Categories: Official Pronouncements (284 found)

  1. 12.09.2025

    Federal Government approves Location Promotion Act Bill: Boo ...

    On 10 September 2025, the Federal Cabinet approved a draft bill to promote private investment and the financial centre (Location Promotion Bill). The draft law aims to provide a stronger impetus for private investment. To this end, the framework conditions for private investment should improve, particularly with regard to infrastructure, renewable energies and venture capital. Companies in the financial market sector will be relieved of unnecessary bureaucracy with the elimination of unnecessary auditing, reporting and disclosure requirements.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements, Tax & Legal New ...
    Keywords: Investment Reporting, Investmentbranche, ...
  4. 14.08.2025

    Federal Ministry of Finance publishes draft bill for a Minim ...

    On August 6, 2025, the Federal Ministry of Finance (MoF) sent the draft bill for a law to adjust the Minimum Tax Act (“MTA”) and implement further measures (“MTAA – Draft”) to the associations for comment by August 11, 2025. The draft bill includes measures for the implementation of the OECD Administrative Guidance on Article 9.1 of the Global Anti-Base Erosion Model Rules from January 2025 as well as “accompanying measures" that are intended to contribute to the simplification of international tax law ("decluttering") outside the scope of the MTA.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements, Tax & Legal New ...
    Keywords: CFC provisions, minimum taxation, Foreig ...
  6. 06.08.2025

    More effective detection of tax evasion and tax fraud: Germa ...

    According to a press release issued today the Cabinet has decided to extend the retention period for accounting documents at banks, insurance companies and securities institutions to ten years. The amendment to the law aims to combat tax evasion and strengthen effective tax enforcement. This will enable large-scale tax evasion cases, such as those involving cum/cum and cum/ex transactions, to be vigorously prosecuted.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements
    Keywords: retention requirement, accounting data, ...
  7. 24.07.2025

    Sustainability reporting: New draft bill published to implem ...

    On 10 July 2025 the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) published a new draft bill to transpose the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) into German law. The previous federal government had already presented a draft bill to implement the CSRD. However, the legislative process was never completed. The CSRD aims to ensure that certain companies report on the social and environmental impacts and risks of their business activities. The aim of the draft bill is to implement the directive with as little bureaucracy as possible.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements, Legislation
    Keywords: Sustainability Reporting, European Green ...
  8. 30.06.2025

    What about cum-ex/ cum-cum? The state of play

    The investigations regarding cum-ex and cum-cum transactions are continuing with a focus to uncover the intricate structures and recovering tax losses. Progress is being made but there are also several challenges, particularly regarding the statute of limitations and the elimination of evidence. In response to a question from the party Die Linke, the German government has commented on the current state of affairs.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements
    Keywords: cum-ex
  10. 18.06.2025

    New online procedure for complaints before the local courts ...

    In future, anyone wishing to bring a monetary claim before the local (district) court will have access to simple, user-friendly and end-to-end digital court proceedings. This is envisaged in a draft bill of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. The trial phase of the new online procedure is to begin at selected local courts once the legislative process has been completed.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements
    Keywords: digital data
  13. 28.04.2025

    North Rhine-Westphalia: First federal state to use artificia ...

    The Northrhine-Westphalia tax authorities are taking a further step towards digital administration. From May 2025, an AI module will be used for the first time in four pilot tax offices in the state to support the tax assessment procedure. The objective: tax returns are to be processed more efficiently, faster and more accurately - to the benefit of both citizens and employees in the tax administrations.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements
    Keywords: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  18. 03.01.2025

    MoF: Revised allocation formula for input VAT deduction of f ...

    Towards the end of 2024 the Federal Ministry of Finance (MoF) commented in some detail on the input VAT deduction for credit institutions. The ministerial pronouncement focuses on the attribution of input transactions to output transactions and the relevant input VAT allocation in accordance with Section 15 (4) VAT Act. Another focus of the MoF circular is on cross-border structures and specifically the services between local branches and their foreign head office and vice versa.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements
    Keywords: banking service, input VAT deduction
  19. 26.11.2024

    Introduction of compulsory e-invoicing in Germany – final Mo ...

    The Growth Opportunities Act of 27 March 2024 introduced a binding standard for electronic invoices (e-invoice) from 2025, which applies to all supplies of goods and services performed between taxable persons (B2B) established in Germany. Staggered transition periods will apply for issuing e-invoices, but accepting such invoices in the prescribed format will be mandatory from 1 January 2025. Now the Federal Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published a final decree on this matter.

    Categories: Official Pronouncements
    Keywords: electronic invoice
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