The German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) confirmed its case law according to which the commercial infection of an upper-tier partnership pursuant to Section 15 para. 3 no. 1 sentence 1 alt. 2 German Income Tax Code...more
In several recently published rulings, the German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) has commented on several aspects of real estate transfer tax (RETT) in case of share deals—also contrary to the previous opinion of the tax...more
2/19/2025
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The Federal Cabinet adopted the government draft of an Annual Tax Act 2024 (JStG 2024) on June 5, 2024. The government draft largely corresponds to the draft bill of May 17, 2024 and contains a large number of very different...more
The scope of application of the VAT exemption for the management of AIFs has been extended to all AIFs within the meaning of Section 1 (3) KAGB from 2024, meaning that the previously applicable similarity test no longer...more
In a decree dated October 16, 2023, the German tax authorities adopted provisions from two rulings of the German Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) from 2021 and 2022 on the allocation of real estate and also established further new...more