Werner Doralt

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Werner Doralt (born March 17, 1942 in Vienna ) is an Austrian lawyer and emeritus professor for financial law at the University of Vienna .

Life and Scientific Work

Doralt studied law, did his doctorate in 1968 at the University of Vienna and then worked in the corporate trust sector. In 1973 he passed the professional examination as a tax consultant . In 1976 he completed his habilitation in finance law and from 1980 taught at the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck . In 1998 he was appointed to the University of Vienna as director of the newly established Institute for Financial Law. In 2010 he retired.

Doralt is the founder and publisher of the series Codex of Austrian Law , which is published by LexisNexis Verlag and Linde Verlag and presents Austrian legal texts in a thematically organized manner. In addition, he is the author of the widespread two-volume textbook Grundriss des Österreichisches Steuerrechts (together with Hans Georg Ruppe ).

politics

In June 1992 Werner Doralt was proposed as a joint candidate for both governing parties for the office of President of the Court of Auditors . The then FPÖ chairman Jörg Haider accused Doralt of being involved in a construction scandal in connection with ASFINAG . Doralt obtained interim injunctions several times and reported Haider for defamation , the process also occupied the Supreme Court. After years of litigation, Doralt was finally exonerated of all allegations, and Haider had to publicly revoke his allegations in March 2000.

Doralt often appears in the Austrian media as a tax expert, speaking out in favor of higher taxation for agriculture and forestry as well as real estate and foundations . In particular, the benefits for agriculture and forestry should be restricted to smaller holdings.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The ugh factor profile, July 23, 2005
  2. ↑ Thank you, Jörg! Falter, 16/2002
  3. ^ "The money is on the street" Kleine Zeitung, January 31, 2012
  4. ↑ "The redistribution does not work" Der Standard, March 19, 2010

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personal data
SURNAME Doralt, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna