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New case law: Federal Fiscal Court extends input VAT deduction for foreign entrepreneurs in Germany

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Person geht durch geöffnete Tür in Richtung 2026

2025 Tax Amendment Act - Relief, digitalisation and simplification for everybody

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Inclusion in aggregate wages and salaries of the remuneration paid to members of a partnership pursuant to Section 13a of the Inheritance and Gift Tax Act

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Makler und Mieterin unterzeichnen Dokument

Moving out of an apartment - A signed handover report is binding

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Sale of shares in a GmbH while continuing to work as the managing director - How do the profits have to be taxed?

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Person zieht Rollkoffer durch Flughafen

Can annual leave (or payment claims in lieu thereof) expire on termination of the employment relationship?

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ältere Arbeitnehmerin im Gespräch

Bolstering the job market - Tax-exempt active pension and more …?

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Produktionsanlage mit IT-Ausstattung

Financing tools for tackling transformation tasks at SMEs

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Person hält Stapel von 1-Euro-Münzen zwischen ihren Fingern

Inherited assets under the regime of the community of accrued gains - Part II: Structuring options

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Erfahrener Berater und junger Kollege im Gespräch

Crediting of trade tax - Who is entitled to the credit in the event of death?

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Editorial 11/25

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Collage aus Seniorenpaar und Summen in Euro

Inherited assets under the regime of the community of accrued gains - Part 1: A practical case study

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Exemption from tax on interest from a life insurance policy

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Landwirtin kontrolliert ihre Solaranlage

VAT on the direct consumption of self-generated energy

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Amended Principles of Proper Keeping and Retention of Accounts, Records and Documents in Electronic Form and for Data Access - Adjustments to take account of electronic invoices from 2025

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Mann gibt Kreditkarteninformationen beim Online-Banking ein

Credit card use - Disclosure of SMS TANs constitutes negligence

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Share purchase - Doubts about the double assessment of real estate transfer tax when there is a time lag between the signing and closing

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Bauarbeiter trägt Baumaterialien über Baustelle

Even self-employed building workers are normally obliged to pay social security contributions.

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Geschäftsführer beraten über Papieren

The validity of change-of-control clauses (e.g., in lease agreements)

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Beraterin lädt ihr E-Auto

Immediate Programme for Investment - Focus on reduction in corporation tax rate and effects on deferred taxes

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Vater und Sohn beim Schreinern

Holiday home - Primary workplace tax trap

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Student macht sich Notizen beim Online-Seminar

Watch out for VAT - Pitfalls for international online education providers in Germany

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Editorial 10/25

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VAT and transfer pricing – Arcomet Towercranes case

In its ruling of 4 September 2025, the ECJ ruled on the VAT liability of transfer prices in the case of…

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Waage auf Weltkugel mit Flaggen im Hintergrund

New presentation of the income statement in financial reporting in accordance with IFRS 18

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Absence of the notary’s signature - the validity of a contract of inheritance

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verhakte Hände Frischvermählter

Nuptial agreements in "entrepreneurial marriages”

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New minimum wage amounts and new upper limits for the amount that can be earned by those with mini jobs as of 2026/27

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Berater vor Londoner Skyline

Method of determining income for a foreign partnership

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Modernes Büro in Altbau

Commercial lease agreements - The problematic path from the written form to the text form

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