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The issue of the taxability of intra-group supplies in the context of a VAT group has been of concern to taxpayers for many years. The starting point was the question of whether a VAT group existed between a foundation under...more
Anyone who moves out of Germany and has investment shares or transfers them outside of Germany will have to pay taxes – even if the shares are not sold. Private investors in investment funds will have to pay taxes in the...more
The German legislator is currently introducing a large number of tax law changes in various draft bills. This article provides an overview of the most important planned changes. The draft Annual Tax Act 2024 (JStG 2024)...more
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
As part of the legislative process, the Federal Council (Bundesrat) convened the Mediation Committee at the end of November 2023. For this reason, some regulations that were initially provided for in the Growth Opportunities...more
The German legislator is currently planning a number of changes that will have a significant impact on taxpayers, including, in particular, the Act to Strengthen Growth Opportunities, Investment and Innovation as well as Tax...more
Das Jahressteuergesetz 2022 (JStG 2022) brachte verschärfte Rechtsfolgen bei Missachtung der vorgegebenen Anzeigepflichten bei Grundstücksveräußerungen mittels Übertragung von Anteilen an einer Kapitalgesellschaft („Share...more
With the recently published draft of a "Future Financing Act", the federal government has reacted to the criticism on the tax treatment of equity instruments granted to employees. From the perspective of young companies, the...more
INTRODUCTION TO US TAXATION OF NFTS - Despite Non Fungible Token (NFT) sales hitting nearly US$21 billion by the end of 2021, making NFTs almost as valuable as the global art market, they are currently completely ignored...more
Most company groups rely on shareholder and / or intragroup loans in order to manage the liquidity requirements within the group and easily transfer cash from one entity to another as and when needed. While discussions about...more
The VAT handling of the settlement of remunerations for Supervisory Board members has been changed. Consequences resulting from these changes must be implemented by 1 January 2022 at the latest. Companies must check the legal...more
On 1 July 2021, the “Act Amending the German Real Estate Transfer Tax Act” came into force. The legislative reform was previously the subject of public debate for several years and is still the subject of controversial...more
Am 1. Juli 2021 ist das Gesetz zur Änderung des Grunderwerbsteuergesetzes in Kraft getreten. Die Gesetzesreform war zuvor über mehrere Jahre Gegenstand öffentlicher Debatten und wird auch nach ihrem Inkrafttreten noch...more
For months now the treatment of licence fee income generated in Germany under licence agreements concluded between foreign companies where the right granted is merely listed in a public register in Germany has been causing...more
IP rights with a nexus to Germany can create a variety of tax issues under German tax law. These include aspects of German or foreign IP rights generating “German source income,” questions of withholding tax obligations, a...more
Evolving and intersecting tax regimes are creating unintended tax exposure, as well as areas of opportunity, for multinational companies (MNCs) operating in European markets. Understand how new tax regulations transect...more
The German Federal Ministry of Finance has published a draft law for the implementation of the EU Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD Implementation Act) on 10 December 2019. This draft includes inter alia a new section 1a...more
This article is produced by our European Tax team, which is part of our global Tax practice. Our series, "Understanding Tax", explores commercially relevant and recent changes to the international tax environment. The last...more
In this series, “Critical Thinking in the Time of COVID-19,” our European tax practice examines the next stage of analysis for corporates that have begun digesting the economic and legal impact of COVID-19 on their...more
(Spätestens) mit dem Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen entschied sich die EU, das Thema Nachhaltigkeit weit oben auf die politische Agenda zu setzen. Das Finanzsystem soll umfassend umgestaltet werden, damit privates Kapital in...more
Existing contracts must be amended no later than December 31, 2019. Parties to certain older German profit and loss transfer agreements ("PLTA"), take note. According to the German Federal Ministry of Finance's ("BMF")...more
The initial year of the Trump administration colored much of the political, business, and financial headlines of 2017, both in the U.S. and abroad. Key administration-related developments in 2017 included U.S. withdrawal from...more
To date, a debt waiver has been frequently used as a tool to successfully restructure German based companies in financial difficulties. A decision of the German Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof) published on...more
In late January, the Tax Court handed another loss to Gerd Topsnik (Topsnik v. Comm’r, Jan. 20, 2016). Topsnik last encountered the Tax Court in a 2014 case, in which he unsuccessfully argued that “informally” abandoning his...more