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A pre-study internship that is an admission requirement is not subject to the Minimum Wage Act

These days, many internships have to be paid at the minimum wage, which is making it difficult for some employers to provide internships. In the […]

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Threat of penalty payments – Even ‘dormant’ corporations have to file tax returns

The Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) recently confirmed that local tax offices can threaten to impose penalties in order to ensure that […]

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Is the VAT group regime teetering on the edge?

In two ongoing preliminary ruling proceedings before the ECJ, which were initiated by the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH), the opinions of […]

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Income from capital assets – Split and incongruent appropriations of profits

The consequence of a recent Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) ruling is that a temporally dis­proportionate and subsequently incongruent […]

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Tax pitfalls in the case of continuation clauses in partnership agreements

Partnership agreements usually include provisions in the event of the death of a partner (succession clauses). In principle, these provisions have […]

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Cutting holiday leave after short-time working is permissible

The Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) recently made a decision on the holiday entitle­ment after use has been made of short­time […]

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Giving gifts to carers leads to a reduction in estate assets

If close relatives receive a high level of care during their lifetime then there is the possibility of giving gifts to the caregivers; these gifts […]

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A gift to a closely related person does not constitute a donation

The Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) recently ruled on the connection between the deduction of donations against tax and gifts given to […]

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Application of the German Real Estate Tax Reform Act as of 1.1.2022 – An overview of important changes

After the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht, BVerfG), in its ruling of 10.4.2018, declared the previous valuation system for real […]

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Once again – Arm’s length interest rates for intra-group loans

As a follow up to our previous report, in the next section, we discuss a further ruling by the Federal Fiscal Court (Bundesfinanzhof, BFH) of […]

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