Tag: Capital gains tax
Cum-Ex trial against Christian Olearius begins
Bonn At 10 a.m. sharp, Christian Olearius enters meeting room S 0.11 in the Bonn Regional Court. Surrounded by four defense lawyers, the banker accused of tax evasion stands in…
Cum-Ex trial against Hamburg banker Olearius begins
Bonn Regional Court Starting Monday, Hamburg banker Christian Olearius will have to answer the court for cum-ex transactions. (Photo: dpa) Bonn A trial against the Hamburg banker Christian Olearius begins…
Cum-Ex trial against Hamburg banker Olearius begins
Bonn Regional Court Starting Monday, Hamburg banker Christian Olearius will have to answer the court for cum-ex transactions. (Photo: dpa) Bonn A trial against the Hamburg banker Christian Olearius begins…
Hamburg politicians give NRW Justice Minister an ultimatum
Building by MM Warburg in Hamburg The traditional Hamburg bank is deeply involved in the Cum-Ex affair surrounding double tax refunds. (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf Richard Seelmaecker is at the…
Cum-Ex “too good to be true”
Maple Bank lettering In the case of cum-ex transactions, which Maple Bank ran under the name “German Pair Strategy”, banks and investors never had any capital gains taxes paid refunded.…
Cum-Ex dispute between the Attorney General and ex-NRW Minister escalated
Peter Biesenbach In March 2023, the former North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Justice lodged a complaint against the head of the Cologne public prosecutor’s office and his former deputy. (Photo: dpa)…
NRW justice settles dispute with Hamburg investigative committee
Benjamin Limbach The committee of inquiry and the NRW Minister of Justice had exchanged numerous letters. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Cologne Escalation averted: The Hamburg investigative committee to clarify the cum-ex…
The head of the Cologne public prosecutor surprisingly throws down
Building of the public prosecutor’s office in Cologne Cologne The largest investigative authority in North Rhine-Westphalia, with around 600 employees, needs a new boss: the previous head of the authority,…
Allegations of sabotage from Hamburg hit North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of Justice
Dusseldorf The Ministry of Justice in North Rhine-Westphalia has been refusing to send important documents on the Cum-Ex tax scandal to Hamburg for a year. There, a committee of inquiry…
Investigators search German offices of investment bank Natixis
Financial district in Frankfurt Another crackdown on the Cum-Ex tax scandal. This time the German branches of the investment bank Natixis are being searched. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Around 60 public…
Almost 100 million euros – Warburg Bank faced with further additional tax demands
Private bank MMWarburg & Co The Hamburg private bank could flourish with new additional tax demands. (Photo: IMAGO/Hanno Bode) Hamburg The Hamburger Warburg Bank, which was involved in the Cum-Ex…
Hanno Berger sentenced to more than eight years in prison in the Cum-Ex trial
Hanno Berger in Wiesbaden In the second cum-ex trial against former tax attorney Hanno Berger, the Wiesbaden district court imposed a prison sentence of eight years and three months. (Photo:…
This is what investors should know about capital gains tax
Tax rules for investors What’s with the Taxation of income at home and abroad, ETFs and funds, life insurance or crypto coins important? Innovations that investors should know. (Photo: Imago)…
“Law firms are lagging behind when it comes to compliance”
Professor Lucia Sommerer In an interview, the legal scholar speaks about the convicted lawyer Hanno Berger. (Photo: Private) Cologne Lucia Sommerer is a German-American legal scholar with a research focus…
Ex-Warburg boss Olearius must be in the dock from September
Private bank MM Warburg in Hamburg No money house is so in focus in the cum-ex scandal. With the trial of Christian Olearius, the work-up goes into the next round.…
Many ex-board members and a billion dollar scandal
Dusseldorf NRW-Landesbank WestLB has been history for eleven years. Devastating management failures contributed to its downfall. The institute was also involved in illegal cum-ex transactions. The Latin term describes stock…
Bonus interest tax trap – Treasury collects from savers after loan waiver
interest calculations Capital gains taxes apply to profits from investments. (Photo: dpa) Berlin As an investor, who wouldn’t be happy about higher interest rates on their savings? For many years,…
How to tax your dividends
Dusseldorf The bright side of investing includes gains on sales, interest income, and dividends. The taxes that are deducted from it, on the other hand, are a necessary evil. For…
More than ten years imprisonment demanded for Hanno Berger
In the district court in Wiesbaden This is where the trial of tax attorney Hanno Berger is being conducted. (Photo: dpa) Wiesbaden In the Wiesbaden Cum-Ex trial against the tax…
More than ten years imprisonment demanded for Hanno Berger
In the district court in Wiesbaden This is where the trial of tax attorney Hanno Berger is being conducted. (Photo: dpa) Wiesbaden In the Wiesbaden “Cum-Ex” trial against the tax…