Frank Wetzel

  • Trainer/speaker profile
"I love putting together theoretical pieces of the mosaic with the participants in a practical and application-oriented way and experiencing the personal learning success of each individual."

Brief profile

Industrial clerk, graduate in business administration, sworn auditor, tax consultant. Main areas of activity include advising and auditing medium-sized companies, taxation of corporations and partnerships. Many years of experience as a speaker, e.g. at the Düsseldorf Tax Consultants' Association and the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Mittlerer Niederrhein.

Main areas of work

Accounting and valuation in annual financial statements under commercial law, accounting policy and balance sheet analysis, balance sheet tax law, implementation of the e-balance sheet, profit determination under commercial and tax law, special features of the income statement, business start-up and succession advice

Professional experience

  • 1989-1999 Audit assistant and audit manager
  • 1999-2010 Managing Director and Partner of a medium-sized auditing and tax consulting firm
  • In private practice since 2010, main areas of activity: Advising and auditing medium-sized commercial companies

Qualification

  • 1985 Industrial clerk
  • 1989 Diploma in Business Administration, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Mönchengladbach
  • 1994 Tax consultant exam
  • 1999 Examination to become a sworn auditor
  • Since 1992 lecturer in the qualified junior staff development program of the Düsseldorf Chamber and Academy of Tax Consultants
  • Since 1999 member of the examination board for assistant tax consultants of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Tax Consultants
  • Special expertise in the taxation of partnerships and the restructuring of companies

Working languages

  • German

Publications

  • Althoff, F.; Arnold, A.; Jansen, A.; Polka, T.; Wetzel, F. (2011): The new e-balance sheet, Haufe.
  • Althoff, F.; Arnold, A.; Jansen, A.; Polka, T.; Wetzel, F. (2013): The e-balance sheet. Haufe.

Industry knowledge

  • Production
  • Trade
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Textile
  • Healthcare professions

Current events

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