Tax & Legal

Natural gas suppliers and heat suppliers as well as self-suppliers can now apply for adjustment of advance payments for the relief introduced with the gas and heat price brake. The access link to the online application portal for suppliers and other important information on the gas and heat price brake has been made available by the authorities.

In view of the rise in gas prices, the German government wants to ease the burden on consumers in terms of value added tax (VAT). In future, the VAT on gas consumption will be 7 percent instead of the current 19 percent, Chancellor Scholz announced in Berlin. This is to apply until March 31, 2024 – i. e., as long as gas levies are charged.