Tag: communal affairs
Financially weak municipalities are considering higher taxes and fees
Berlin Citizens have to adjust to higher municipal fees and cuts in municipal services. The general manager of the Association of Towns and Municipalities, Gerd Landsberg, justified this with the…
Cities are fighting vacancies with the LeAn platform
Dusseldorf Empty shops, one-euro shops, amusement arcades: In many communities, the inner cities have been deserted for years. In addition, at least 40 other branches are now to be closed…
Duisburg puts cooperation with Chinese tech group on hold
business in Beijing Huawei is said to have a special relationship with the Chinese leadership. (Photo: AP) Berlin, Dusseldorf The city of Duisburg is putting its controversial cooperation with the…
Municipalities warn against resistance to further refugees
Ukraine refugees in Brandenburg So far, Germany has taken in more than a million refugees from Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Before today’s federal-state meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the municipalities…
Municipalities warn against resistance to further refugees
Ukraine refugees in Brandenburg So far, Germany has taken in more than a million refugees from Ukraine. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Before today’s federal-state meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the municipalities…
Verdi & the Civil Service Association are demanding 10.5 percent more money for public services
Verdi boss Frank Werneke The trade unions want to secure the income of employees even in difficult times. (Photo: IMAGO/snapshot) Berlin The unions Verdi and the civil service association are…
Unions are demanding 10.5 percent more money for public services
Verdi boss Frank Werneke The trade unions want to secure the income of employees even in difficult times. (Photo: IMAGO/snapshot) Berlin The unions Verdi and the civil service association are…
If you want to prevent tax havens, you have to replace the trade tax
Monheim It is an anachronism that only commercial enterprises have to pay, but service providers usually do not. (Photo: Panther Media) Cologne Most of them are inconspicuous communities – and…
Country wants to take action against letterbox companies
Monheim At first glance, the light brick detached house at Sandstrasse 104 does not look like a commercial center. Neither does the surrounding area, the Baumberger Sportfreunde are based in…
Country wants to take action against letterbox companies
Monheim At first glance, the light brick detached house at Sandstrasse 104 does not look like a commercial center. Neither does the surrounding area, the Baumberger Sportfreunde are based in…
Now the state needs an extension of the deadline
apartment buildings Especially in the east, the property tax returns for the cities and municipalities are complex. (Photo: IMAGO/Silas Stein) Berlin It was just too much. Property tax information for…
Now the state needs an extension of the deadline
Berlin It was just too much. Property tax information for 7000 properties and buildings, more than 13,000 sub-areas, plus the question of whether forest areas need to be re-measured. “We…
Which municipality has the lowest assessment rate?
Commercial area in Monheim am Rhein For a few years, the city of Monheim near Leverkusen was the largest trade tax paradise in Germany. (Photo: Bayer AG) Berlin Tax haven…
CDU is committed to Tempo 40 in cities
Traffic in Berlin So far, the speed in German cities has been limited to either 30 or 50 km/h. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The CDU wants to allow Tempo 40 in…
The administration hardly considers itself sustainable
Computer keyboard and Lan cable PDFs are often still printed out in the authorities. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Only about half of the 143 managers surveyed in German administrations consider their…
The administration hardly considers itself sustainable
Computer keyboard and Lan cable PDFs are often still printed out in the authorities. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Only about half of the 143 managers surveyed in German administrations consider their…
Bed taxes for hotel guests are compatible with the Basic Law
hotel sign Several hotel operators from Hamburg, Bremen and Freiburg im Breisgau have raised constitutional complaints. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Karlsruhe The bed tax levied by numerous cities for private…
Bed taxes for hotel guests are compatible with the Basic Law
hotel sign Several hotel operators from Hamburg, Bremen and Freiburg im Breisgau have raised constitutional complaints. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Karlsruhe The bed tax levied by numerous cities for private…
Ten people shot dead – Racist motive under investigation
new York A shooter opened fire in the US city of Buffalo and killed at least ten people – the police are investigating, among other things, because of a hate…
Chief Advisor criticizes Finance Minister’s proposal
Hendrik Wüst (left), Christian Lindner North Rhine-Westphalia’s Prime Minister gets into trouble due to the advance of the Federal Minister of Finance. (Photo: Imago Images) Berlin Finance Minister Christian Lindner’s…