landscape with regard to ViDA, digital reporting processes and different tax systems.

      • Customs, excise duties and supply chain issues

        Indirect taxes do not end with VAT. Customs duties, import VAT and excise duties influence supply chains, margins, cash flow and tax burden. An early tax assessment is particularly worthwhile for international goods movements, new procurement structures or changed distribution models.

        We advise you on the tax assessment of supply chain structures and support you in the coordination between tax, customs, purchasing and logistics. The goal is a practical solution that combines tax security and operational efficiency.

      • Tax technology and data quality

        Indirect Tax is data-driven. Errors in master data, tax keys or account assignment logic can propagate across high transaction volumes. In complex tax systems, this can result in incorrect VAT treatment, which has a direct impact on compliance, tax burden and reporting.

        Our experts support you with tax technology projects, data analyses, control mechanisms and the integration of tax requirements in ERP transformations. This enables you to create a reliable basis for automation, reporting and tax governance.

      • Tax governance and internal control systems

        An effective tax control framework helps to recognise indirect tax risks at an early stage and document responsibilities in a comprehensible manner. We support you in the design, review and further development of your tax control processes.

        We ensure a balance between technical depth and operational feasibility. Controls must be effective, but must not unnecessarily burden processes. This is precisely where our indirect tax services come in.

      We are happy to support you

      Whether it's a specific VAT issue, a transformation project or ongoing support: we have the right expertise for your indirect taxes. Together with you, we develop solutions that fit your organisation, your tax systems, your system landscapes and your business models.

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      Kathrin Feil
      Kathrin Feil

      Partner, Tax - Head of Indirect Tax Services, CHRO Tax

      KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

      Frequently asked questions

      In particular, Indirect Tax includes VAT, customs duties, import VAT and excise duties. For companies, these tax types are closely linked to processes, tax systems, supply chains and invoice data.

      Indirect tax services help companies to recognise tax risks in ongoing transactions, digital invoice processes and international goods movements. At the same time, they help to correctly map VAT, make processes more efficient and plan the tax burden more reliably.

      KPMG provides support with technical analyses, process design and the implementation of tax requirements in invoicing and ERP systems. Tax, finance, IT and operational areas are brought together so that VAT and relevant tax data can be processed reliably.

      Tax technology helps to systematically improve tax logic, data quality and control processes. Especially with high transaction volumes and complex tax systems, risks can be recognised earlier and the effects on compliance, reporting and the tax burden can be managed more transparently.