W. Holger Schmidt (photo left) and his colleague C. Schwarz (photo right) visited the renowned TAXarena at the Leipzig Congress Centre on 30 January 2025. Known for its innovative solutions and forward-looking strategies for tax firms, the exhibition offered exciting insights into current industry topics.

Dear clients and business partners, For the new year, we wish you and your loved ones health, success, and lots of happiness. May 2025 bring you numerous valuable moments, new opportunities, and exciting challenges. We look forward to standing by your side again this year and continuing to grow successfully together with you. Here’s to continued trust and successful cooperation! Your addVALUE audit & tax team

OBERHARZ am BROCKEN: On sunny days like the end of October 2024 in the picturesque heart of the Harz Mountains, the special appeal of working in auditing becomes apparent. Together with the management of the Oberharz am Brocken tourism company, our audit team accompanied the first steps of a new contractual relationship.

New York: Our student J. Riegler was in New York from September 3rd to 11th, 2024, to gain in-depth insights into international financial markets. As part of a trip with IG Börse Dresden, he visited several renowned institutions.

FRANKFURT: Our addVALUE experts for company valuations experienced an intensive exchange of experiences on September 5, 2024 in the Main metropolis Frankfurt at the invitation of the IDW Academy.

A summer evening for the medium-sized businesses in the Leipzig region from BVMW Leipzig Economic Region (Leipzig City + District + North Saxony) [BVMW Wirtschaftsregion Leipzig (Stadt+Landkreis Leipzig+Nordsachsen)] at Gut Kahnsdorf on Lake Hainer.

DRESDEN: A successful evening in the historical ambience of the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum with engaging speakers on interesting and current topics. Many thanks to the team from WMS Wachstumsfonds Mittelstand Sachsen.

LEIPZIG: We focus on knowledge and skills. Our application as addVALUE audit&tax Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft as a practice partner of the BA-Saxony was successful. After receiving the certificate, we are now pleased to be able to follow this path together with a candidate for 3 years.

HANNOVER: We are delighted to report on our participation in the German Foundation Day 2024 in Hanover. This significant event, organized by the Federal Association of German Foundations, was a great success and provided us with numerous valuable insights into current developments and challenges in the foundation sector.

LEIPZIG: The supposedly rather “dry” topic of ESG reporting brought experts together on Thursday and resulted in a challenging exchange on current top compliance issues and solutions that managing directors regularly have or are looking for. In addition to the requirements of ESG reporting, these include data protection regulations, information security requirements, industry-specific IT security requirements and compliance with the requirements of the Money Laundering Act.

BERLIN: An energetic and successful start to the week. The climate-friendly return journey by train from Berlin to Leipzig gives us time to reflect. Not only about the good fortune of being able to use one of the last trains before the next wave of strikes, but also about the diverse and complex issues surrounding the topic of energy.

January 22, 2024: The latest update to the Saxon Foundation Act will result in changes as of December 31, 2023. The background to this was the desire of the Saxon legislature to repeal state law regulations in the wake of amended provisions of the German Civil Code (BGB) and to regulate foundation civil law uniformly.