Dr. Carsten Höink

Managing Director, AWB Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH, Managing Director, AWB Wolffgang & Harksen Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

• Rechtsanwalt and tax consultant
• Lecturer at the University of Münster, Westphalia
• Guest lecturer at the Federal Academy of Finance, Brühl
• Former partner at a Big4 auditing firm specialising in indirect tax services
• Speaker and trainer for various seminar providers
• Trainer at the AWA AUSSENWIRTSCHAFTS-AKADEMIE GmbH
• Author on excise law, especially VAT (also co-author of Offerhaus/Söhn/Lange, Kommentar zum Umsatzsteuerrecht sowie Kirchhoff/Söhn/Mellinghaus, Kommentar zum Einkommensteuerrecht)

Areas of expertise:

• VAT and other excise tax
• Representation in financial disputes both in and out of court
• VAT-related process optimisation and supply chain management
• Author of expert reports, provider of initial consultation and support in VAT-related aspects of external taxation audits and criminal tax proceedings