Dr Caroline TOIFL

Partner, Attorney at law

CAROLINE TOIFL founded the law firm KINDL.trusted in 2015. She is an experienced lawyer and tax advisor with a focus on those areas in which both expertise in criminal law and an increased understanding of economics are required. This applies in particular to complex economic criminal proceedings, tax proceedings and financial criminal proceedings. Clients describe her as a “strong personality with excellent negotiation and mediation skills”. She is praised as an efficient thinker who never misses a single detail.

CAROLINE TOIFL studied law in Vienna and Sydney and obtained her doctorate at the University of Vienna during her time as a university assistant at the Institute for Financial Law. She is a renowned author, speaker and lecturer at the University of Vienna, a member of the Disciplinary Council of the Chamber of Tax Consultants and Auditors (KSW) and a member of the Association of Austrian Defense Lawyers.

Field of activity
  • Commercial criminal proceedings
  • Financial criminal proceedings
  • Tax proceedings/COVID-19 subsidy audits
  • Investigation committees
  • Expert opinions/Legal opinions
Professional licenses
  • Tax consultant since 2011, WT232656
  • Attorney at law since 2015, R190077
  • Generally sworn and court-certified expert since 2022, W934549
Professional experience
  • with KINDL.trusted since 2015
  • Baker & McKenzie
  • Court internship, Vienna Public Prosecutor’s Office, BGHS
  • Cabinet Federal Ministry of Justice
  • BDO tax consultancy
  • Institute for Financial Law, University Assistant
Education
  • Doctorate in Law, University of Vienna
  • Diploma studies in Law, University of Vienna & Sydney
  • Language school, Barcelona
  • HTL for structural engineering, Innsbruck
Languages
  • German
  • English
Selected publications
  • Toifl/Gangl, Abzugsfähigkeit der für eine Selbstanzeige anfallenden Steuerberatungskosten beim potenziell haftenden Organwalter, in: ZSS 2024, 43 
  • Toifl/Tober, Selbstanzeige und tätige Reue: Ähnlich, aber anders, in: ZSS 2023, 68 
  • Toifl/Sautter, Selbstanzeige durch das Organ einer juristischen Person – sind die dafür anfallenden Steuerberatungskosten beim Organwalter steuerlich abzugsfähig?, in: ZSS 2022, 159 
  • Toifl/Sautter, Wie der Fiskus im Ausland geparktes Geld aufspürt, in GEWINN 2022 
  • Toifl/Sautter, Wenn Hilfe ausgenützt wird, in: ÖGSWissen 2021, 31 
  • Toifl/Hosp, Sportlerpauschalierung – Schwarzarbeit im Sport oder doch pauschale Reiseaufwandsentschädigung?, in: SWK 2021, 877 
  • Toifl/Sautter, Die Steuern der anderen zahlen, in: Bauzeitung Österreich 2020, 32 
  • Toifl, Sind Strafverteidigungskosten in Wirtschaftsstrafverfahren steuerlich abzugsfähig?, in: ZWF 2020, 263 
  • Toifl/Sautter, Verlust der Gewerbe­berechtigung, in: SWK 2020, 1275 
  • Toifl/Eisl, Problem und Lösung zur Empfängerbenennung nach §162 BAO, in: ZSS 2020, 93  
Caroline Toifl

Contact

T +43 1 997 42 91 – 1

E office@teamkindl.legal

Expertise and humanity

I am extremely satisfied with the advice and support I received. I felt that I was in very good hands from start to finish. Thanks to their structured and targeted approach, my issue was resolved successfully and quickly. The successful solution speaks for the quality of the work. I particularly appreciate the transparent communication and the feeling of being really well looked after.

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Great combination

I am pleased that you, dear Dr. TOIFL, are personally handling our case, as it is a very special case that requires both tax law and proper litigation. I greatly appreciate your competence and expertise and find the combination of ‘tax consultant and lawyer’ unique in Austria.

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