Tag: Household community
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…
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…
Municipalities require cheap tickets that are valid indefinitely
Berlin After the expiry of the 9-euro monthly ticket for local public transport (ÖPNV), which is limited to three months, the Association of Towns and Municipalities is demanding a nationwide…
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…
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…
Lindner wants to change the Basic Law and relieve highly indebted municipalities
Christian Lindner As a condition for the relief, the Federal Minister of Finance called the amendment of the Basic Law. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner has proposed…
Municipalities do not want to operate charging stations
Charging station for e-cars There are still too few charging stations for electric vehicles in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) must expect resistance to his…
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…
Hanover’s mayor about the digital challenge of the municipalities
No state institution is as close to the people and their everyday life as the municipalities are. This is precisely why cities and municipalities should become guarantors of more common…