Dr. Claas Fuhrmann

Partner
Lawyer ▪ Expert Attorney in tax law
Tax consultant

Assistant

Ms. Alina Lukas

Born in 1966
Studied law and political science in Marburg
Studied “International Commercial and Business Law” with a focus on International Taxation (LL.M.) in Norwich/England
Dissertation with Professor Dr. Volker Beuthien in Marburg on the topic of outsourcing economic business operations from non-profit associations
Admited to practice as a lawyer in 1996 and as an expert attorney in tax law in 2000
Guest lecturer at the Federal Finance Academy
Writing and lecturing in the field of tax and corporate law
Co-author of “Widmann/Mayer – Conversion Law” and “Korn, Commentary on the Income Tax Act”;
since 2001 regular contributor of articles in the tax journal kösdi (Cologne Tax Dialogue);
since 2003 co-author of the tax journal ErbStB (The Inheritance Tax Advisor, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, Cologne);
Co-editor of the online commentary on the Income Tax Act,“Fuhrmann/Kraeusel/Schiffers” (Stollfuss-Verlag, Bonn)

From 1996 to 2001, worked as a lawyer in the tax and legal department of an international tax consultancy and auditing company
Employed at Carlé · Korn · Stahl · Strahl mbB partnership since 2001
Appointed tax advisor in 2001
Member of the German Tax Law Society (Deutschen Steuerjuristischen Gesellschaft e. V.) since 2004
Examiner in the tax consultant exam (representative pool) since 2007
Since 2008 member of the board of directors of the Association of Tax Consultants, Auditors and Certified Public Accountants, Cologne
Representative of the Association of Tax Consultants, Auditors and Certified Public Accountants, Cologne in the Fachinstitut der Steuerberater e. V. since 2009
Appointed in 2009 to the Tax Law Committee of the Cologne Chamber of Tax Advisors
since 2011 honorary judge at the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in professional law matters
Representative of the Federal Association of Tax Advisors at the Confederation Fiscale Europeenne

Tax litigation/auditing – according to JUVE, identified since 2007 (most recently JUVE Steuermarkt 2024) as one of the leading names (“TOP 15”) in tax litigation
JUVE-Ranking
Inheritance and inheritance tax law
Corporate law and corporate restructuring
International tax law and legal advice in emigration matters
Sales tax law — according to JUVE Steuermarkt (most recently in 2021), frequently recommended

Die Karriere des Fußballspielers Justin B. Knipser – Oder: Im Fußball geht es auch nicht ohne Steuerrecht –, in: Spuren der Freundschaft, Umwandlungen – Steuern – Fußball, Festschrift für Prof. Dieter Mayer zum 65. Geburtstag am 19.9.2020, Stollfuß-Verlag, Bonn
Kommentierung des § 24 UmwStG bei „Widmann/Mayer – Umwandlungsrecht“ (Stand Oktober 2020)
Kommentierung § 9 EStG bei „Korn“ Einkommensteuergesetz (Stand März 2020)
Mitherausgeber des eKommentars zum EStG „Fuhrmann/Kraeusel/Schiffers“, Stollfuß-Verlag, Bonn
§ 18 Abs. 3 UmwStG im Lichte der gesetzlichen Neuregelung und des UmwStE 2025 (GmbHR, 10/2025, 15.5.2025)