Sorin Biban

Tax Partner
Practices:Tax
Professional Affiliation:
Certified Tax Consultant (2007)
Certified Accountant (2010)

Sorin joined BirișGoran in 2008, having practiced as a tax and finance consultant since 2004. As a key member of the Tax team, Sorin takes primary responsibility for numerous client files, including maintaining communication with tax authorities, involving tax appeals, on-site assistance to clients during tax audits, and various taxation and compliance queries – all across a wide array of client industries. Among his specialties include indirect taxation, as well as accounting matters.

Before joining the BirișGoran team, Sorin was a Senior Tax Consultant and a Senior Accountant with TPA Horwath Quintus.

Sorin is an active member of the Romanian Chamber of Tax Advisors and has a LL.M in tax law granted by the University of Bucharest.

*Sorin is a tax consultant and is not licensed to practise law.

  • Assisted Romaqua in a tax audit concerning VAT and corporate tax issues;
  • Tax advisor to Portland Trust, one of the most important real estate developers on the Romanian market, with regards to assistance in court on VAT recovery during the investment phase for their landmark project, Pipera Business Park;
  • Ongoing assistance to Wirom (now Engie), one of the leading Romanian players in the Romanian natural gas distribution field, in all aspects of fiscal legislation, from profit tax to VAT and excise duties. The tax group successfully assisted Wirom in a major dispute with the tax authorities that confirmed the operating procedure of all major natural gas distributors on the market;
  • Assistance to Monsson Group with day-to-day tax and business matters as well as with company restructuring;
  • Assistance to Cosmetics Oriflame Romania, an EU-based global cosmetics company, with respect to a tax assessment arising from a change in the company’s management, assisted the client in the implementation of a new sales system;
  • Tax assistance to Tinmar, a leading Romanian energy and natural resources concern, and Red Bull Romania, providing day-to-day tax advice on all aspects related to their Romanian operations.
  • Senior Tax Consultant, TPA Horwath Quintus (2006 – 2007)
  • Senior Accountant, TPA Horwath Quintus (2004 – 2006)
  •  Bucharest University of Economic Studies (Finance Degree, 1999)

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