Tag: Federal Constitutional Court
When the deadline for your tax expires
No stress for the tax return Various deadlines must be observed. (Photo: Stone/Getty Images) Frankfurt Filing the tax return or celebrating the start of the new year – some people…
How the Dorint supervisory board chairman Dirk Iserlohe fights for compensation
Cologne The Cologne hotel company Dorint, the second largest German-owned accommodation group after Motel One, is continuing its fight for outstanding corona compensation. “In contrast to the mostly fully compensated…
This saves students money on tax returns
deduct tuition fees A tax return can be profitable for students. When does it make sense and what can be deducted? (Photo: Imago) Frankfurt School is over, now adult life…
How the federal states pile up mountains of debt through the back door
Berlin The pot should “have it all”, announced the new state government, and it has. The new climate special fund of the city of Berlin is to comprise up to…
CDU wants higher taxes for top earners
CDU party leader Friedrich Merz In the grand coalition, the Christian Democrats had categorically ruled out tax increases. Now the position seems to be changing. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The CDU…
Legal opinion considers new property tax to be unconstitutional
Housing estate in Berlin Property tax reform has caused problems nationwide. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Quite a few real estate owners have looked shocked at their new property tax assessment in…
Deadline for submitting property tax returns: what to do if you receive a reminder?
Settlement with apartment buildings The first tax offices have started sending out reminders to those who have not yet submitted their property tax returns. (Photo: imago images/blickwinkel) Frankfurt The implementation…
What caring relatives and contributors now have to adjust to
Berlin Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) defended his plans for a care reform on Wednesday against criticism. “Since the costs of good care are constantly increasing, the community of…
Prime suspect in cum-ex scandal faces extradition
Sanjay Shah The Briton was arrested at the Danish request. (Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Sanjay Shah has made a fortune doing business at the taxpayer’s expense. For a long time,…
Tax return 2022/2023: 16 important innovations
Tax return 2022/2023 Which innovations are important for the 2022 tax return? Frankfurt With the tax return for the year 2022, the chances of a refund are good again. Several…
Paus wants to reduce allowances for billion-euro projects
Berlin If a minister wants to spend ten billion euros more on her prestige project than the finance minister wants to allocate to her, then one can certainly speak of…
The electoral reform is poison for the political culture
Bundestag It is not self-evident that politics restricts itself, as it is now doing with the electoral reform. (Photo: dpa) How excited everyone wasn’t about the ever-growing Bundestag. There was…
The most important questions and answers on the electoral reform
Berlin After a long and bitter dispute, the Bundestag will decide on the electoral law reform of the traffic light coalition this Friday. The project is strictly rejected by the…
Union and left against traffic light plan
Bundestag The plan envisages reducing the Bundestag from 736 to permanently 630 MPs after the next election in 2025. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has met with massive…
Union and left against traffic light plan
Bundestag The plan envisages reducing the Bundestag from 736 to permanently 630 MPs after the next election in 2025. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The traffic light coalition has met with massive…
An indictment of the rule of law
Hanno Berger The tax attorney was sentenced to just eight years in prison instead of the maximum sentence of 15 years – because the state is too slow. (Photo: dpa)…
Funds see a big gap in Lauterbach’s care reform
Karl Lauterbach The health insurance companies criticize the care reform of the health minister. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil Janssen) Berlin The nursing care funds are empty, at the same time more…
Karl Lauterbach is planning higher contributions
Karl Lauterbach According to the preliminary report, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) is not the addressee of the letter. It was only sent to him “for information”. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil…
Karl Lauterbach is planning higher contributions
Karl Lauterbach According to the preliminary report, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach (SPD) is not the addressee of the letter. It was only sent to him “for information”. (Photo: IMAGO/Chris Emil…
Convicted Warburg banker fails with constitutional complaint
Lady Justice statue According to the Constitutional Court, the verdict is unobjectionable. (Photo: dpa) Cologne Christian S., ex-plenipotentiary of the Hamburg private bank MM Warburg Bank, has failed with his…