Benjamin Bergau

Benjamin Bergau is a Tax Adviser and Senior Manager in Grant Thornton's VAT group based in Frankfurt am Main. Mr. Bergau looks back on many years of professional experience at a major international law firm and an auditing company. Today, he advises national and international clients on all aspects of VAT law. He has developed his focus in the areas of financial services, e-commerce and trade. He assists financial institutions, including leading commercial and investment banks, investment funds, institutional investors and other special funds, foundations, brokers as well as leasing or factoring companies, inter alia, in structuring their activities for VAT purposes, in expert assessments of complex VAT issues, in out-of-court and judicial appeal proceedings, in requesting binding information, in avoiding VAT risks and in correcting tax returns up to tax correction and self-disclosure. Mr. Bergau was also a lecturer in turnover tax law at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and regularly publishes articles in specialist turnover tax literature.

Fields of Expertise

• Financial services
• E-commerce
• Transport and logistics

Memberships

• Hesse Chamber of Tax Consultants [Steuerberaterkammer]