Institute Accounting & Taxation

We deal with issues of business taxation, financial and management accounting.

The dual degree programmes in Wirtschaftsprüfung and, from 2025, Business Taxation are based here. In the full-time degree programmes Internationale Betriebswirtschaftslehre and International Business Administration, we offer 3 foundation courses in the Bachelor's degree and the specialisations Taxation and Accounting in the Bachelor's and Master's degree. All students can choose from a wide range of courses in business taxation, tax law, financial accounting and management accounting.

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Panel discussion on the topic of managers and ethics

Board members and managers not only bear economic responsibility - their decisions also shape corporate culture, social trust and the handling of compliance and integrity. In the DICO Talk at Bilfinger Berger, Prof Dr Sonja Wüstemann, as a representative of university education, together with experienced practitioners and experts, will shed light on how ethical skills can be taught, promoted and anchored in management practice.

01. July 2025

Zwei Männer mit CEO Unterschrift und dem einen Mann wird Geld zugeworfen

New Publication in the European Accounting Review

A recent study published in the European Accounting Review by Matthias Sohn, Rajna Gibson Brandon (University of Geneva), Carmen Tanner (University of Zurich), and Alexander Wagner (University of Zurich, SFI) explores how investors’ perceptions of a CEO’s honesty influence investment decisions.

07. May 2025

Zwei Pfaue im Anzug reichen sich die Hand

New Publication in the European Accounting Review

In a publication in the current issue of the European Accounting Review, Matthias Sohn, together with Miriam Maske of the Bundeswehr University Munich, demonstrates the role narcissism plays in subjective performance assessments in companies.

14. March 2025

EU Omnibus

The EU Commission has announced that it will present how it intends to simplify sustainability reporting (CSRD/ESRS) and the regulations on due diligence (CS3D) as part of the first "omnibus" on 26 February. Two further omnibuses on the corporate category (mid-caps) and the taxonomy are to follow.

19. February 2025

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