Dr. Sara Meinert, LL.M.

Dr. Sara Meinert, LL.M.

Senior Associate
Dusseldorf, Germany
+49 21 18646706

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Languages: German, English

Dr. Sara Meinert is a Senior Associate in the Tax Law practice group at Eversheds Sutherland in Dusseldorf.

She has been advising companies regarding national and international corporate tax law for more than eight years.

The focus of her work is on structuring and implementing transfer pricing models and advising on questions of international tax law.

Furthermore, she focuses on defending taxpayers in tax audit proceedings and in judicial and extrajudicial appeal proceedings.

She is currently completing her doctorate in international tax procedural law.

Before joining Eversheds Sutherland, Sara worked in the international tax law practice groups of renowned tax consulting firms in Dusseldorf.

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Sara's recent experience includes:

  • Tax advice on global mobility
  • Representation in fiscal court proceedings, including non- admission complaint to the German Federal Finance Court
  • Representation during tax audits, including coordinated tax audits in Germany/the Netherlands*
  • Representation in criminal tax proceedings, including injunction, appeal and objection proceedings (more than 500 individual cases)
  • Representation in reconciliation proceedings*

 

*advice given before joining Eversheds Sutherland

Sara is a member of the association of promoters of tax law at Ruhr University in Bochum (Verein der Förderer der Steuerrechtspflege an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum e.V.).
Sara studied law at the University of Dusseldorf and at the University of Münster.

Sara regularly publishes articles on international tax law and tax procedural law:

  • Meinert/Benzenberg, Keine Umsatzsteuerbarkeit bei fehlendem unmittelbarem Zusammenhang zwischen Dienstleistung und Verrechnungspreisanpassung, EuGH, Urteil v. 13.5.2026 – C-603/24, Stellantis Portugal S.A., in: DStRK 2026, 193
  • Meinert, Abkommensrechtliche Aufteilung der Einkünfte eines im internationalen Luftverkehr eingesetzten Piloten, BFH, Urteil v. 24.10.2024 – VI R 28/22, in: DStRK 2025, 99
  • Haverkamp/Meinert, Kein Akteneinsichtsrecht nach der DSGVO, BFH, Urteil v. 20.09.2024 - IX R 24/23, in: DStRK 2025, 84
  • Meinert, Besteuerung in Deutschland: Keine Grenzgängerregelung für in der Schweiz ansässige Piloten im internationalen Luftverkehr, BFH, Urteil v. 01.08.2024 – VI R 32/21, in: DStRK 2025, 57
  • Meinert, Verwertungsverbot für von der Staatsanwaltschaft sichergestellte Festplatte im Besteuerungsverfahren, BFH, Beschluss v. 23.04.2025 - I B 51/22, in: DStRK 2025, 181
  • Haverkamp/Meinert, Verrechnungspreisbestimmung bei sog. Parallelimporten, BFH, Urteil v. 11.12.2024 - I R 41/21, in: DStRK 2025, 172
  • Meinert, Keine Arbeitgebereigenschaft einer Betriebsstätte nach Abkommensrecht, BFH, Urteil v. 12.12.2024 - VI R 25/22, in: DStRK 2025, 157
  • Haverkamp/Meinert, § 1 Abs. 5 S. 1 AStG als Einkünftekorrekturvorschrift, BFH, Urteil v. 18.12.2024 - I R 45/22, in: DStRK 2025, 155
  • Meinert, Zulässigkeit von Auskunftsersuchen an Finanzbehörden in Guernsey und der Schweiz, FG Köln, Beschluss v. 18.12.2024 - 2 V 996/24, in: DStRK 2025, 128
  • Haverkamp/Meinert, Kein Recht zur Verweigerung einer Auskunft nach Art. 15 DSGVO bei unverhältnismäßigem Aufwand, BFH, Urteil v. 14.01.2025 - IX R 25/22, in: DStRK 2025, 125

Books:

  • Dogamatische Analyse des Rechtsrahmens für gleichzeitige und gemeinsame Prüfungen auf dem Gebiet der direkten Steuern, 2026
  • Mitautorin Steuerrecht aktuell, Kommentierung zum Internationalen Steuerrecht/Verrechnungspreise und zum Verfahrensrecht, in: Kahlenberg/Weiss, 1. Aufl. 01/2019 und 1. Aufl. 02/2019

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