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Tax News

Have a look at our publications on 'Tax News in Germany for Foreign Companies' and 'Tax Aspects of Doing Business in Germany', provinding you with basic information on how to start to do business in Germany (see more about the contents in the boxes below).  

Also find expert presentations held by our team on the following topics:

On our protected clients' pages you can find download versions of the whole articles and presentations.

 Tax News

 Doing Business in Germany 2011

The focus of this edition is on how to avoid negative consequences of new German tax rules mostly unknown to foreigners and how to profit from them:

  • German Combat of Tax Fraud Act
  • Get your money back: Input tax refund
  • New regulation on turnover tax starting 2010
  • Draft decree on ‘transfer on functions’
  • Modification of the administrative principles of permanent establishments
  • Double inheritance tax for assets abroad
  • Agreement on social security contributions
  • Act on the Modernisation of Accounting Law

Finally, we give you an outlook on the economic and tax situation.  more

 

This brochure has been designed for foreign investors to give them an initial introduction to the tax and accounting environment in Germany:
  • Forms of doing business in Germany
    Representative office
    Branch
    Subsidiary company
    Other forms

  • Taxation of corporations
    Taxes on income
    Dividends
    Losses
    VAT
    Transaction and wealth taxes

  • Taxation of individual persons
    Domicile
    Income xax
    Payroll tax
    Social contributions

 Read more in the download area.

Do you have any additional questions? Just phone us at +49 69-25 62 27 60 or send us an Email. We will be happy to attend you.