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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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

Gruppenbild an der Bocconi Universität in Mailand

How does misbehaviour spread in companies? Presentation at the 14th New Directions Conference at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

Dr Miriam Maske from the Bundeswehr University Munich and Tim Schwertner presented the current research project "From Victims to Perpetrators: the Ripple Effect of Dishonest Reporting in Organisational Budgeting." on 16.12.2024. (together with Prof Dr Matthias Sohn) and received extensive feedback on this.

16. December 2024

Doctoral seminar "A-D-FFO" in the twin city

From 7 to 8 October 2024, a cross-university doctoral seminar was held by the University of Augsburg (Chair of Prof. Dr Robert Ullmann), the University of Duisburg-Essen (Chair of Prof. Dr Inga Hardeck), the Professorship of Finance and Taxation (Prof. Dr Christina Elschner) and the Junior Professorship of Taxation and Accounting (Prof. Dr Drahomir Klimsa) at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice.

07. October 2024

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