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Deutsches HGB vs. US-amerikanische Anforderungen: Wo die Regeln übereinstimmen – und wo Ermessen noch eine Rolle spielt

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Cross-border compliance often feels harder than it needs to be. Not because the rules are unknowable — but because different systems emphasize different objectives, and those differences are rarely explained clearly. German accounting under the Handelsgesetzbuch (HGB) and U.S. reporting and tax requirements are a good example. On the surface, they appear fundamentally different. In

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Sorgfältige Prüfung scheitert nicht an fehlenden Daten – sie scheitert an fehlender Beurteilung.

In most transactions, diligence teams are thorough, competent, and well-intentioned. Data rooms are full. Advisors are engaged. Checklists are covered. And yet, deals still derail late — sometimes painfully late. Not because something was “missed,” but because what mattered never became clear enough, early enough, to guide a decision. The real failure mode: information without