Escrow accounts are becoming segregated accounts (only)
Changes to the German safeguarding regime of customer funds pursuant to Section 17 of the German Payment Services…
The taxation of carried interest – where do we stand?
What is carried interest anyway? Carried interest (or carry) is a performance fee to which the fund initiators…
Is factoring now subject to insurance tax?
In the recent past, we have increasingly observed that the Federal Central Tax Office (BZSt) wants to subject…
BMF draft: amendment of the VAT Application Decree (Umsatzsteueranwendungserlass – UstAE) regarding the management of venture capital funds
In July 2021, the Fund Jurisdiction Act (Fondsstandortgesetz) extended the VAT exemption in section 4 No. 8 lit.…
Bitcoin & Co.: Following the ruling of the Fiscal Court of Baden-Württemberg, now also the Fiscal Court of Cologne on the taxation of cryptocurrencies
Overview of the case law of the fiscal courts In our last article, we reported on the ruling…
Bitcoin & Co. : Draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part 2
In Part 2 of this article on the draft BMF letter on the income tax treatment of cryptocurrencies…
Bitcoin & Co.: Draft BMF letter on the in-come tax treatment of cryptocurrencies and tokens – Part (1)
Initial Situation For some years now, Steffen has been reporting on the tax treatment of cryptocurrencies in his…
Income tax: Last chance self-indictment? What do Airbnb lessors and (former) investors at Austrian banks have in common?
What happened? New (Fin)tech platforms have led to the rise of innovative business models such as Airbnb which…
VAT-moratorium for single-purpose vouchers?
Special rules for the VAT treatment of vouchers since 1 January 2019 Since 1 January 2019 new rules…
Bitcoin & Co.: current caselaw regarding the taxation of profits from the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies
Background In part 1 and part 6 of my posts on the taxation of cryptocurrencies, I looked into…
Finally: vouchers and prepaid cards are still considered payments in kind pursuant to the German Payment Services Supervision Act (ZAG)
Amendments applicable to vouchers and prepaid cards Last year, I reported on the conditions under which vouchers &…
Section 154 AO German Fiscal Code: Small change, big cost
As part of the implementation of the 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, the German legislator introduced a small change…
ATMs & VAT: CJEU ruling regarding the outsourcing of ATM operations
We have already reported several times on the VAT exemption for so-called white label structures and particularly on…
The tax treatment of Libra: old wine in new barrels?
What is the Libra cryptocurrency? Libra is a cryptocurrency which, like other cryptocurrencies, is based on a blockchain…