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WKS is a medium-sized group of law and accounting firms in the Karlsruhe technology area in the south-west of Germany. From our Rastatt location we provide tax services, auditing, management consulting and legal services. Our teams consist of German public auditors, tax advisors, lawyers and US certified public accountants. This ensures that our clients profit from integral solutions that are individually geared to their requirements. Over the last 40 years we have helped our clients to prevail in a more and more challenging business environment. We are specialized in the automotive sector, IT industry and non profit organisations.

We are a medium-sized group of law and accounting firms in the Karlsruhe Technology Area in south west Germany. From our office in Rastatt we provide multidisciplinary services including tax, auditing, management consulting and legal services.

Our teams consist of German Public Auditors, Tax Advisors, Lawyers and US Certified Public Accountants. This ensures that our clients profit from integrated solutions, individually tailored to their requirements.

Over almost 40 years we have helped our clients to overcome the challenges presented by an increasingly challenging business environment. As a member of MSI Global Alliance we serve our clients in 250 offices in 90 countries almost everywhere on the world.

• Corporate and M&A
• Accounting services
• Audit and assurance
• Business succession planning
• Business taxation
• Business valuation
• Consulting services
• Fiduciary services
• Healthcare
• International taxation
• Manufacturing
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Not for profit
• Payroll services
• Project finance

Audit
Auditing enhances the reliability of you financial statements. The new legislations and new standards on auditing are a challenge for corporate Germany and its auditors.

Among other things, Audit, Assurance and Related Services include:

• Audit of year-end and consolidated financial statements
• Audit of interim financial statements and special balance sheets
• Special audits (e.g. audits of M&A transactions)
• Support in mergers and acquisitions
• Business evaluation
• Solutions for investors 

Tax Services
We do not see tax services simply as the treatment of past situations, but more as a creative and forward-looking activity. In addition to standard assignments (accounting services, financial statements, tax compliance and payroll outsourcing), we offer:

• Tax-optimised selection of the legal form and company structure
• Fiscal design of company succession
• Consultation regarding in- and outbound investments
• Clarification of international value added tax questions
• Consultation of German subsidiaries of foreign corporations
• Advice in company succession and inheritance 

Management Consulting Services
In questions of business management we specialise in advising our clients in the following fields:

• The sale of companies
• The purchase of companies
• Project and investment financing
• Capital reconstruction
• Analysis of economic evaluations
• Setting up of cost accounting
• Support in credit negotiations and financing

German law does not allow us to name clients here.

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