Skip to content

You are here:

News

Filter news and blogs by category

News

The Fund Location Act – Draft law to support start-ups and SMEs

On 20.1.2021, the German government put forward draft legislation with the aim of making Germany a more competitive and attractive financial centre […]

News

On the admissibility of coronavirus-induced rent reductions

In recent decisions on commercial lease agreements, two Higher Regional Courts (Oberlandesgericht, OLG) simultaneously ruled on adjustments made to […]

News

Foreign shareholdings – Notification obligations

The Fiscal Code (Abgabenordnung, AO) contains a reporting obligation on the basis of which German taxpayers have to notify their competent tax offices […]

News

Employment relationship between spouses has to stand up to an arm’s length comparison

Where employment contracts are between close relatives the salary payments can be deducted as business expenses if they comply with the arm’s length […]

News

Plans for the reform of tax legislation in the USA

Shortly after his inauguration, on 20.1.2021, the new President, Joe Biden, started reversing many of his predecessor’s decisions and providing new […]

News

Withholding capital gains tax – Plans to simplify procedures

On 20.1.2021, the German Federal Cabinet adopted the draft bill on the Modernisation of Withholding Tax Relief and the Certification of Capital Gains […]

News

Tax-free repayment of capital contributions from foreign corporations

A shareholder may generally receive payments free of tax if they originate from the profit distributions of a corporate body and if these payments can […]

News

Latest news on input tax deduction for a holding company

A so-called functional holding company or management holding company is deemed to be a business that has to register for VAT if its sole purpose is […]

News

Anticipated work-related costs in the case of a semester abroad

In the context of higher education, for the purpose of deducting allowable expenses a distinction is made between undergraduate studies and second […]

News

Transformation of the transparency register – Instead of the presumption of notification (Mitteilungsfiktion) there will now be new obligations backed up by fines

In accordance with the EU anti-money laundering directive, the transparency registers of the EU member states have to be interconnected with each […]

Back to top of page