hsp’s expertise reveals to readers the hidden opportunities in every crisis

„The Tax Adviser as Crisis Manager“ is the title of the specialist book to which Paul Liese, Managing Director of hsp Handels-Software-Partner GmbH and a compliance software specialist, has contributed his expertise on digitalisation and its positive effects as a co-author. The 270-page book has been published by Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag and can serve as a roadmap for organisations towards a successful future. Experienced practitioners from the fields of tax and management consultancy present advisory concepts relating to liquidity planning, controlling and accounting that strengthen companies in times of crisis.

Tax advisers as crisis managersThe tax consultancy sector and its client companies have not been spared by the current economic crisis. Clients„ expectations have changed due to the coronavirus, which in turn presents the sector with new challenges under unfamiliar conditions. Nevertheless, hsp Managing Director Paul Liese says: “The crisis is an opportunity. Full stop. Seizing opportunities rather than taking a pessimistic view in these crazy times – that applies particularly to our sector. We have the tax and business management expertise that our clients need right now.” Now is the time to make the most of our knowledge of internal procedures and processes and to support clients beyond matters of pure tax planning.

It is already becoming apparent that the challenges posed by the pandemic are opening up new opportunities in many places. Digitalisation, in particular, has taken on a significance in this context that even experts would not have anticipated before the crisis. hsp Managing Director Paul Liese has therefore shared his experiences in a chapter of the reference book *Digitalisation Now!* Process documentation and Digitalisation summarised in general terms, thereby providing businesses with added value that can be leveraged as a competitive advantage.

Only a practice with a forward-looking approach can be a forward-thinking adviser to its clients. The five authors of the book *The Tax Adviser as Crisis Manager* – Steffi Köchy-Gellfart, Ines Scholz, Martin Klumpp, Paul Liese and Daniel Terwersche – speak in the Live talk on 20 November 2020 about the joint book project. The book offers guidance for tax advisers and their services in the changed circumstances brought about by the crisis. Readers are equipped with the tools to successfully tackle the tasks ahead, which require tax advisers in firms who are open to change, who combine commercial knowledge with new methods, and who continue to develop the traditional tax advisory business. Detailed practical examples, checklists and a collection of templates provide support for implementation in day-to-day practice.