{"id":9348,"date":"2023-06-09T10:58:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T08:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T17:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:01:48","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/en\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title align_center entry-title color_link_inherit\">News<\/h1><h4 class=\"w-text us_custom_a574d586 has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Good to know! What happened &#8211; what&#039;s going on &#8211; what&#039;s coming up?<\/span><\/span><\/h4><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Our news blog provides you with news about our tax firm at this point. You will regularly receive the latest news, event dates and publications on efficient and tax solutions. We keep track of changes in tax legislation for you and inform you about the latest case law on the subject of taxes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><h6 class=\"w-text us_custom_7e54f265\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Always up to date &#8211; take a look at our office magazine &#8211; it&#039;s worth a look!<\/span><\/span><\/h6><div class=\"w-separator size_medium with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_887a049b height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_1 mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h2 class=\"w-text\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">New issue is online<\/span><\/span><\/h2><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Our latest law firm magazine number 41\/2026 has been published. Here you will find interesting tax news. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Register today and receive this and the following magazines <\/strong><strong>via newsletter link.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_3b26f501 align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Magazin_TUNAL_41_05_2026_s.jpg\" class=\"attachment-us_566_800 size-us_566_800\" alt=\"Tunal tax consultancy Dortmund\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Magazin_TUNAL_41_05_2026_s.jpg 566w, https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Magazin_TUNAL_41_05_2026_s-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Magazin_TUNAL_41_05_2026_s-283x400.jpg 283w, https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Magazin_TUNAL_41_05_2026_s-142x200.jpg 142w, https:\/\/tunal-stb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Magazin_TUNAL_41_05_2026_s-483x683.jpg 483w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" title=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_f18e90ad has_bg_color\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-text us_custom_3f70380e\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Wherever you are<\/span><\/span><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><h2 class=\"w-text us_custom_fa07718c has_text_color\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">We solve your most difficult and complex tax problems<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h2 class=\"w-text us_custom_703b2333\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">F(requently) A(sked) Q(uestions)<\/span><\/span><\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-tabs style_default switch_click accordion has_scrolling remove_indents\"><div class=\"w-tabs-sections titles-align_none icon_plus cpos_left\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"u1c3\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-u1c3\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Is it possible to deduct the tax consultant from the tax?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-u1c3\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Costs for tax advice are deductible as income-related expenses or business expenses if they are incurred for the purpose of determining your income, i.e. if they are professionally related. You cannot deduct privately incurred tax consulting costs from your taxes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"d2e1\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-d2e1\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Who makes once a tax return must always make one?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-d2e1\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Not in principle. If you make your tax return voluntarily, you can decide each year anew whether the income tax return is worthwhile for you or not. You don&#8217;t slide into liability just because you started voluntarily declaring your taxes once.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"o3f0\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-o3f0\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">What is the tax office not allowed to ask?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-o3f0\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div>\n<div class=\"dnXCYb\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"_3lOVZITPJc3P7_UPtdujMA_1\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAIQAQ\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAcQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Important to know: the authority may only query the so-called master data, but not account movements or account balances (Section 93 (7) AO). If the query is made in the context of criminal tax proceedings, the tax authorities&#8217; duty to provide information is not given in this way (Section 24c para. 3 No.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kX21rb ZYHQ7e\">21) 12.2010)).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"j509\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-j509\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Is it tax evasion if you do not file a tax return?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-j509\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div>\n<div class=\"dnXCYb\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"_3lOVZITPJc3P7_UPtdujMA_7\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAkQAQ\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAYQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">However, the tax authorities usually want to go even further back and use a trick: Failure to submit a tax return is always tax evasion, or at least reckless tax evasion. And then the assessment period can be extended to five or even ten years. (<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kX21rb ZYHQ7e\">26.09.2022)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"g607\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-g607\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">How does the tax office know about rental income?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-g607\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div id=\"4FSVZIWtMLf_7_UPkdqd8Ag__6\">\n<div class=\"wDYxhc\" data-md=\"61\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAcQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">The tax office has several ways of checking a landlord&#8217;s rental income. Since real estate purchases in Germany are notarized, tax offices receive information about them. The tax office can also become aware of the landlord via the tenant&#8217;s tax return. (<\/span><\/span><span class=\"kX21rb ZYHQ7e\">18.02.2022)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"a6f9\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-a6f9\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">What taxes do you have to pay when you own a house?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-a6f9\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div>\n<div class=\"dnXCYb\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"_4FSVZIWtMLf_7_UPkdqd8Ag_3\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAEQAQ\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">For real estate, there is the property tax, which is due annually. It is determined by the municipalities themselves. When buying a property, a real estate transfer tax is payable, which is determined individually by each federal state. In addition, the speculation tax and the inheritance tax also relate to real estate.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"g7f1\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-g7f1\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">Is it possible to change the tax advisor?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-g7f1\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div>\n<div class=\"dnXCYb\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"_9VSVZNL6H8KJ9u8Psqej-Ao_5\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAkQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Of course, you can change the tax advisor in the current year. However, you should always make sure that the timing is sensible. Your old tax advisor may charge a partial fee for the work you have started.  <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-tabs-section\" id=\"v8dd\" style=\"background:var(--color-content-bg);\"><button class=\"w-tabs-section-header\" aria-controls=\"content-v8dd\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h6 class=\"w-tabs-section-title\">For whom is a tax consultant worthwhile?<\/h6><div class=\"w-tabs-section-control\"><\/div><\/button><div  class=\"w-tabs-section-content\" id=\"content-v8dd\"><div class=\"w-tabs-section-content-h i-cf\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div>\n<div class=\"dnXCYb\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"_4VWVZILNL9zd7_UPnqCauA4_5\" aria-expanded=\"true\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\">\n<div class=\"LGOjhe\" role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"wa:\/description\" aria-level=\"3\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAA\"><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"de\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">As a rule of thumb, the less expertise or interest you have in tax matters, and the more complex your tax case, the more likely it is to pay to see a tax advisor.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NewsGood to know! 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