Main fields of activity
- Tax advice to companies in the insurance industry (including support during tax audits and representation in contentious proceedings)
- Advice on insurance tax (also for policyholders)
- VAT consulting for companies in the financial sector
- Tax structuring of real estate investments
Career
| 1998-2001 | University of Applied Sciences for Finance of the State of NRW, Nordkirchen |
| 2001-2011 | Worked in the senior civil service in the finance administration of NRW |
| 2002-2006 | Law studies at the University of Cologne |
| 2008-2010 | Legal clerkship in Wiesbaden with stations at a Big Four company and the Tax Court of Cologne |
| 2011-2021 | Lawyer (and from 2013 tax consultant) at axis Rechtsanwälte GmbH |
| 2013 | Appointment as tax consultant |
| 2014 | Appointment as specialist lawyer for tax law |
| 2021-2022 | Lawyer and tax consultant at BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in the Financial Services Insurance division |
| since 2022 | Lawyer and tax consultant at Dr. Ganteführer, Marquardt & Partner |
Industries
- Insurance industry (property/casualty insurers, life insurers, pension funds, provident funds, pension funds, insurance intermediaries)
Publications
- Voß/Medert, Commentary on the German Insurance Tax Act (VersStG), 3. edition 2023, Verlag Versicherungswirtschaft
- Diehl, Handbuch Versicherungsunternehmensrecht, 1st edition 2020, § 34 insurance tax/revenue tax, Beck Verlag
- Voß, DStR 2021, 377, Changes to insurance tax law due to the Insurance Tax Law Modernization Act
- Medert/Voß, DStR 2018, 1973, Confusion about the tax object in § 1 para. 2 VersStG
- Medert/Voß, DStR 2017, 1368, Group insurance contracts: Do sales premiums increase the assessment basis for insurance tax? – Comments on the BFH Ruling of Dec. 7, 2016 – II R 1/15
