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- One Xmas Tree – four Tax Rates: The Crazy German Tax Logic
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- Salary in Money ./. Salary in Kind
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- Soccer Referee Subject to Domestic Trade Tax also for Umping Abroad
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- Looking into the Future can become Expensive
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- May Banks collect an extra fee for Sending a TAN
- Lost Treasures - Facebook the new "Lost & Found"?
- 10 Commandments for the Oktoberfest Season in Germany
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- Freedom of Movement: Third-country spouses of Germans after Marrying in Denmark
- Schengen Visa Denied Now get a National Visa
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- Indemnification for Discrimination of Foreigners amounting to 30 k €
- Expulsion as sole Breadwinners for Minor Europeans
- Brexit and Immigration to Germany - A lawyers view
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- Visa Information System Being Modernized
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- Primer on how to Deduct Costs for a Home Office
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- Secondary Job as a Supernumerary is Tax-Free
- Deducting the Same Costs Twice
- Loans Amongst Close Relatives
- Missing Intention to Achieve Income When Employed
- No Child Benefits for Refugees Constitutional
- Parental Benefits (Elterngeld) Reduces Private Deductibles
- Home Office – Which Spouse can Deduct?
- Child Benefits During Vocational Training in spite of Continuous Illness
- Own Costs for Company Car in Income Tax Return
- Co-heir Means Codebtor in Taxation – Even if Unaware
- Deductibility of Self-Paid Health Costs as Insurance Costs
- Deducting Home Study with Minor Professional Use
- Income Accrual to Salary Conversion for Early Retirement
- Invitation to a Luxurious Cruise Subject to Gifts Tax
- May Tax Offices Collect 6% Interest for Late Payments
- Speculation Tax when Selling Self-Used Home
- Non-Residents entitled to Child Benefits while receiving Domestic Income
- Taxability of Compensation for Spanning Power Supply Line over one's Real Estate
- Father to Reimburse Child Benefits paid to Mother
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- May Tax Offices Collect 6% Interest for Late Payments
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