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Current situation in Austrian companies During a guest lecture held by our cooperation partner KPMG, students of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Accounting & Taxation (Finanz-, Rechnungs- & Steuerwesen) had the opportunity to gain insights into the recent developments and problems of auditing practices caused by the current Covid-19 crisis. The lively discussion that followed […]Read more on Impact of COVID-19 on accounting

The tax law block of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Accounting and Taxation (Finanz-, Rechnungs- & Steuerwesen) comprises a total of five courses. Particular emphasis is given to an interdisciplinary teaching and a practice-oriented approach. Therefore, it was especially exciting for the students to attend the guest speech of Harald Gutmayer on November 30, 2020. […]Read more on Current jurisdiction in group tax law

In the course “Value Added Tax and Transfer Taxes” in the 3rd semester of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Accounting and Taxation an exciting guest lecture took place on November 23, 2020: The topic of the guest lecture was the deduction of input tax according to § 12 of the Austrian Value Added Tax Act. […]Read more on Current questions of the input tax deduction in sales tax law

In the January issue of CFO aktuell, the Competence Center for Business Controlling & Accounting presented the case study of an Austrian publicly listed company, in which the effects of IFRS on controlling were analyzed. The introduction of IFRS resulted in various simplifications in the case presented, such as the elimination of calculative interest and […]Read more on Publication on IFRS effects on controlling

On November 22, 2019, a guest lecture took place for the students of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Accounting and Taxation in the course “Value Added Tax and Transaction Taxes”. The lecture dealt with a central topic of value added tax, namely the deduction of input tax according to § 12 of the Value Added […]Read more on The input tax deduction from the point of view of practice

Disguising corporate crime is becoming increasingly difficult for companies. Due to increasing digitalization and the increased use of mass data analyses, auditors can collect and analyze all relevant data from accounting and inventory management. On the one hand, this full survey makes it possible to uncover errors that would not be found in a sample […]Read more on Fraud Detection in Auditing

On November 12, 2019, students of the Bachelor’s program in Finance, Tax and Accounting used their opportunity to inform themselves about the specializations of their study program. As part of the event, all Academic Coordinators presented their supervised courses and explained the advantages and special features of the individual modules. Students have the choice between […]Read more on Specializations of the Bachelor’s Program in Finance, Taxation and Accounting

In the lecture "Value Added Tax" in the 4th semester of the FH program Finance, Accounting and Taxation (Bachelor), a guest lecture was organized in May 2019. […]Read more on Tax deduction according to § 12 UStG

The majority of Austrian companies are already working intensively on the topic of digitalization and automation. Students from the degree program “Finance, Accounting & Taxation” had the opportunity to gain insights into the current developments in this dynamic field. An informative guest lecture by Deloitte on the subject of “Digitalization in Accounting” showed us which […]Read more on Digitalization in accounting – What is the trend in Austrian companies?

Dr. George Iatridis was once again persuaded to join FIRST as a guest lecturer in the summer semester. Dr. Iatridis is a renowned professor of accounting and finance at the University of Thessaly, Greece. His curriculum vitae is very international and he completed both his Master’s and PhD studies in England. The course “Special Issues […]Read more on Guest Professor Dr. George Iatridis analyzes issues of international financial reporting