How investors are deceived when buying property

Deception of investors: The real estate as a supposedly safe investment The deception of investors in the real estate segment is unfortunately common practice. Real estate investors are often deceived by false or misleading information. For example, it is not uncommon for sample invoices to lack important information for calculating returns, such as any costs […]

Setting up a multi-level marketing organization is not exempt from sales tax

In its ruling of 3 August 2017 (Ref. V R 19/16), the Federal Court of Finance (BFH) decided that the establishment of a structured sales organisation is not exempt from VAT. In principle, this not only applies to structured sales organisations and other distribution companies and pools, but also to insurance intermediaries (agents), insurance brokers […]