Urs Schüpfer

Advising individuals and legal entities on national and international tax law.

Tax planning in group relationships and for reorganizations and restructurings.

Tax planning for company successions and company acquisitions and sales.

Specialization and many years of experience in the taxation of privately owned real estate, real estate companies, real estate investment foundations and real estate investment funds as well as in the sale and acquisition of real estate companies and individual properties.

• Swiss Certified Tax Expert (1998)
• Swiss Certified Accountant (1994)

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• Partner at rAG (since 2022)
• Partner and Head of the Tax Practice Group at Wenger Plattner Attorneys at Law (2014 - 2022)
• Tax Partner, Head of Department and Head of the Real Estate Tax Group in Switzerland at Ernst & Young AG (2003 - 2014)
• Tax consultant at Ernst & Young AG (1995 - 2003)
• Auditor at Ernst & Young AG (1987 - 1995)

• Lecturer in real estate tax law at the STS Schweizerische Treuhänder Schule (since 2018)
• Lecturer and examination expert at EXPERTsuisse and various universities of applied sciences (since 2000)
• Lecturer at the Controller Academy and at the KV Business School (since 1999)
• Member of EXPERTsuisse (since 1995)

• Qualification of legal entities as commercial real estate traders - The Federal Supreme Court sets new accents, Sereina Mader, Urs Schüpfer & Stefan Vonwyl, in: EXPERT FOCUS 4/2022
• Qualification of legal entities as commercial real estate dealers - Interesting tax advantages, especially in the canton of Zurich with regard to property sales, Sereina Mader & Urs Schüpfer, in: EXPERT FOCUS 9/2015
• Merger with disputed loss calculation in the group - Federal Court provides clarity, Urs Schüpfer (together with Dr. Walter Jakob and Dr. Jvo Grundler), in: EXPERT FOCUS 4/2012
• Purchase and Sale of Real Estate Companies - Selected Tax Aspects, Urs Schüpfer (together with Philipp Betschart), in: EXPERT FOCUS 5/2005
• Transfer prices in the sights of foreign tax authorities - the latest developments in transfer pricing, especially in Great Britain and Germany, Urs Schüpfer (together with Urs Brügger), in: Der Schweizer Treuhänder 10/1999
• Various publications on tax law/real estate tax law, with: Ernst & Young AG