TRR 266/TAF Research Workshop On Tuesday, 2 July 2024, at 4pm, in Room Q 5.245, Sergeja Slapničar (University of Queensland, Australia) presented the research project "Measurement and management of cyber risk". The presentation was hosted jointly by the  TRR 266/TAF Research  Workshops  (TAF Department) and the PRIME Research Seminar (Winfo Department).   Sergeja Slapnicar is Associate Professor of Accounting within the University of Queensland…

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On July 02, 2024, Stefano Cascino (The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)) presented a paper titled “Behind the Corporate Veil: How Business Groups Arbitrage ESG Disclosure Mandates” at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.

An information event on writing a thesis at the tax professorships will take place on Thursday, 27.06.2024.

As part of our innovative teaching approach, the students of the IFRS Group Accounting module (M.184.5261), offered by professor Urska Kosi, have taken a bold step towards practical learning and joined an excursion to the Beiersdorf Campus in Hamburg.

As part of the Brown Bag Seminar, Vanessa Heinemann-Heile will give a presentation on "Predicting Firms' Tax Rate Perception" on 25 June 2024.

The application phase for the centralised award procedure, in which the two tax professorships (Sureth-Sloane and Müller) will participate, will start shortly. We would therefore like to invite you to an information event in which we will provide you with information about our professorships, the potential subject areas and the supervision concepts. We will then take the time to answer any questions you may have. The event will take place on Thu…

On 8 July 2024, Henning Giese will give a presentation on ‘Firm-Level Tax Audit Enforcement: A Generative AI-Based Measurement’ as a discussion on the working paper by Alex Kim and Ga-Young Choi at the 14th EIASM Conference on Current Research in Taxation, Porto.

TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar On June 18, 2024, Assistant Professor Yijun Li, Ph.D. (Erasmus University Rotterdam) presented a paper titled "The Curse of Celebrity: The Effect of CEO Media-induced Status on Stock Price Crash Risk" at the TRR 266/TAF Research Seminar.

The chair for Business Administration, esp. Business Taxation of Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Caren Sureth-Sloane is looking for a new Student Assistant or Research Assistant with Bachelor's degree starting at the next possible date.  For further information, please click here.

Annual Conference of the Prof. Dr. oec. Westerfelhaus Foundation

On 20 June 2024, Daniel Dyck will give a presentation on "Investment in a Tax Control Framework, Tax Planning, and Strategic Tax Audits" at the 15th EIASM Workshop on Accounting and Economics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria.

KPMG invites you to a career event ‘KPMG Backstage’. On 13 June, interested parties can take a look behind the scenes at KPMG in Bielefeld and find out about interesting career opportunities. Further information and registration details can be found here. Registration deadline is 06 June 2023. 

Meeting of the Excellence students with the TAF professors and staff

On 12 June 2024, Henning Giese will give a lecture on ‘Closing Pandora's IP Box: The Impact of the Nexus Approach on Patent Shifting and Innovative Activity’ as a discussion on the working paper by Matti Boie-Wegener as part of the Virtual Doctoral Tax Seminar.

The Department of Taxation Accounting and Finance is proud to award two students for exceptional performance in the M.Sc.Taxation, Accounting and Finance program. Ms. Yolanda Bonnie Elfriede Schmidt (absent due to illness) and Ms. Kim Alina Schulz graduated as the top students of the year 2023, each earning the Master’s degree in Taxation, Accounting and Finance with an outstanding overall grade of 1.0. Their achievements, dedication and hard…