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Deloitte Tax

Austria

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Key contacts
Managing Partner: Mag. Herbert Kovar
Partner: Karin Andorfer
Quick facts
Number of advisors

912

Number of TP advisors

15

Ranking

Number 1 Tax Firm in Austria

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Indirect tax
Real estate
Tax
Tax controversy
Transfer pricing
Firm overview

Deloitte Austria — Dynamic growing tax leader

Deloitte Austria operates the largest and most eminent tax practice in Austria in terms of revenue and headcount (918 by December 2024) and has by far further expanded its market leader position. Deloitte Austria is well known for high-end, innovative international tax solutions. Its clients include more than 80 percent of the leading stock listed Austrian corporations in most industries, large and middle corporations, trusts and high-net-worth individuals. Deloitte Austria’s Tax and Legal department is headed by Herbert Kovar. The business with its wide range of service lines provides high-quality one-stop-shop advisory services, coordinated by a single point of contact. Tax and Legal specialists apply an integrated approach, offering their clients process and project management in addition to their core services.

The transfer pricing practice of Deloitte Austria is led by Karin Andorfer whose multidisciplinary team of 15 professionals provides a competitive advantage in conducting complex restructurings and transfer pricing projects. The growth of Deloitte Austria’s transfer pricing practice can be attributed to the comprehensive specialized knowledge of its team, the dynamic advisory work within its global network and its industry know-how.

Since 2017, Deloitte Tax and Deloitte Legal (as part of the Global Deloitte Legal network) provide integrated services in a seamless approach unrivalled in Austria with about 34 Austrian lawyers. The Deloitte Legal team focuses, among others, on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), banking and finance, restructuring, real estate, employment, information technology (IT), intellectual and industrial property (IP), data protection, and commercial litigation.

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Key Tax practice areas

Compliance management

  • Business model optimisation
  • Economic modelling
  • Policy design
  • IP management

Corporate tax matters

  • Cross-border project management
  • Restructuring
  • Cost-sharing arrangements
  • APAs
  • Transactions
  • M&A
  • Environmental
  • Financial services
  • Corporate taxes
  • Technology

Dispute resolution

  • Audit defence
  • Audit support
  • Competition/anti-trust cases
  • Dispute resolution
  • Pre-litigation
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Controversy management

Tax advisory

  • Tax consulting
  • International tax advisory

Indirect tax

  • VAT
  • GST
  • Customs

Other

  • Grants & incentives

 

Key transfer pricing practice areas
  • International Tax Planning
  • Economic Modelling
  • Cross-Border Project Management
  • TP Policy Design
  • Business Restructuring
  • Business Model Optimisation
  • Audit Defence
  • Audit Support
  • TP Risk Management
  • IP Management
  • Cost-Sharing Arrangements
  • Competition / Anti-Trust Cases
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Controversy Management
Sector expertise
  • Consumer
  • Energy
  • Resources & Industrials
  • Financial Services
  • Government & Public Services
  • Life Sciences & Health Care
  • Technology
  • Media & Telecommunications
Address:
Renngasse 1 / Freyung
Vienna
1010
Tel:+43 1 537 00-0 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.deloitte.at/tax

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2027 Edition
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Indirect tax
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Real estate
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Deloitte Tax
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Tier 2

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Dorda
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Grant Thornton Austria
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Schindler Attorneys
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Wolf Theiss
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Tier 3

Aigner Buzanich
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Transfer pricing
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Deloitte Tax
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ICON
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Overview

Deloitte Austria is a leading provider of international tax, finance, accounting, and payroll services. Since 2017, its Legal team has offered expertise in corporate law, M&A, banking, restructuring, real estate, IT, IP, and litigation. Led by Herbert Kovar, the Tax and Legal department is Austria’s largest by revenue and staff. The Transfer Pricing team, headed by Karin Andorfer, advises global clients across industries. Deloitte also dominates the Private Clients market, serving ultra-high-net-worth individuals and family businesses. With 34 lawyers, Deloitte Legal delivers integrated, seamless services as part of the global Deloitte Legal network. 

During the research period, the firm advised on restructuring a private foundation with Austrian and U.S. subsidiaries, ensuring compliance and strategic financial planning throughout the process. In addition, the team was engaged for a major business carve-out, involving a tax-neutral reorganization, spin-off, and successful advance ruling to optimize tax compliance. 

Client Feedback 

“Deloitte Austria provided tax advice of the highest professional standard. Their team was exceptionally responsive, agile in their approach, and consistently proactive in delivering innovative solutions to complex challenges.” 

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Deloitte Austria is well known for high-end, innovative international tax, finance, accounting, and payroll solutions. Since 2017, the legal team, with about 35 Austrian lawyers, has focused, among others, on corporate law, M&A, banking and finance, restructuring, real estate, employment, IT, IP, data protection and commercial litigation. Herbert Kovar leads the tax team. Karin Andorfer leads the transfer pricing practice.

During the research period, the firm advised a global information technology organisation on tax-advantaged financing for environmentally friendly business model reorganisation and green technology deployment in a new tax era. The team also assisted an Austrian start-up and a world-leading manufacturer on restructuring and acquisition initiatives and environmental, social, and government compliance.

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