Werner Wingender

Werner Wingender

Dipl.-Finanzwirt (German degree in financial administration)
Tax advisor
Dipl.-Finanzwirt
Former tax investigator & tax auditor

He supports, advises, and assists clients in the legally compliant implementation of VAT issues, tax audits, as well as anti-money laundering and criminal analyses for legal advice.

Languages: German, English

CV

Werner Wingender worked for over 45 years in the tax administration of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), where he was employed in almost all areas. Special and long-term positions included tax auditing and tax investigation, from whose experiences he still benefits today. Together with Markus Bitzer, before leaving, he initiated and established a joint department of the Bonn tax investigation and the customs investigation office in Cologne.

Werner Wingender has been a certified tax advisor since 2023. From 2023 to 2024, he worked at “DER BITZER – Experts for Customs and Tax”. In 2024, he founded the law firm Bitzer Mainfort GmbH together with Dr. Andreas Striegel, Heiner Neuhaus and Markus Bitzer with a focus on legal and tax advice on customs, VAT and anti-money laundering.

Tabular CV

  • Born in Siegburg in 1957
  • 1975 – 2023 NRW Financial Administration
  • 5 years as clerk in assessment (individuals, companies, partnerships, GmbH)
  • 9 years as tax auditor (individuals, companies, partnerships, corporations)
  • 19 years tax investigation Bonn (various investigation procedures from all types of taxes, money laundering investigations, combating illegal employment, cooperation with the customs investigation and financial control of illegal employment)