Qualification program

Intensive accounting, tax and finance qualification program

With sound know-how to: manager accounting

This qualification program is held in German.
In this 5.5-day qualification program, you will train all the necessary requirements for professional accounting management. In addition to in-depth knowledge in the areas of accounting, taxes and finance, you will gain interdisciplinary knowledge that will make you a competent contact person for management, investors and banks as well as tax consultants and auditors.

Contents

The concept

  • In a compact form, this qualification program imparts sound knowledge in the areas of accounting and financial reporting, corporate taxes and corporate finance.
  • The application-oriented training provides expert know-how and experience from professionals in the field for professionals in the field.
  • The program's interdisciplinary and stringent approach and seminar schedule do justice to the demanding work of an accounting manager. The three modules selected represent the requirements profile of accounting management.
  • The qualification program consists of three modules, which are spread over 5.5 days and can therefore be completed in one week.

Contents

Module 1: 2 days

Accounting and financial reporting

  • Internal vs. external accounting.
  • HGB regulations on the preparation of annual financial statements, legal standards (HGB, IDW), relationship between commercial and tax balance sheets, size categories, annual audit, deadlines, scope and place of disclosure of annual financial statements, BilRUG.
  • Accounting - recognition and measurement (including eligibility for recognition in the balance sheet, beneficial ownership, contingent liabilities, acquisition and production costs).
  • Accounting for selected balance sheet items and circumstances (including fixed and current assets, including equity of partnerships and corporations, provisions, calculation of deferred taxes, translation of foreign currency transactions).
  • Accounting policy: measures shaping the facts, discretionary powers, accounting options.
  • Supplementary example cases.

Module 2: 2 days

Corporate taxation - essential principles for accounting

  • Systematic overview of company tax law - the most important types of tax in practice.
  • Assessment basis of income tax types.
  • Taxation of the company and the shareholders - Taxation systems of the various corporate legal forms.
  • Methods of determining income.
  • Transfer prices.
  • Income tax: in particular special rules such as interest and license barriers as well as dividend taxation.
  • Corporation tax: including an overview of the German Corporation Tax Act (KStG), tax liability, composition of taxable equity, hidden profit distribution and hidden contribution, capital gains taxation, loss utilization, corporate tax group.
  • Trade tax: including an overview of the Trade Tax Act, tax liability, system of additions and deductions, breakdown cases, trade tax group.
  • VAT: including an overview of the German VAT Act, taxability and tax liability, entrepreneurial status, place of performance, VAT group.
  • Supplementary exercises for consolidation and discussion

Module 3: 1.5 days

Finances

  • Overview of corporate financing and financing instruments (including external and internal forms of financing, equity measures, bank loans and alternatives, mezzanine financing instruments).
  • Internal financing: including profit retention, working capital management, cash flow.
  • External financing: including equity financing, loan financing, venture capital, mezzanine financing, event-driven financing alternatives, public funding programs.
  • Cash management, cash pooling.
  • Financial and liquidity planning: development and implementation of financial planning in day-to-day business, optimized use of financial planning within and outside the company.
  • Analysis of key financial figures.
  • Investment appraisal using various investment calculation methods.
  • Mergers & acquisitions: from due diligence to post-merger integration, investment life cycle, exit strategies.
  • Bank communication, investor relations, financial reporting.
  • Case study: Comparative considerations and calculations on corporate financing and investment appraisal

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

  • You will learn how to meet the high demands of the position of Head of Accounting. During the 5.5 days, you will train complex and practical case studies in accounting, the findings of which you can immediately put into practice in your company.
  • In addition to providing you with security in the preparation of financial statements, the qualification program teaches you the most important types of company taxes and their application in accounting. You will learn about the structuring potential that can be exploited during the year and in the annual financial statements.
  • In addition to innovations and changes in commercial and tax law, you will receive practical know-how in business finance that you can use immediately.
  • Your expertise in accounting will be underpinned by interdisciplinary knowledge, which you will acquire in this qualification program at a high practical level.

Methods

Lecture or training discussion, case studies from companies, mutual advice from participants or trainers, exchange of experience among colleagues.

Please bear in mind that some of the evenings can be used for further discussions.

Recommended for

Specialists and managers in the fields of accounting, tax and finance as well as management who want to consolidate and expand their already extensive knowledge in a compact and practice-oriented manner in order to meet the requirements of a management position in accounting.

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41098
€ 3.890,- plus VAT
5.5 days
in 4 locations
6 Events
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23.06.2025
Berlin
Booking number: 41098
€ 3.890,- plus VAT.
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centrovital Hotel
centrovital Hotel
Brauereihof 6, 13585 Berlin
Room rate: € 126,16 plus VAT.
Arrival via Deutsche Bahn
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Days & Times
5.5 days
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Monday, 23.06.2025

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

Tuesday, 24.06.2025

09:00 am - 6:00 pm

Wednesday, 25.06.2025

09:00 am - 6:00 pm

Thursday, 26.06.2025

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Friday, 27.06.2025

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Saturday, 28.06.2025

08:30 am - 1:00 pm

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The fee includes the costs for the qualification program, documents, lunch and refreshments during breaks.

Please book your overnight stay approx. 4 weeks before arrival directly with the hotel at our special rates.
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01.09.2025
Niedernberg/near Aschaffenburg
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Seehotel Niedernberg
Seehotel Niedernberg
Leerweg , 63843 Niedernberg/near Aschaffenburg
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Friday, 05.09.2025

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Saturday, 06.09.2025

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Please book your overnight stay approx. 4 weeks before arrival directly with the hotel at our special rates.
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03.11.2025
Seeon/Near Chiemsee
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Seeon Monastery
Klosterweg 1, 83370 Seeon/Nähe Chiemsee
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Friday, 07.11.2025

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Saturday, 08.11.2025

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The fee includes the costs for the qualification program, documents, lunch and refreshments during breaks.

Please book your overnight stay approx. 4 weeks before arrival directly with the hotel at our special rates.
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09.02.2026
Berlin
Booking number: 41098
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centrovital Hotel
centrovital Hotel
Brauereihof 6, 13585 Berlin
Room rate: € 126,16 plus VAT.
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Monday, 09.02.2026

10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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Wednesday, 11.02.2026

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Thursday, 12.02.2026

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Friday, 13.02.2026

09:00 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday, 14.02.2026

08:30 am - 1:00 pm

Fee includes

The fee includes the costs for the qualification program, documents, lunch and refreshments during breaks.

Please book your overnight stay approx. 4 weeks before arrival directly with the hotel at our special rates.
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08.06.2026
Hamburg/Finkenwerder
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elaya hotel hamburg finkenwerder
Hein-Saß-Weg 40, 21129 Hamburg/Finkenwerder
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Wednesday, 10.06.2026

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Thursday, 11.06.2026

09:00 am - 6:00 pm

Friday, 12.06.2026

09:00 am - 6:00 pm

Saturday, 13.06.2026

08:30 am - 1:00 pm

Fee includes

The fee includes the costs for the qualification program, documents, lunch and refreshments during breaks.

Please book your overnight stay approx. 4 weeks before arrival directly with the hotel at our special rates.
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24.08.2026
Seeon/Near Chiemsee
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Kloster Seeon
Seeon Monastery
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€ 3.890,- plus VAT.
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Fee includes

The fee includes the costs for the qualification program, documents, lunch and refreshments during breaks.

Please book your overnight stay approx. 4 weeks before arrival directly with the hotel at our special rates.
conditions. You will receive a reservation form from us after your registration.

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