With its decision dated May 30, 2017, the German Federal Fiscal Court referred several questions as to a potential state aid qualification of the tax exemption according to Sec. 6a of the German Real Estate Transfer Tax Act to the European Court ... (more)
Under the current tax regime Germany grants a tax exemption only for domestic funds but not for foreign funds. The Fiscal Court Münster (20/04/2017,10 K 3059/14 K) ruled that this does not violate the EU freedoms because the situation of ... (more)
The German Insurance Association (GDV) in cooperation with the German Insurance Academy invite participants to a full-day seminar on tax issues pertaining to investments by insurance companies. Seminars will be held in Cologne on September 12, 2017, in Hamburg on September 18, ... (more)