!!!Wirtschaftstreuhänder

Chartered Accountants (German: Wirtschaftstreuhaender), in Austria, 
term referring to all members of professions such as tax consultants, 
certified accountants and chartered accountants. The latter two are 
always tax consultants as well. They exercise liberal professions 
which are regulated by the Wirtschaftstreuhaender-Berufsordnung 
(Professional Regulations for Chartered Accountants, WTBG) enacted in 
1999. Tax consultants have to meet very high personal and professional 
standards. Chartered accountants consult or examine enterprises in 
fields such as accounting and balance-sheet auditing, matters relating 
to tax law and cost calculation. They can also represent their clients 
in tax levy and tax evasion proceedings before financial authorities. 
Several auditing tasks, including the auditing of the annual statement 
of accounts of joint-stock companies, are reserved to chartered 
accountants. On June 1, 2000 there were 6,498 chartered accountants in 
Austria.


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