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Description of items supplied that is shown on invoices – The Federal Fiscal Court rejects excessive requirements

We already reported on a case that was pending at the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) where the point at issue was how precise does the […]

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Act to Transpose the Second Shareholder Rights Directive – Strengthening shareholder rights

The Act to Transpose the Second Shareholder Rights Directive (Gesetz zur Umsetzung der zweiten Aktionärsrechterichtlinie, ARUG II) came into force at […]

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Liability – The extent of the discretionary authority to choose when asserting claims against managing directors

The liability of managing directors is usually more extensive than that of non-managerial employees because managing directors are not dependent […]

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Chain transactions – Classifying the movement of goods for VAT purposes

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) currently has to deal with the question of which transaction in a cross-border supply chain with multiple […]

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Brexit – The withdrawal agreement has been passed and yet everything has remained unchanged (to begin with)

On 29.1.2020, the EU Parliament ratified the “Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the […]

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Bequeathing a family home – The tax emption ceases to apply if ownership is relinquished within a period of ten years

Spouses and life partners are able to bequeath their owner-occupied properties to surviving partners free of inheritance tax provided that the latter […]

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Tax-exempt sale of property – Self usage prior to the sale

If property that is held in private assets is sold within the ten year speculation period then the appreciation in value that is realised has to be […]

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Executive compensation – Concurrent receipt of pensions and a regular salary is possible within certain limits

The Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) does not usually accept a pension and a regular salary being paid concurrently. A recent ruling from a […]

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Transposition of the European Anti-Tax Avoidance Directive (ATAD) has been halted for the time being

On 10.12.2019, the Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, BMF) published a draft law for the proposed transposition of the […]

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Transfer pricing adjustments – New Federal Fiscal Court ruling on the blocking effect of Art. 9 of the OECD Model Tax Convention

In 2019, a change to the case law of the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) with respect to the extent of corrections pursuant to Section 1 […]

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