Especially in criminal proceedings, the interdisciplinary cooperation between lawyers and tax consultants is of particular importance. In addition to qualified legal advice, successful criminal defence requires that competent tax consultants reduce the sum of the assumed improperly taxed income to an absolute minimum.

In addition, voluntary disclosures, which are made to avoid criminal charges, continue to be very important. Especially against the background of increasing national and international data exchange between institutions and authorities, more and more "tax loopholes" are being closed. For an effective disclosure, a concrete calculation of undisclosed income is an indispensable prerequisite. For this purpose, SHWP have extensive experience based on a large number of cases with national and international dimensions. At the same time, SHWP consultants are obliged to maintain the utmost discretion.

The following areas are, therefore, among the core competences of SHWP:

• preparing voluntary disclosures
  
• representing clients in criminal tax proceedings
• handling VAT and wage tax offences
• advising on inheritance matters in cases where the deceased committed a tax offence