Dr. Christoph Goez
  • Specialist lawyer: Inheritance law, Tax law
  • Areas of law: Inheritance law, Tax law, Criminal law, Tax consultant law, Compliance
  • Year of birth: 1956
  • Lawyer since: 1986
  • Languages: English, French
  • Education:
    • Senior High School Diploma / USA
    • University of Münster
    • Université de Lausanne
    • Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier
    • Tribunal de Grande Instance Albertville
  • Professional career:
    • 1987 - 1997 Managing Director of StBKa. Westfalen-Lippe, K.d.ö.R.
  • Memberships:
    • Vice President of the German Corporate Tax Association, Kiel
    • DAV - German Bar Association e.V.
    • Association of Lawyers and Notaries Münster e.V.
    • Association for Tax Law at the University of Münster
    • Association of Tax Consultants Westphalia-Lippe (Member of the Statutes and Legal Committee)
  • Publications:
    • The withholding tax as a form of the income tax (Dissertation, University of Münster), 1993.
    • Praktiker-Kommentar zum Steuerberatungsgesetz (with Kuhls et al.), 1995, 2004, 2012, 2020 (4th edition)
    • Meyer/Goez/Schwamberger: Praxiskommentar zur Steuerberatervergütungsverordnung, in the meantime 10th edition (2020)
    • Meyer/Goez/Schwamberger: Loose-leaf commentary on the Tax Advisor Remuneration Ordinance (since 1996, in the meantime 29th supplement 2020)
    • Tax Advisor Handbook: The Civil Liability of the Tax Advisor (2003), Professional Liability Insurance (2003); Mandate Agreement/StBGebV/Marketing/Syndic Tax Advisor, Revision including StBVV (2013)
    • The civil liability and criminal responsibility of the tax advisor (2010)
    • Numerous articles in specialist journals on the law on fees, liability and professional law of tax advisors, criminal tax law and inheritance law (in particular in DB, NWB, DStR, Stbg and Kanzleiführung professionell)
  • Teaching assignments:
    • Since 1993: Studienwerk der Steuerberater in NRW e.V.
    • 2004 - 2012: University of Poznan/Poland (German Institute)
    • 2006 - 2008: University of Hamburg (ICGS)
    • Since 2012: University of Kaiserslautern - training course "Tax-Master" (area: criminal tax law)
    • Since 2016: Lecturer at the StB-Verband Westfalen-Lippe e.V.