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Ellen Ashauer-Moll

Certified Tax Advisor, Salary Partner

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Since June 2024, Ellen Ashauer-Moll has been a key member of Dr. Maren Gräfe’s team, focusing on the taxation of high-net-worth individuals and family offices. She specializes in cross-border and complex capital investments, drawing on many years of experience in tax consulting. A graduate in Business Administration from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, she also qualified as a Specialist Advisor for International Tax Law after passing her written examination in 2020.

Ellen’s work revolves around identifying customized tax solutions and providing proactive guidance. She brings empathy and clarity to each client relationship, placing great emphasis on trust and open dialogue. Her clients appreciate her ability to craft results-oriented strategies, while her colleagues value her positive, collaborative spirit. Whether advising on expatriation and immigration matters or digitalizing securities accounting, Ellen’s mission is to offer clear and responsible support for all tax-related questions.

Mission & Approach

Your tax concerns are my mission. I enjoy challenges and take pride in finding effective solutions to your questions. Clients appreciate me as an empathetic and responsible advisor, while colleagues value my open and humorous approach to working with people.

Specialties
  • Preparation of complex tax returns in an international context
  • Tax advisory services for globally active families, including expatriation and immigration matters
  • Taxation of cross-border capital investments, investment tax law
  • Digitization of securities accounting for HGB and tax reporting
Admission
  • Munich Chamber of Tax Consultants: 2007
Experience
  • Succession planning for high-net-worth individuals: Early inheritance arrangements with real estate and usufruct, 2022
  • Tax consulting for a publicly listed company: Investments in specialized investment funds, 2023
  • Compliance and tax declaration consulting for ultra-high-net-worth individuals: Income tax returns in an international context with complex capital investments, 2019 and ongoing
Publications
  • Final Withholding Tax – Protecting Capital, Optimizing Taxes, 2023, 3rd Edition (1st Edition in 2008)
  • Taxation of Capital Investments, 2007
  • Training seminars on the taxation of private capital investments in the banking sector, since 2004
  • WM Datenservice, Tax Treatment of Capital Measures, 2024
  • GenoAkademie, Private Banking Tax Forum, 2024
  • DVFA Academy, Certificate Program in Applied Investment Management, since 2017
  • 6th Conference on Family and Inheritance Law at Lake Starnberg, 2024
  • 25th Finanzebs Forum, Cologne, 2024
  • DVFA Academy, Learn@Lunch, 2024
  • FORUM Institute, Private Clients Forum, Frankfurt, 2024
Affiliations
  • International Fiscal Association (IFA)
    • Member since 2020
  • Tax Advisor Chamber Nuremberg Examination Committee
    • Member of the oral examination board for the tax advisor exam since 2016

Career Experience
  • Tax Advisor Salary partner, GRÄFE Tax & Legal, 2025–Present
  • Tax Advisor Salary partner, gkn Gräfe Klümpen-Neusel, 2024  
  • Head of Family Offices, Management, Rödl & Partner Tax Consulting, 1996-2024
Education
  • Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Business Administration
    • Degree: Diplom-Kauffrau (equivalent to MBA)
  • Specialist Advisor for International Tax Law
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