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    Law Firm News No. 30/25

    Issue Content:
    • Constitutionality of late payment penalties
    • No more provisional tax assessment for the taxation of old-age pensions
    • Relocation to set up a study – no deduction of income-related expenses
    • Private investment income in the income tax return
    • Reimbursement of foreign input tax amounts from so-called third countries (non-EU countries)
    • Tax plans of the new coalition government

    Law Firm News No. 29/25

    Issue Content:
    • Solidarity surcharge not unconstitutional
    • Early repayment penalty as income-related expenses for subletting
    • Real estate transfer tax: Subsequent special requests when purchasing buildings still to be constructed
    • Tax reduction for household-related services and craftsmen’s services
    • Offsetting restriction for losses from tax deferral models not unconstitutional
    • No special depreciation after demolition and new construction
    • Reporting obligation for electronic cash registers

    Law Firm News No. 28/25

    Issue Content:
    • Time of deduction of income-related expenses when paying into the maintenance reserve
    • Allowance for bonus payments from health insurance companies
    • No taxation of a severance payment to a departing tenant
    • Disposal of estate assets after the acquisition of shares in a community of heirs
    • Fitness studio fees for functionaltraining as extraordinary expenses to be taken into account
    • Value added tax on income from criminal acts
    • Compensation for loss of earnings from an insurance company – Subsequent reimbursement of the tax burden
    • Gift tax for low-interest loans
    • Special ban on loss compensation for forward transactions abolished

    Law Firm News No. 27/25

    Issue Content:
    • Distribution of a special leasing payment for travel expenses
    • Waiver of property tax due to reduction in income
    • Current real estate transfer tax rates
    • Inheritance tax: tax-free amount if the father waives statutory inheritance rights
    • Destruction of business and accounting documents

    Law Firm News No. 26/25

    Issue Content:
    • Partial transfer of a property for consideration as a taxable sale transaction within the meaning of Section 23 EStG?
    • Deadline for annual social security notifications: February 15
    • Completion of an energy measure in installments
    • Proof of medical expenses as an extraordinary burden
    • Wage tax certificates 2024
    • Permanent deadline extension for advance VAT payments 2025
    • Reduced-price transfer of an apartment
    • Income tax reduction for 2024 to 2026

    Law Firm News No. 25/25

    Issue Content:
    • 2025 non-cash remuneration values for income tax and social insurance
    • Option for taxation according to the partial income method for participation in a GmbH
    • Legislative changes from 01.01.2025
    • Invoices from small businesses from 01.01.2025
    • New values in social insurance for 2025

    Law Firm News No. 24/24

    Issue Content:
    • Electronic invoices become mandatory
    • Company events: Flat-rate taxation and group of participantsBequest in connection with “Berlin will”
    • Determining the customary local rent for rental income
    • Double household management in cases of relocation – living in the parental home
    • Expenses for pre-implantation diagnostics and artificial insemination<
    • Growth Opportunities Act: Degressive depreciation for new residential buildings?
    • Transmission of information on foreign bank accounts
    • Second home tax for dual household management
    • Expenses for items of clothing for influencers
    • Reimbursement of foreign input tax amounts from so-called third countries (non-EU countries)
    • Tax reduction for household-related services and craftsmen’s services
    • Decisions on the determination of property tax value
    • Maintenance expenses: Low assets of the dependent person
    • Sale of a car from discretionary business assets – constitutional complaint dismissed
    • Annual Tax Act 2024: New mobility budget
    • VAT rate for ancillary accommodation services
    • No double housekeeping if main residence is near the place of employment
    • Waiver of late payment penalties for “punctual” taxpayers

    Law Firm News No. 23/24

    Issue Content:
    • Legal costs for post-marital maintenance not income-related expenses
    • Input tax deduction from heating system for apartment rental?
    • Flat-rate income tax in accordance with § 37b EStG
    • Private capital gains in the income tax return
    • Input tax apportionment for mixed-use buildings
    • Growth Opportunities Act passed

    Law Firm News No. 22/24

    Issue Content:

     

    • Unconstitutionality of property tax valuation?
    • Disposal of estate assets after acquisition of shares in a community of heirs
    • Childcare costs only if you belong to a household – is the rule unconstitutional?
    • Destruction of accounting records
    • Constitutionality of late payment penalties
    • Assertion of the care lump sum
    • Waiver of property tax due to reduction in income
    • Private sales transaction: No tax exemption for use by parent
    • Bonus payments from health insurance companies – simplification regulation extended
    • Prepayment penalty as income-related expenses for rental income
    • Adjustments to tax law due to the MoPeG
    • Child benefit: Uniform initial training in the event of an interruption due to voluntary service
    • Loans and grants for training expenses
    • Employees – Savings allowance: increase in income limits from 2024
    • Private sale transaction after division of a (residential) property

    Law Firm News No. 21/24

    Issue Content:
    • Taxation of the so-called December aid 2022 no longer applies
    • 19% VAT on restaurant services again
    • Gift in return for care
    • Letting luxury properties as a “hobby”
    • Current real estate transfer tax rates
    • Permanent deadline extension for advance VAT payments 2024
    • Deadline for annual social security declarations: February 15
    • Car use: Reduction in benefits due to garage and parking space costs
    • Income tax certificates 2023

