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  1. 23. Juni 2025

    Compensation payment in connection with interest rate swap n ...

    In a most recent judgment, the Supreme Tax Court clarified that compensation (settlement) payments in connection with an interest rate swap may be deducted as business expenses if they are used to hedge an operational interest rate risk. However, this requires that the business loan and the interest swap transaction are exactly or at least approximately matched in respect of their content (portfolio, volume, term and amount).

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: compensation payment, interest swap
  3. 18. Juni 2025

    New online procedure for complaints before the local courts ...

    In future, anyone wishing to bring a monetary claim before the local (district) court will have access to simple, user-friendly and end-to-end digital court proceedings. This is envisaged in a draft bill of the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection. The trial phase of the new online procedure is to begin at selected local courts once the legislative process has been completed.

    Kategorien: Official Pronouncements
    Schlagwörter: digital data
  4. 15. Juni 2025

    Deadline to file an appeal for provision of personal data un ...

    In a recent judgement, the Supreme Tax Court held that the only legitimate type of action for the judicial claim under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the provision of a copy of the processed personal data is by way of „appeal for mandatory relief" (Verpflichtungsklage). The filing deadline is one month commencing with the delivery of the challenged administrative act.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: Data processing, filing deadlines
  5. 13. Juni 2025

    ECJ: No import VAT on the re-importation into the EU of good ...

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) had to deal with questions regarding the exemption from import VAT on the re-importation into the EU of goods exempt from customs duties. Specifically, whether the import VAT exemption is accessory to the exemption from customs duties for re-imported goods or if both exemptions are to be applied independently.

    Kategorien: European Court of Justice
    Schlagwörter: VAT Exemption, import VAT, customs duty
  7. 10. Juni 2025

    Allocation of total sales price for „best value menu“ with d ...

    In a most recent judgment, the Supreme Tax Court held that a method for allocating a standardized total price for a certain product that results in a proportionate sales price for a combination of goods (here: „economical menu” or “best value meal“ in the „system gastronomy“) that is higher than the individual sales price is not appropriate.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: VAT adjustment, fastfood, sale of foodst ...
  9. 06. Juni 2025

    クラウドベースソフトウェアの会計処理に係る一般的な会計ガイド ...

    企業のソフトウェアの利用方法は近年大きく変化しており、現在ではクラウトソリューションやハイブリッドモデルが一般的になっています。PwCドイツではソフトウェア・アズ・ア・サービス（SaaS）契約に関する一般的な会計ガイドラインを作成しました。本Newsflashでは、当該会計ガイドラインに関する概要をご紹介しています。

    Kategorien: Japan Business Network (JBN) Newsflash
    Schlagwörter: Japan
  10. 03. Juni 2025

    Treaty switch-over to tax credit method requires control of ...

    The change in the method for avoiding double taxation of certain foreign profits (the „switch-over“ from exemption to the tax credit method) stated in Section 20 (2) of the Foreign Tax Act requires that the German taxpayer controls the foreign company that generates the profits. This most recent decision of the Supreme Tax Court is contrary to the opinion of the German Ministry of Finance in a circular from 2014.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: switch over provision
  11. 03. Juni 2025

    Capital gain from transfer of property and assumption of und ...

    In the case of the transfer of assets for partial consideration, the gain is from a private sale and must be allocated into a transaction for consideration and a gratuitous part based on the ratio of the consideration to the market value of the transferred asset. According to the Supreme Tax Court, this also applies if the consideration is below the initial (acquisition) costs.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: sale of property, capital gain
  12. 03. Juni 2025

    ECJ referral: Physical entry of goods into the economic netw ...

    The Supreme Tax Court has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for a preliminary ruling regarding the entry of a sailing boat into the economic network of the Union. One of the questions referred to the ECJ is whether a means of transport enters the economic cycle of the Union if it is not used as such in a Member State but rather a service (here: maintenance and repair work) is carried out at the boat.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: customs clearance, import VAT
  13. 03. Juni 2025

    No constitutional concerns regarding late payment penalties

    According to a most recent decision of the Supreme Tax Court, there are still no constitutional concerns regarding the statutory amount of the late payment penalty as provided in Section 240 (1) sentence 1 Fiscal Code, also for periods after 31 December 2018 (follow-up to the decision of the Supreme Tax Court of 23 August 2023 – case: X R 30/21). In the opinion of the court, the compatibility with EU law is also beyond doubt.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: penalty surcharge
  14. 26. Mai 2025

    Extended trade tax deduction where first property sales occu ...

    According to a decision of the Supreme Tax Court, commercial property trading - which is harmful for the extended trade tax deduction - may be precluded under specific circumstances of the individual case if neither property sales nor preparatory measures are carried out within the five-year period and several property sales occur only in the sixth year.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: IFRS (Asset Management), extended trade ...
  16. 23. Mai 2025

    Competence of Central Customs Office after merger

    In a recent decision, the Supreme Tax Court has given its opinion on the territorial jurisdiction (competence) of German central customs authorities as regards electricity and energy tax relief applications and commented on the point in time when a change of jurisdiction in accordance with Section 26 Fiscal Code is possible. Competence of the customs authority is only transferred in the event of a change in circumstances and if the previously competent tax authority has already started processing the specific administrative procedure.

    Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court cases
    Schlagwörter: customs, competent authority, tax relief
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