Pia Dorfmueller

Dr. Pia Dorfmueller is a Partner in Dentons’ Frankfurt office and a member of the Tax practice group. In addition to international tax law and tax structuring, she focuses on restructuring, transactional tax and tax controversy, especially joint audits. In parallel to her advisory activities, Pia Dorfmueller is engaged as Germany correspondent for the international tax journal Tax Notes International and as a board member for the IFA section Rhein-Main-Neckar. Pia is the founder of the renowned Frankfurt International Tax Forum for the German branch of the International Fiscal Association (IFA) which she plans and hosts for over 10 years. She is also the Conference Co-Chair for the joint ABA, IBA and IFA USA branch conference “U.S. and Europe Tax Practice Trends” representing the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) for many years.

Dentons (since 2020), P+P Pöllath + Partners (2011-2020), Flick Gocke Schaumburg (2009-2010), PwC (2003-2009), University of Freiburg (2001-2002), PwC (1999-2001)

Conference Co-Chair for the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Board member for IFA section Rhine-Main-Neckar, Germany

Member, International Fiscal Association (IFA) and Women of IFA Network (WIN)

Pia Dorfmueller is the country correspondent for Germany for weekly international tax journal Tax Notes International. Since 2001, she publishes her articles on a regular basis in numerous German and international media, such as: International Tax Report, Tax Notes International, Journal of International Taxation, Internationales Steuerrecht (IStR), Handelsblatt Steuerboard (Blog), Legal Tribune Online, Worldwide Tax Daily, and many more. You can find her most recent publications in the listing below.

Latest Interviews:

“Die Unshell-Initiative der EU-Kommission – ATAD 3,” IWB-Podcast “Tax Quartett”, Episode #24, December 12, 2022

“Warum Steuern? - Im Steuerrecht ist kein Tag wie der andere!,” JUVE Steuermarkt, December 7, 2022

“Weites Meer, Augenöffner und der Montag,” 3 Fragen am Rande, JUVE Steuermarkt, May 18, 2022

Viewpoint on “Führt die globale Mindeststeuer zu mehr Steuergerechtigkeit?,” JUVE Steuermarkt, July / August 2021, p. 38-41

Latest Articles:

Co-author, “Holding Companies and Germany’s New Anti-Treaty-Shopping Rule,” Tax Notes International, Volume 104, No. 12, December 20, 2021, p. 1423-1427

Co-author, “Germany's Evolving Criteria for Classifying U.S. LLCs,” Tax Notes International, Volume 102, No. 9, May 31, 2021, p. 1183-1187

Co-author, “Germany: Current Taxation of Income Earned by CFCs,” Tax Management International Forum, Volume 39, Issue 4, December 2018, p. 39-42

“German Anti-Treaty Shopping Rule Infringes on E.U. Law,” Ruchelman, Insights Vol. 5 No. 8, p. 4-8

Co-author, “CJEU Holds That German Anti-Treaty-Shopping Rule Infringes EU Law,” Tax Notes International, September 17, 2018, p. 1231-1233

“Germany: Tax Issues with the Sharing Economy,” Tax Management International Forum, Volume 39, Issue 3, September 2018, p. 35-36

Selected Commentaries:

Commentary on Art. 12 OECD-MC, in: Gosch / Kroppen / Grotherr / Kraft, DTC Commentary, Loose Leave, nwb