Ralf Eschenburg, CPA

With Haskell & White since: 2019 

Ralf Eschenburg is a Principal with Haskell & White LLP. Ralf leads Haskell & White’s International Tax Team and heads up our Credit & Incentives, including Research & Development Credit Practice Group. He is responsible for advising clients and prospects of the Firm about all aspects of international taxation. Ralf has a career spanning more than 35 years. He has worked for the Big Four accounting firms for more than 18 years. During that time, he has developed significant experience advising middle-market companies, their owners, and their employees about all aspects of US domestic and cross-border taxation.

Ralf has advised private and public companies in various industries, including importers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers, service providers, health and life science, and technology. Ralf also has extensive experience advising investment and development funds and he has provided advice about US taxation of cryptocurrency transactions. He has extensive experience providing technical tax advice on a myriad of issues including, but not limited to, the following:

• Structuring and unwinding complex domestic and international structures and transactions
• Domestic and export tax incentives, including R&D tax credits, the FDII deduction, the manufacturer’s deduction, and the IC-DISC
• Tax advice regarding establishing trading and distribution activities, financing structures, and developing tax-effective structures to manage global tax burdens
• US International and Cross-Border Tax Minimization Planning, Structuring, and Reporting
• US Inbound Tax Structuring, US Trade or Business and Permanent Establishment Risk Mitigation, US Withholding Tax Minimization and Reporting
• US Outbound Tax Planning and Structuring, Foreign Tax Credit Maximization, Foreign Tax Minimization, and Repatriation Planning
• Sales tax and VAT and GST reduction strategies for e-commerce
• Domestic and international tax compliance, including transactional reporting and disclosure
• International Trust and Estate Planning and Reporting
• Tax Planning and Compliance for Short and Long-Term Inpat and Expatriate Assignments
• Indirect Tax Advisory including VAT and GST
• Credits and Incentives, including the R&D Credit