Helpful tax knowledge for many areas of life: Our regular tax tips provide you with concise and easy-to-understand information on practical topics relating to German tax law. Our experts clarify questions and relevant court judgements in connection with tax issues.
Bitcoins, inheritances, share losses - what do they mean for your tax return?
In our tax tips, for example, you can find out how it affects your tax return if the company car stays in the garage, how the family home can be passed on to the children tax-free and why investors who invest in gold certificates can be happy.
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All issues of our expert series with easy-to-understand articles on practical topics from German tax law can be found here:
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- BMF circular: When renovation costs are immediately tax-deductible – and when they are not
- Commuting from 2026: What's chaging regarding the mileage allowance
- Deduction for business-related expenses when travelling on business in a private car
- Focus on usufruct: tax consequences of renunciation
- How to claim your parking space on your tax return
- If the property purchase does not go through – and the tax remains
- Inheritance is gone, but the tax remains? – Federal Fiscal Court ruling on the cut-off date principle for inheritance tax
- Losses from equity funds
- Market value assessments and property tax – When is it worth proving a lower value?
- Severance pay – what should you do?
- Tax relief for start-up founders: Home offices are more often classified as private assets
- “Typical occasional gifts”: What you need to bear in mind for tax purposes at Easter, Christmas and other occasions
- Bitcoin under the Christmas tree
- Caution - advance lump sum
- Caution with private loans
- Combat housing shortage through special depreciation allowances
- Deducting gym membership fees from tax: What the Federal Fiscal Court says
- Electronic donation receipt
- Exit taxation from 2025
- Gender-specific mortality tables for gift tax
- Marital property regime swing with side effects - what married couples should consider
- New property tax
- New transparency for foreign currency gainsPrivate use of company cars: This applies to holiday trips
- Pensions are rising, and so are taxes
- Property tax reform: the full extent is now becoming clear
- Special requests can increase property transfer tax: What property buyers need to know
- Strategic purchase price allocation for property
- Tax pitfalls when transferring property to children
- Tax trap co-ownership? Deduction of debt interest in the case of a free partial transfer
- The pitfalls of selling everyday objects
- What the house as a gift is worth
- Advantage with usufruct - rental income as maintenance
- Caution when changing the matrimonial property regime
- Correctly calculate energy-related refurbishment costs
- Deduct expenses for your own vocational training from tax
- Determine the exact living space for property inheritance
- DAC7: Reporting obligation for digital platform operators - private sellers may also be affected
- Forward transaction losses - the tax authorities give in
- Home office flat rate and office hours
- How to work from home abroad
- Letting to the parents-in-law
- Losses from forward transactions
- Not all gold is the same
- Not every "tip" is tax-free
- Public viewing and VIP lounges at sporting events - what do I need to bear in mind for tax purposes?
- Rescission of a consumer loan agreement
- Sale of a garden plot
- Tax exemption for residential properties
- Taxes on Christmas presents?
- Tax loss harvesting - saving taxes with Bitcoin and Co.
- The cake tax is coming
- Transfer of benefits in a community of heirs
- Treacherous loans between relatives
- US citizenship: a privilege with tax consequences
- Usufruct of real estate in the event of a gift
- What influencers should consider at sporting events
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