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Am 7. Oktober 2022 hat der Bundesrat dem Gesetz zur temporären Senkung des Umsatzsteuersatzes auf Gaslieferungen über das Erdgasnetz zugestimmt. Damit steht nun fest, worauf viele Beschäftigte gehofft haben: Unternehmen...more
Das Bundesministerium der Finanzen hat am 05. Oktober 2022 ein Schreiben erlassen, nach dem die Finanzämter die ihnen gesetzlich zur Verfügung stehenden Handlungsspielräume im Interesse der erheblich von den gestiegenen...more
Am 4. September 2022 haben die Koalitionsparteien das dritte und mit 65 Milliarden Euro umfangreichste Entlastungspaket mit Entlastungsmaßnahmen für Bürgerinnen und Bürger vorgestellt, hauptsächlich zur Abfederung steigender...more
Anhaltende Belastungen, die sich nicht zuletzt infolge der Corona-Pandemie sowie des Ukraine-Kriegs ergeben, stellen die Bürger*innen und Unternehmen in Deutschland vor große wirtschaftliche Herausforderungen. Zwei...more
The German federal government has adopted the so-called Carbon Leakage Ordinance on 31 March 2021. The ordinance aims at providing financial relief for companies impacted by the German national carbon emissions trading system...more
Nach langem Vorlauf und mehrfachen Verschiebungen hat die Bundesregierung am 31. März 2021 die sog. Carbon Leakage-Verordnung beschlossen. Die Verordnung hat das Ziel, bestimmte vom nationalen Brennstoffemissionshandel...more
In February 2021, three Higher Regional Courts had to deal with the question of whether and on what legal basis the rents agreed in individual cases are to be temporarily reduced due to the official closure orders during the...more
Consequences for the hotel industry - According to a recent judgement of the Regional Court of Munich, the circumstances of the specific individual case must still be taken into account when determining the amount of rent...more
Tenants who cannot longer pay their rent due to the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic do not have to fear a termination of the lease agreement by their landlord due to late payment as per § 543 (2) clause 1 No. 3 of the German...more
The prohibition of the use of certain hotel facilities ordered by the countries responsible for the enforcement of the German Infection Protection Act ("IfSG") can have serious economic consequences. Already with the...more
In response to the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and market uncertainty, plethora of financing measures was introduced at EU level and German federal level. In their joint effect, these measures are aimed at...more
In Washington: The House passed a one-week funding extension (HR 8900) to give lawmakers more time to finalize a fiscal 2021 spending package and coronavirus relief. The vote was 343-67. The measure (HR 8900) now goes to...more
House leaders are out with a new Covid stimulus effort—slimmed down from earlier packages but, at $2.2 trillion, a sizeable proposal that they say “is needed to support American households and businesses still experiencing...more
Chile - In response to the sanitary and economic crisis produced by the Covid-19 Pandemic, the Chilean Government has introduced several measures to protect the employment and the employees’ salaries. The following is...more
Welche Handlungsmöglichkeiten stehen dem Vermieter im Falle COVID-19 basierter Mietzahlungsausfälle zur Verfügung? Durch das „Gesetz zur Abmilderung der Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und...more
The German government has extended its financial support for businesses challenged by the adverse economic effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to the initial unprecedented loan program addressed to...more
Continued Payment of Salary for Parents - The German federal government has decided to extend the continued payment of salary for parents while there are still daycare and school closures. According to the proposed...more
Die Europäische Kommission legt beihilferechtliche Eckpunkte vor - Staatliche Unterstützungsmaßnahmen sollen helfen, die dramatischen wirtschaftlichen Folgen der COVID-19-Krise für eigentlich gesunde Unternehmen...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
California has sued ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft over alleged violations of a new state law that requires companies to treat gig workers as employees “if they control how workers perform tasks or if the work is a...more
In order to mitigate the serious consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the entire real economy, which are already becoming apparent, the German Parliament (Bundestag) decided on 25 March 2020 to set up an Economic...more
On the evening of April 23, 2020, the coalition committee agreed on further measures to soften social and economic hardship resulting from the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Among other measures, short-time work compensation...more
The package of measures adopted by the German Federal Government to cushion the effects of the coronavirus is intended to act as a protective shield for employees and companies. This protective shield is based on four...more
Both the German Federal Government and the German Federal States have enacted a variety of new financial support programs aimed at mitigating the economic consequences that the COVID-19 pandemic has on the German economy. ...more
Im Hinblick auf die aktuelle Covid-19 Situation hat die Bundesregierung bereits unterschiedlichste Hilfsprogramme gestartet, um auf verschiedenen Ebenen des Wirtschaftslebens für finanzielle Unterstützung in der Krisenzeit zu...more