Companies, businesses and institutions
HLB Public Audit Revision GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft is a legally independent unit within the Förderer, Keil & Partner group of companies that provides services to companies, businesses and public sector institutions and thus specializes exclusively in advising and auditing non-commercial organizations.
Founded in 1998, the company works primarily for municipalities in the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate.
The focus is on auditing and providing tax, business management and commercial law advice to
- Municipal enterprises
- in forms of organization under public law
- Own and public enterprises, special-purpose associations, institutions under public law
- in a form of organization under private law
- Own companies, municipally owned companies, private-public partnerships
- Municipalities and municipal associations / districts
- Non-profit organizations of all legal forms
- Non-profit companies (GmbH)
- Facilities for the elderly and disabled
- Non-profit foundations and associations, corporations and institutions under public law
- Hospitals / specialist clinics / rehabilitation facilities
Our philosophy – solution-oriented consulting and testing
Depending on the situation, our work involves very different requirements and degrees of complexity. Therefore, careful analysis of the facts and consideration of the corporate and financial policy objectives form the basis for our design proposals.
We owe the quality of our services to the good level of training and independent working methods of our employees.
Our range of services at a glance
The basis for optimal decisions
Auditing
The audit serves to maintain the trust of shareholders, business partners and the public.
We take a modern approach to auditing that goes far beyond checking figures and complying with the relevant formal legal requirements. It is based above all on a holistic understanding of our clients’ business, corporate structure and culture and intensive cooperation.
Based on an efficient audit workflow system that is used uniformly by all members of our network, we conduct our audits in accordance with the risk-based audit approach.
Services in the field of auditing
- Statutory audits and voluntary audits of annual, consolidated and interim financial statements of public-sector companies (in particular own companies and special-purpose associations)
- Audits of double-entry opening balance sheets and double-entry annual financial statements of municipalities and rural districts
- Statutory special audits, e.g. audit of the regularity of management in accordance with Section 53 HGrG
- Audits in connection with the formation, acquisition, sale and transformation of companies and shareholdings (due diligence)
- Advice on the establishment of and in connection with internal controls, internal control systems and internal auditing
- Checking the proper use of subsidies and grants
- Audit of risk management systems
Put your trust in us
Tax advice
The increasing complexity of the constantly evolving tax and duty law is enormous. Every day, companies face new challenges and have to make decisions that also have tax consequences. Municipal companies in particular are increasingly being forced to make adjustments to their existing structure due to the pressure on costs and performance, rapidly changing social, economic and legal conditions and European legal requirements.
Services in the field of tax consultancy
- Ongoing tax advice in all types of tax, preparation of annual and consolidated financial statements
- Preparation of tax returns for commercial businesses and municipal companies
- Support for external and special tax audits
- Representation before the tax authorities and the tax courts
- Delimitation of activities as businesses of a commercial nature
- Tax recognition of permanently loss-making activities and tax cross-associations
- VAT effects of the economic activities of the public sector
- Arrangements relating to VAT issues, in particular consolidated tax groups; avoidance of non-deductible input tax or services subject to VAT in corporate groups
- Tax treatment and EU-compliant structuring of subsidies
- Filing applications in tax matters and appeal proceedings
- Tax advice on transactions, restructurings, cooperations and holding models
- Representation in criminal tax law and administrative offense law
- Tax-optimized structuring of cooperation between public institutions and private companies
- Tax advice for intermunicipal cooperation projects
- Real estate transfer tax on restructuring
- Training employees and conducting workshops for employees on tax issues, financial accounting and preparing annual financial statements
Your advice in expert hands
Business management consulting
Competent business consulting is characterized by a quick indication, a clear definition and a detailed analysis of problem areas. Our experienced team will develop individual solutions for you, taking into account economic and legal aspects, the implementation of which will lead your organization to success. Plan your fundamental business decisions together with us and find the most advantageous solution for your organization.
Services in the area of business consulting
- Strategic consulting and support for cooperation negotiations, integration of sovereign tasks, outsourcing of municipal tasks and assets and establishment of in-house operations
- Advice on structuring company start-ups, cooperations and mergers
- Advice on the implementation and further development of the New Municipal Accounting System
- Introduction of cost and performance accounting
- Advice on price and guided calculations
- Asset and company valuations
- Preparation and adaptation of business plans, budgeting with target/actual comparisons
- Organizational consulting, project management
- Balance sheet and profit and loss analysis, break-even calculation
- Applying for funding in connection with business start-ups, etc.
- Conducting workshops for employees, management and supervisory board members
- Advice on questions of non-profit law, e.g. use of funds accounting, differentiation between nonprofit / commercial business / asset management
- Advice on structuring company start-ups, cooperations and mergers
- Donation law and sponsoring
Strong together
Business law advice
We see business law advice as part of an interdisciplinary approach to consulting.
Thanks to the interdisciplinary cooperation between tax consultants, auditors and lawyers, we are able to offer our clients individual solutions from a single source.
Our lawyers work in interdisciplinary teams with auditors, tax advisors and management consultants. We are at your side in mediation and arbitration proceedings. We handle disputes in court together with the forensic lawyers of our cooperation partners.
Not a client yet?
Get to know us in an initial consultation. First, we will analyze your individual concerns and show you what we can do for you. Then you decide whether we are the right partner for you.
Tel. +49 681 – 586 090
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