Franz Conc

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Franz Konz (born May 16, 1926 in Cologne ; † April 23, 2013 in Kürten ) was a German non-fiction author on the subject of taxes and health .

Life

As a boy, Konz felt called to be a writer, but after graduating from high school, at the instigation of his parents, he trained as a tax inspector and auditor at the Reich Finance School . At the end of the Second World War he was used as a soldier in Berlin . After the war he worked as a tax inspector for some time before retiring from the civil service and first becoming a tax advisor and later a writer. In 1952 he wrote his first books, the content of which consisted mainly of tax tips. He was then sentenced to 17 months in prison for insulting and aiding and abetting tax evasion while tax investigators visited his clients. Konz felt the punishment was unjust. In the following years he was punished several times for shoplifting . He later wrote books on tax advice for decades, which by 1997 had reached a total circulation of 5.4 million.

After stomach problems, Konz was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which he claims to have defeated with the help of a change to original food , a strict type of raw food . Then he wrote next to his tax advisers under the pseudonym Chrysostomos also a health counselor about natural diet, which he initially in Eigenverlag issued. He also founded the “Bund für Gesundheit” association. As "Privatdozent Horst Krüger" he wrote letters to the editor to medical magazines in which he advertised wild herbs and cold showers. In 1996 he wrote the book "The Great Health Conc" and made the relocation of his tax advice dependent on its simultaneous publication. For this purpose, he moved from Heinz Wolf Fachverlag publishing group Langen Herbig of Herbert Fleissner .

Konz was divorced from his fifth wife Narine, before she had reported him in late 2012 for sexual assault and assault.

Tax advisor

The first tax advisor that Konz wrote dealt with tax saving opportunities for the Catholic clergy. Then he expanded his field to other target groups such as the self-employed , civil servants and finally all employees .

He experienced a breakthrough as an author when he provocatively asked in a direct mail “Should you throw a bomb in the tax office?”, Which at the same time led to disputes with the tax investigators and the law enforcement authorities. The experience gained from these processes prompted him to write the work “How do I protect myself against tax investigations and tax audits ?”. The further disputes that were finally brought before the BGH also prompted him to slightly defuse his writings - but unchanged in the tenor. On the subject of tax evasion , he took the view that it was an "offense, but an understandable one". His tax advisor "1000 completely legal tax tricks / The Great Conc" has been sold millions of times since 1985. The “Arbeitsbuch zur Steuererklärung / Der Kleine Konz” has been published since 1990 , a guide to filling out tax forms. Tax advisor Friedrich Borrosch is co-author of the “Little Conc”. Both books are updated annually. In contrast to conventional tax advice literature, which is perceived as dry and theory-heavy, Konz's style of presentation is characterized by a relaxed, ironic and sarcastic ridicule of the peculiarities of financial management and tax law . In the televised duel before the 2005 Bundestag elections, Angela Merkel called the "1000 completely legal tax tricks" a summary of all tax loopholes .

Health advisor

After his diet change, Konz founded the Bund für Gesundheit. In his health advisor, The Great Health Conc , he propagated a strict form of raw food, the so-called original food . Konz saw illnesses as the result of a life not in harmony with nature. He saw the medical profession as money cutters who wanted to make their patients sick.

He viewed diseases as nature's means of eliminating “waste”. Conc said about the HI virus :

“The viruses only appear increasingly in a body that has been damaged by drugs and stimulants, in order to help clear the waste. If need be, they will wipe out the whole of the living human being who culpably turned into a garbage can. You have received the commission from God for this. "

Conc expressed about AIDS sufferers :

“The body of the AIDS sufferer has been destroyed by aftersex , luxury foods, drug abuse and junk food . The HI viruses are now attacking him in great numbers. They are determined by nature to quickly take away the gift of life from the unworthy and most violently against the laws of the earth dweller, so that he cannot cause even more harm. But what is the purpose of the unproven extension of this scum of humanity by a few months at the expense of us, the general public? "

- (both: Naturally Living, No. 4/2001)

criticism

Konz took his Urkost or wild herbs -UrMedizin a particularly strict form of raw food , but the health effects are controversial. In 2004, a 16-month-old boy who was being fed according to Konz's teachings died after his parents refused to seek medical treatment for pneumonia on the basis of Konz's hypotheses . The child was completely exhausted and dehydrated.

Within the raw food movement, he was predominantly based on fruit sun diet of Helmut Wandmaker opposite, with whom he led controversial discussions about "food issues".

Publications (selection)

  • Konz 2010. 1000 completely legal tax tricks. (has been published annually since 2007 [edition 2008] as "Konz [year number]"; since 2006 also as a supplement to "Konz tax software"), Knaur-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-426-78330-6
    • 2002 (edition 2003) –2006 (edition 2007) under the title The great conc ... 1000 very legal tax tricks.
    • 1983–2001 (edition 2002) under the title 1000 very legal tax tricks. For everyone who pays too much wage and income tax.
  • Konz. The workbook for tax returns 2009, 2010. (together with Friedrich Borrosch; has been published since 2007 [edition 2007/08] as “Konz - The workbook for tax returns [annual figures]”), Knaur-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2009 , ISBN 978-3-426-78323-8
    • 1990 (edition 1990/91) –2006 (edition 2006/07) under the title Der kleine Konz. The workbook for the 1000 tax tricks.
  • Conc. The tax return with ELSTER. (together with Friedrich Borrosch), Knaur-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-426-78322-1
    • 2009 under the title Konz. The workbook for the ELSTER tax program.
  • Conc control software.
  • The pension conc. The work book for tax returns for retirees and retirees. Knaur-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-77960-9
  • The great health conc. Wild herb primal medicine successful against cancer, asthma, rheumatism, obesity, allergy, multiple sclerosis, heart disease and other chronic diseases. Universitas, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8004-1314-0
  • The good handwriting. Course of graph therapy. Publishing house Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1981
  • Manual of Tax Evasion. (2 volumes), Verlag Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1978
  • Character formation and personality maturation through graph therapy. Publishing house Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1970
  • Clever tips on getting rich, staying rich. Verlag Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1970 ff.
  • How do I protect myself against back tax payments through tax audits? Verlag Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1970 ff.
  • Did you also get the last one out, Mr. Tax Advisor? Publisher Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1974
  • Course in German tax law - presented easily understandable. Verlag Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1970 ff.
  • Special tax tips for all self-employed. Verlag Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1970 ff.
  • Successful tax tips for employees / workers / civil servants. Verlag Stefan Wolf, Karlsruhe 1970 ff.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Manfred Dworschak: Franz Konz, the pop star among tax advisors , Die Zeit, April 4, 1997. Accessed January 5, 2014.
  2. ↑ stern.de
  3. ↑ a b Konz in court
  4. ^ Franz Konz denies allegations
  5. ↑ Millionaire by Post , Der Spiegel, 41/1993. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ DER SPIEGEL 52/1962, pages 34, 35, TAX ADVISOR, tips from trinkets, AFFAIRS
  7. ^ Thiemo Heeg: Tax critic Franz Konz in conversation "The state robbed its citizens" , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 3, 2008. Accessed on January 20, 2013.
  8. ↑ DER SPIEGEL 30/1985, pp. 46, 47, STEUERN, Rat vom Unkel, A book with tips on saving taxes has become a bestseller. Some tricks are on the verge of legality.
  9. ↑ Raw food: the different forms
  10. ↑ p.27; sekteninfo-lsa.de ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sekteninfo-lsa.de
  11. ^ Spiegel.de on the Leon case

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personal data
SURNAME Konz, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German textbook author and tax expert
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 2013
Place of death Kürten