Tag: financial equalization
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…
Reductions in energy costs from February
Demo in Stuttgart The relief should now reach households and companies a little earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The gas price brake is to take effect a month earlier than previously…
Reductions in energy costs from February
Demo in Stuttgart The relief should now reach households and companies a little earlier. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The gas price brake is to take effect a month earlier than previously…
Controversy over the third energy relief package
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner Berlin On November 2nd, the federal and state governments want to discuss the third energy relief package. The date was chosen deliberately. Chancellor Olaf Scholz…
Deadline is extended to January 2023
property tax return Millions of property owners have to fill out a property tax return. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The deadline for the property tax return has been extended once until…
The federal and state governments agree on a 49-euro ticket
Volker Wissing The transport ministers of the federal states and the federal government have reached an agreement. (Photo: dpa) Bremerhaven The federal and state governments have agreed on a successor…
Deadline is extended to January 2023
property tax return Millions of property owners have to fill out a property tax return. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The deadline for the property tax return has been extended once until…
Deadline is extended to January 2023
property tax return Millions of property owners have to fill out a property tax return. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The deadline for the property tax return has been extended once until…
Deadline is extended to January 2023
property tax return Millions of property owners have to fill out a property tax return. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The deadline for the property tax return has been extended once until…
Federal states have a surplus of almost 24 billion euros
Prime Ministers Conference The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Franziska Giffey, and NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst explain the demands of the federal states to the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments)…
Federal states have a surplus of almost 24 billion euros
Prime Ministers Conference The Governing Mayor of Berlin, Franziska Giffey, and NRW Prime Minister Hendrik Wüst explain the demands of the federal states to the federal government. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments)…
The federal states are extorting more and more money from the federal government
federal cabinet The federal government is taking over more and more of the state spending. As a result, its new borrowing is expected to rise to 139 billion euros this…
Wissing & Länder argue about discount ticket
Berlin At a digital special conference of transport ministers, the transport ministers of the federal and state governments were unable to agree on a successor regulation for a local transport…
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…
Municipalities demand more money for refugees
The federal government is paying the federal states and municipalities a flat rate of two billion euros this year, regardless of how many people actually arrive in Germany. “But it…
The federal and state governments agree on the distribution of refugee costs
press conference The federal and state governments have agreed on a division of the refugee costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal government makes a lot of concessions to the states…
The federal states demand 1000 euros per person from the federal government
Berlin In view of thousands of new war refugees arriving every day, the federal states are demanding support from the federal government to finance the accommodation and care of Ukrainians.…
Biontech billions become negative business for Rhineland-Palatinate
Biontech headquarters in Mainz The success of the vaccine manufacturer ensures increasing tax revenue in Rhineland-Palatinate. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Doris Ahnen (SPD) was very happy. At the beginning of February,…
Local transport: Federal Court of Auditors calls for public transport law
Subway In the past there has always been criticism that the federal states are misusing the funds for local transport. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Court of Auditors is calling…