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| Company’s address and registered office | Baker Tilly GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft |
| Commercial register | Hamburg local court HRB 18088 |
| VAT ID number | DE118560997 |
| Managing Directors | Michael Esser (German CPA, Tax Advisor) |
| Supervisory authority | German Chamber of Public Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferkammer, WPK), Rauchstraße 26, 10787 Berlin P.O. box 30 18 82, 10746 Berlin www.wpk.de |
Professional liability insurance
VSW – Die Versicherergemeinschaft für Steuerberater und Wirtschaftsprüfer
Dotzheimer Straße 23, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany
Territorial scope
The territorial scope of the insurance coverage includes services at least in the European member states and complies at least with the requirements pursuant to
- Art. 67 German Tax Consultancy Act (Steuerberatungsgesetz; StBerG), Art. 51 et seq. German Ordinance on the Implementation of the Provisions for Tax Advisors, Tax Agents and Tax Consulting Firms (Verordnung zur Durchführung der Vorschriften über Steuerberater, Steuerbevollmächtigte und Steuerberatungsgesellschaften; DVStB),
- Art. 54 German Code of Professional Conduct for Public Accountants (Wirtschaftsprüferordnung; WPO) in conjunction with the Ordinance on Professional Liability Insurance for Auditors and Certified Public Accountants (Verordnung über die Berufshaftpflichtversicherung der Wirtschaftsprüfer und vereidigten Buchprüfer; WPBHV).
The applicable professional regulations for tax consultants are the German Tax Consulting Act (StBerG), the Implementing Ordinance to the StBerG (DVStB) and the Professional Code of Conduct of the German Federal Chamber of Tax Advisors (BOStB). Furthermore, the Tax Consultants Remuneration Ordinance (StBVV) and the Specialist Consultants Ordinance (FBO) apply.
These are available at www.bstbk.de, under the heading "Der Steuerberater” (The Tax Advisor), subheading "Berufsrecht” (Professional Law).
Information pursuant to §§ 36, 37 German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act
Baker Tilly GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft is not willing or obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board pursuant to Art. 2 of the German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act.
Online dispute resolution platform pursuant to Art. 14 (1) of the ODR Regulation
The EU Commission has set up an internet platform for the online resolution of disputes ("ODR platform") between traders and consumers. The ODR platform is available at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.