    Law Firm News No. 20/24

    Issue Content:
    • 2024 non-cash remuneration values for income tax and social insurance
    • Tax-free allowances for journeys on public transport – Germany ticket
    • Cheap transfer of a dwelling
    • VAT: Time of receipt of the payment for bank transfers
    • New values in social insurance for 2024

    Law Firm News No. 19/23

    Issue Content:
    • Special expenses 2023
    • Purchase low-value assets until the end of 2023
    • Benefits in kind to employees (e.g. on the occasion of company or Christmas parties)
    • Pay service and tradesman invoices by the end of 2023
    • Study and home office from 2023
    • Recognition of discretionary business assets
    • Wage tax reduction
    • Inventory at the end of the financial year
    • Education and training costs of own children as business expenses
    • Value assessments binding for inheritance tax
    • Input tax deduction for company events
    • Waiver of late payment penalties for “punctual” taxpayers
    • Accommodation in a shared flat as an extraordinary burden
    • Regularly recurring income and expenses at the turn of the year for surplus income accounting with surplus income

    Law Firm News No. 18/23

    Issue Content:
    • Tax reduction for energy-related measures if a conditional usufruct is agreed
    • Private sale transaction after property division
    • Handyman services in an apartment provided free of charge
    • Appropriate interest for shareholder accounts
    • “Meals on wheels”: Expenses not an extraordinary burden
    • Inheritance tax exemption of the “family home” for owner-occupation
    • Investment amounts and special depreciation for small and medium-sized enterprises – observe investment deadlines

    Law Firm News No. 17/23

    Issue Content:
    • Winnings from (online) poker games as commercial income
    • Claiming the tax reduction for household-related services by tenants
    • Childcare costs only if the child belongs to the household
    • Income tax exemption for photovoltaic systems
    • Draft Growth Opportunity Act
    • Reimbursement of input tax amounts from EU member states

    Law Firm News No. 16/23

    Issue Content:
    • Exclusive celebration in connection with the farewell of a managing director
    • Private sale transaction: use by the owner’s parents
    • Reducing bureaucracy for small photovoltaic systems
    • Permanent occupational disability in the event of the sale of a business
    • Compensation for the settlement of divorce succession claims subject to gift tax?
    • Interest on purchase price installments in connection with the sale of private assets
    • Deadlines for filing tax returns
    • Pension payments in addition to current managing director’s salary

    Law Firm News No. 15/23

    Issue Content:
    • Consideration of losses from foreign permanent establishments
    • Rental of vacation apartments via agents with additional services
    • No tax relief for home emergency call system
    • Lump sum for inheritance costs for subsequent heirs
    • Financial participation in the main household in the case of dual housekeeping
    • Sale of a single-family house after divorce
    • Vocational training costs after previous many years of professional activity
    • Long-term care insurance: Higher contributions from 01.07.2023

    Law Firm News No. 14/23

    Issue Content:
    • Amount of late payment penalties and suspension interest lawful?
    • MoPeG: New regulations for the GbR
    • Reimbursement of input tax amounts from so-called third countries (non-EU countries)
    • Photovoltaic systems: sales tax on acquisition, removal and repair
    • Increase in operating expense allowances for certain professional groups from 2023 onwards
    • Tax reduction for household-related services and craftsmen’s services
    • Gains and losses from the sale of cryptocurrencies
    • Tax reduction for remuneration for multi-year activities
    • License plate advertising on private employee vehicles
    • Input tax deduction from the purchase of luxury vehicles?
    • Gift tax for prenuptial agreements
    • Sales tax fiscal unity
    • Private capital gains in the income tax return

    Law Firm News No. 13/23

    Issue Content:
    • No input tax deduction for civic clothing
    • Garden conversion for the disabled is not an extraordinary burden
    • “Pension start date” for deferred retirement pension
    • Tax-free cell phone use even after purchase from the employee at a symbolic price
    • Value added tax: allocation decision for input tax deduction
    • Compensation to former tenant does not constitute acquisition-related production costs
    • Current real estate transfer tax rates
    • Private sale transaction in the case of occasional rental of individual rooms

    Law Firm News No. 02/23

    Issue Content:
    • Tax changes to the workroom as of 01.01.2023
    • Cab not a “public” means of transport
    • Maintenance expenses: Crediting of educational assistance and negative income
    • Deadline for annual social security declarations: February 15
    • Overview Annual Tax Act 2022
    • Income tax certificates 2022
    • Surrender of an apartment as separation maintenance
    • Taxation of natural gas heat emergency aid.
    • Reduction of the deduction for income-related expenses in the case of a scholarship
    • Permanent extension for advance sales tax payments 2023

    Law Firm News No. 01/23

    Issue Content:
    • Non-cash remuneration values 2023 for payroll tax and social insurance
    • Renovation expenses after removal of an apartment
    • Inflation Compensation Act: amendments for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024
    • Commercial activity of an otherwise self-employed or asset-managing partnership
    • Maintenance payments to former partner
    • New values in social security for 2023
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