LeitnerLeitner is a CEE tax advisory firm with offices in Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Switzerland. It is a member of the European Commission's VAT Expert Group, represented by Hannes Gurtner. Gurtner heads the VAT department and has more than 25 years of experience in European VAT. Peter Pichler is a co-head of the VAT department with approximately 20 years of experience in European VAT.
Recently the firm advised a branch of a multinational manufacturer from a transfer pricing perspective on the sale of goods from the Austrian entity to its limited risk distribution entities focusing on year-end adjustments and defending the previous approach to avoid double taxation. The team also represented an automobile manufacturer in an appeal procedure addressing goodwill depreciation on EU participation under the Austrian group taxation framework.
Daniel Lungenschmid, Director, joined the team during the research period.
