Just 10 years ago, only your millennial, techie cousin had ever heard of, let alone purchased, any cryptocurrency. Fast forward to 2021, and the volume of cryptocurrency transactions has grown to $15.8 trillion....more
10/6/2022
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Virtual Currency
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
On April 21, 2021, the German federal parliament passed a new law that amends the German Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Act. The new rules will lead to a significant tightening of the taxation of share deals whenever real...more
Der Gesetzesentwurf zur Änderung der Besteuerung von Share Deals bei grundstückshaltenden Gesellschaften lag einige Zeit auf Eis, sprachen doch gute Gründe dafür, die gegenwärtige Regelung beizubehalten.
Zum Ende der...more
With the Annual Tax Act 2020 passed by the Bundestag yesterday, the legislature took a big step towards non-profit organizations (hereinafter referred to as "NPOs"). Finally, new regulations have been created in non-profit...more
The Federal Council today approved the Corona Tax Assistance Act. Companies and employees who are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are to be tax-relieved by the planned measures.
The Corona Tax Assistance Act specifically...more
On May 6, 2020, the Federal Government launched additional tax relief measures to improve the liquidity of the companies and employees affected by the COVID 19 pandemic and to grant tax relief. The draft law is now to be...more
The BFH has confirmed in three parallel decisions that a real estate management company may not claim the extended reduction of the trade income (§ 9 no. 1 p. 2 GewStG) if it also leases equipment or facilities representing...more
On March 21, 2018, the European Commission proposed new rules for the taxation of digital activities and digital business models in the EU (‘digital tax package’)....more