In view of the dynamic occurrence of infection, the federal government and the states have decided on measures to break the wave of infection. For certain industries, this includes temporary closures. With the extraordinary economic aid, the solo self-employed are now also being supported.
Many solo self-employed people are waiting for this information,
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Today, the German tax office can access high-quality data on foreign accounts and systematically evaluate this data. The Federal Central Tax Office is currently evaluating 1.1 million messages from this data exchange.
We are currently experiencing the effects of implementing this data exchange.
After the first measures of data exchange on financial matters between European and non-European countries have already taken place in the past,
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The extraordinary Corona Economic Assistance for the month of November 2020 offers further important support for companies, businesses, self-employed persons, associations and institutions that are particularly affected by the current Corona restrictions. The details and conditions of the Corona Economic Aid November are now fixed.
The application for Corona Economic Assistance November must be submitted by the tax consultant or auditor and is currently not yet possible.
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Companies affected by the temporary closure, such as the catering industry, are to receive 75% of November 2019 revenues.
It is expected that applications will again be submitted via the bridging assistance platform. However, this platform must first be programmed for this purpose. Bridging assistance and short-time working allowance (KuG) will be deducted from the reimbursement amount.
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To the topic data exchange (with Turkey) the Bavarian broadcast reports on the topic “tax evasion: Turkey also reports soon account data” on B5 aktuell, as well as the BR24 App.
The contribution is based on an interview on the current situation with Dr. Christopher Arendt, specialist lawyer for tax law of ACCONSIS in Munich.
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Due to the current corona crisis, employers can pay their employees aid or support in the form of a corona premium for employees up to a total amount of EUR 1,500 until 31.12.2020, either tax-free and non-contributory in the social security system or as a tax-free payment in kind.
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In the middle of this year, the Federal Ministry of Finance declared that the Automatic Exchange of Information (AIA) will be expanded to include new countries from autumn 2020. The focus will be on data exchange with Turkey.
We have therefore asked Dr. Christopher Arendt, attorney, tax law specialist and managing director of ACCONSIS in Munich,
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On September 18, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) informed about the extension and expansion of the bridging assistance provided by the Federal Government for the months September to December 2020, whereby the access conditions will be lowered and the assistance expanded.
The aid programme (Bridging Assistance II) supports small and medium-sized enterprises as well as solo self-employed and freelancers who are particularly hard hit by the measures to combat corona with non-repayable grants towards fixed operating costs.
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The application period for the bridging aid Corona will be extended according to the meeting of the coalition committee on 25.08.2020. The decision provides that the duration of the bridging aid program for small and medium-sized enterprises will not end until 31.12.2020.
Applications for the Corona bridging assistance program have been possible since July 2020 at the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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We have summarized all the changes in short-time working and short-time allowance for you. This applies in detail:
You can find all details here.
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Since 2014, 100 countries have committed themselves to exchange information from account holders among themselves in the framework of the Automatic Information Exchange (AIA). This OECD measure ensures greater transparency in international money transactions and, as seen in the example with Switzerland, has also resulted in numerous cases of voluntary disclosure to the tax authorities.
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In order to revive the economy after the corona shock of the last few months, the German government adopted a comprehensive fiscal stimulus package on June 12, 2020. A central part of these measures is the temporary reduction of the statutory value-added tax within the framework of the standard tax rate from currently 19 % to 16 % and the reduced tax rate from 7 % to 5 %.
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After the restrictions of the last few weeks, many companies are starting their everyday life again. Business trips are still a big part of many employees’ daily work. We have compiled a brief overview of what exactly has to be taken into account when it comes to travel costs, food expenses,
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On 12 June 2020, the German government adopted the key points for the “bridging aid for small and medium-sized enterprises which have to cease their business operations completely or to a significant extent in the course of the Corona crisis”.
The bridging assistance is a cross-sectoral grant programme with a duration of three months (June to August 2020) and a maximum programme volume of 25 billion euros.
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Corona has us and our everyday life firmly under control! Labour law is also affected by this.
Below is a summary of some of the drastic changes and adjustments due to Corona.
The label was awarded by DATEV for the first time in 2019 and we are pleased to have received the seal again in the second year of the award.
The award is tied to annually redefined criteria that show who in the industry actually has digital competence in the market and thus distinguishes themselves strongly from other market competitors.
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We recommend using the free advice up to a volume of 4,000 euros to find ways out of the Corona crisis. The funding is provided by the German Federal Government. As a consultant you have to be approved for the BAFA programme – ACCONSIS GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft fulfils this requirement and supports you in the application process or takes over the application for funding for you.
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Since last week, companies can apply for emergency loans from the KfW, which are then disbursed as quickly as possible via their house banks. Since then, the banks have been overrun by applications for the KfW emergency loans to cope with the Corona crisis. On the first day of the aid programme Deutsche Bank alone received more than 5300 applications from companies.
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The spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) poses challenges and raises many questions for us all. ACCONSIS has therefore reacted immediately and formed the ‘ACCONSIS Corona Task Force‘ to help and support you.
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Questions and answers concerning home office, paid/unpaid leave, quarantine, closed schools/kindergartens and what this means for continued pay.
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Due to the classification of the coronavirus (COVID-19) as a pandemic, we would like to inform you which precautions ACCONSIS is taking to protect our customers, partners and employees from the unnecessary risk of infection.
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Der Gesetzgeber hatte bereits am 21.11.2018 neue „Geringfügigkeits-Richtlinien“ ausgegeben und klar gestellt, welche zusätzlichen Anforderungen ab 2019 an ein solches Anstellungsverhältnis gestellt werden.
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Zum 01.02.2020 soll der Brexit in Kraft treten. UK hat alle rechtlichen Voraussetzungen dafür geschaffen, es steht nur noch die Zustimmung des Europäischen Parlaments am 29.01.2020 aus, die aber als Formsache gilt. Uk ist dann nicht mehr Mitglied der EU, aber mit einem Austrittsabkommen, d.h. es ist kein harter Brexit.
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Grundsätzlich erhält ein Arbeitnehmer im Krankheitsfall für die Dauer von 6 Wochen seine Vergütung weiterbezahlt (sogenannte Entgeltfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall).
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Der Jahreswechsel steht an und wie jedes Jahr sind damit auch einige Veränderungen und Anpassungen im Lohnbereich vorzunehmen. Die wichtigsten Themen stellen wir kurz vor.
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