When handling controversies, we’re on your team.
We can represent you in the full range of tax controversies, from pre-controversy planning to litigation in the highest courts. We can handle high profile tax issues, while also representing you in more routine controversy matters.
We will work with you to advise on strategic options and priorities for contesting, litigating or settling a tax dispute. With over 150 attorneys in our global Tax group, you will benefit from industry-spanning knowledge in multiple jurisdictions. We have a very strong track record when it comes to resolving and litigating tax disputes.
We have experience advising on civil and criminal and, international and domestic tax disputes, involving income tax; VAT; property tax; sales tax and excise tax. We have also represented clients against national and sub-national tax authorities in all stages of dispute.
If you have a tax controversy or other tax dispute, we can offer assistance at every stage and every level.
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How we can support you
- Assist with pre-filing or pre-dispute resolution
- Develop a strategy taking your goals and other relevant factors into account
- Assist with alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation and arbitration
- Negotiate settlements in tax disputes
- Represent you in an objection procedure
- Represent you before the tax courts, including the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the EU
- Represent you before other courts (such as civil or criminal courts) in case there is a tax angle, such as a professional liability case against a tax advisor
- Assist with cross-border disputes, such as mutual agreement procedures (MAP) and international arbitration. Here we can closely collaborate with tax professionals in foreign offices of Eversheds Sutherland, where necessary
- Advise on audits and information requests from the tax authorities
- Advise on tax collection matters and other procedural matters