Mitarbeiterbeteiligungsprogramme gehören seit vielen Jahren zu den unternehmerischen Maßnahmen zur Gewinnung und Förderung von Mitarbeitern. Je nach Ausgestaltung des Beteiligungsprogramms kann die Gewährung von Anteilen im...more
The taxation of share schemes (“Mitarbeiterbeteiligungsprogramme”) as an instrument for recruitment and development of employees is, in part, regarded as problematic in Germany. Depending on the structure of the share scheme,...more
The German Federal Ministry of Finance circulated a first discussion draft of the implementation of the OECD-Guidelines for global minimum taxation, after the European Union therefore had published a Directive (Directive (EU)...more
The German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH, Urteil vom 14. Februar 2023 – IX R 3/22) confirms the opinion of the fiscal court of Cologne that sales profits from cryptocurrencies are taxable. The court decided that cryptocurrencies...more
Today, two weeks after the German Federal Parliament (“Bundestag”), the German Federal Council (“Bundesrat”) also passed the 2022 Tax Amendment Act (Jahressteuergesetz 2022)....more
After a year of wrangling, the German Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) has finally published explanations on how virtual currencies (e.g., Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin and Co.) and other tokens (hereinafter: cryptocurrencies)...more
5/18/2022
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Nach einjährigem Ringen hat das Bundesministerium der Finanzen (BMF) nun endlich Ausführungen dazu veröffentlicht, wie virtuelle Währungen (z. B. Bitcoin, Ether, Litecoin und Co.) und sonstige Tokens (nachfolgend:...more
In a decree published November 6, 2020, the German tax authorities confirmed their view that transactions between non-German parties (e.g., between two U.S. companies) are generally taxable in Germany, if this income is...more