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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Brown Bag Seminar

New seminar series emphasises Eastern European perspectives in business and economics

The Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at Viadrina hosted the first Brown Bag Seminar "Research with a Focus on Central and Eastern Europe" on 29 April 2026. The event was the first in a series of research seminars designed to strengthen academic exchange between Viadrina and universities from Central and Eastern Europe on a permanent basis. It was initiated by Dr Miriam Maske (Deputy Professor of Controlling) and Prof Dr Drahomir Klimsa (Junior Professor of Taxation and Accounting).

05. May 2026

VHB Conference (Association of University Professors of Business Administration) in Göttingen

The VHB conference (Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.) took place in Göttingen from 18 to 20 March 2025. Michael Kolodziej and Dr Miriam Maske from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at the European University Viadrina were there.

18. March 2026

New publication in trade journal KoR. IFRS: International and capital market orientated accounting

Oliver Beyhs, Bernhard Hirsch and Miriam Maske have published an article on the new P&L structure under IFRS 18 in KoR - Zeitschrift für internationale und kapitalmarktorientierte Rechnungslegung.

13. March 2026

Lecture at the Brown Bag Seminar "Accounting, Finance and Taxation" at the University of Passau

At the invitation of Prof. Dr Markus Diller, Prof. Dr Drahomir Klimsa presented his working paper "How (Not) to Tax Sunshine: Investment Responses to Tax Compliance Costs on Non-Commercial Rooftop Photovoltaic Systems" (together with Sofie Luitz, Mario Rieger and Robert Ullmann) to professors and doctoral students from the field of Accounting, Finance and Taxation on 20 January 2026.

20. January 2026

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