Wp.net
| Association for medium-sized auditing eV (wp.net eV) |
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| legal form | registered association |
| founding | 2005 |
| Seat | Munich , Germany |
| purpose | Promotion of the professional practice of medium-sized auditors |
| Chair | Michael Gschrei (managing director and spokesman for the wp.net board according to § 26 BGB) |
| Website | www.wp-net.com |
wp.net eV (Association for medium-sized auditing ) is an association of auditors and sworn auditors (professionals) who are freelance or employed in law firms, societies or companies and who do not practice their profession in auditing companies organized as large or affiliated companies . wp.net is based in Munich . The association was founded in 2005, and in May of the same year the association was registered as an eV in Munich.
aims
The association promotes the professional practice of medium-sized auditors and the preservation of freelance work as a typical expression of the medium-sized, entrepreneurial auditing profession. wp.net was founded according to its own self - image as a reaction to the dominance of the profession by the big four accounting firms. The aim is in particular to democratize the profession and increase the weight of small and medium-sized law firms. To implement this goal, wp.net, against the resistance of the IDW, advocated the abolition of the WPK voting rights and the anchoring of the postal voting right in the WPO , since the previous presence voting with proxy votes the big four auditing companies, from the perspective of the wp. net association, undemocratic beneficiaries. On December 2, 2010, postal voting was anchored in the WPO with the Fourth Act to Change the Auditor Regulations - the right to vote for the Chamber of Auditors .
In the elections to the Advisory Board of the Wirtschaftsprüferkammer , which were carried out for the first time in 2011 by postal vote , the "Gschrei-List" (list of the then and now executive board of wp.net) won the election and provided the majority of the WPK advisory boards. On September 2, 2011, the wp.net board spokesman Michael Gschrei was elected as the new President of the Chamber of Auditors. On October 12, 2011, he resigned as managing director of wp.net.
tasks
- Performing all professional political tasks for medium-sized auditing,
- the advanced training of professionals and their employees,
- the advice and support of the in §. 1 in matters of office management and organization, in setting up the required quality assurance systems, in particular for final examinations, other seal-bearing work and tax advice.
- the provision of specialist knowledge and special information for the practice of the WP / StB profession and
- Promoting solidarity and cohesion among medium-sized professionals, strengthening communication with representatives of the profession in all professional organizations and bodies.
In fulfilling these tasks, the association can also provide expert opinions on technical and professional issues that affect the entire range of professional activities. In fulfilling its tasks, the association can become a member of other organizations in Germany and abroad, participate in companies or legal entities or working groups and maintain working groups that are compatible with the professional profile of the auditor. The purpose of the association is not aimed at an economic business operation, but it supports the professional activities of its members economically.
membership
Only auditors and sworn auditors are accepted as full members . Auditing firms and auditing firms become members of wp.net when each of the auditors and sworn auditors working in the company are / become members of wp.net and, on the other hand, they jointly declare upon admission that they will exercise their membership for their company . Professional companies do not have their own voting rights. Each professional can have a maximum of one membership and one vote at wp.net and only has to pay a maximum of one contribution; In the case of multiple activities of a professional (e.g. managing director in several professional companies), the executive board brings about a corresponding individual rule.
Web links
- Association website
- updated statutes ( memento of July 16, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ wp.net eV Association for the medium-sized auditing, District Court Munich, Bavaria registration number VR 18850
- ^ A b Joachim Jahn: Auditors overthrow their own top management . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of July 22, 2011.
- ^ IDW: draft bill for a law to change the electoral law of the Wirtschaftsprüferkammer (WPK-Wahlrechtsänderungsgesetz). Retrieved April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Ftd Law and Taxes. Archived from the original on November 21, 2009 ; Retrieved April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ Federal Law Gazette . (PDF; 37 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 1, 2014 ; Retrieved April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ wpk.de: Michael Gschrei new President of the Chamber of Auditors. Retrieved April 5, 2013 .
- ↑ PDF: WPK press release from October 11, 2011. (PDF; 24 kB) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved April 5, 2013 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )