Profile
For more than 20 years Christina Rinne has specialised in national and international value added tax, customs and excise duties. She frequently lectures on Swiss and European VAT matters. Christina Rinne is distinguished by Chambers Global as a leading tax expert with foreign expertise, Who’s Who Legal ranks her as a leading individual in corporate tax and The Legal 500 ranks her as “Next Generation Partner” in tax. Furthermore, Christina Rinne has been recognised as one of the top 10 tax attorneys in Switzerland, revolutionising the field in 2023 according to the Business Today Lawyer Awards 2023.
Deals & Cases
Experience
Christina Rinne advises clients on all aspects of indirect tax law and represents them in dealings with the tax authorities and before the administrative courts, including making their operations more VAT-efficient and improving cash-flow, structuring their cross-border activities, M&A and finance, and real estate transactions, dealing with indirect tax disputes and negotiating rulings with the relevant tax authorities, and keeping up with changes in indirect tax legislation and related risks and opportunities. Additionally, she focuses on advising customs issues, in particular, connected with import VAT.
- Aktuelle Entwicklungen im deutschen Umsatzsteuerrecht (Neue Rechtslage, Konsequenzen und Handlungsbedarf), 2013 in: ST, Der Schweizer Treuhänder, 2013, Heft 9 (1 Seite; 15287 kb)
- Konsequenzen und Handlungsbedarf unter Berücksichtigung der Schweizer MWST-Reform, 2010 in: ST, Der Schweizer Treuhänder, 2009, Das EU-Mehrwertsteuerpaket 2010, Heft 8 (7 Seiten, 341 kb)
- Ausgenommene Leistungen – Strategien im Umgang mit der Taxe Occulte, 2010 in: ASA, Archiv für Schweizerisches Abgabenrecht, Sonderdruck Mai – Juni 2010 (14 Seiten; 2725 kb)
- Die neuen Haftungsbestimmungen im Mehrwertsteuerrecht, 2010 in: ST, Der Schweizer Treuhänder, 2010, Heft 5 (6 Seiten; 233 kb)
- European reforms reverse place of supply rules, 2010 in: International Tax Review, December/January 2010 (P. 6, 6 Pages; 16781 kb)
- Die neuen Regeln über den Ort der Dienstleistung in der EU, 2008 in: ST, Der Schweizer Treuhänder, 2008, Heft 4 (1 Seite; 940 kb)
- Röntgenblick der eidgenössischen Steuerverwaltung, 2004 in: Finanz und Wirtschaft, 2004, Nummer 29 (1 Seite; 1294 kb)
- „Internet-Mehrwertsteuer“ in der EU, 2003 in: Finanz und Wirtschaft, 2003, Nummer 42
- IFA International Fiscal Association
- UmsatzsteuerForum e.V.
- SAV Swiss Bar Association
- ZAV Zurich Bar Association
- Dusseldorf Chamber of Tax Consultants
- Dusseldorf Bar Association
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