It is common practice for credit institutions of all kinds and independent advisors to sell “private financial planning” to their clients. This may well cost a few thousand euros in fees – only for the time being, because the damage done in the process is often up to more than six figures. Bank(st)ers let it […]
Artikel zum Thema: Federal Fiscal Court
Legal and illegal tax evasion for ordinary earners and the middle class?
Ways to absolute tax exemption for every federal citizen – or tax evasion deluxe National budgetary law is considered the supreme discipline of parliaments. Already in the European Community (EC) the design principle applied that the member states compete with each other through national laws on income taxation. This has led to international corporations being […]
Salaried freelancers must be regularly registered with the statutory pension insurance scheme
Judgment of the Federal Social Court in Kassel The Federal Social Court (judgements of 03.04.2014, Ref. B 5 RE 13/14 R, B 5 RE 9/14 R and B 5 RE 3/14 R) has ruled that dependent in-house lawyers are not entitled to exemption from statutory pension insurance pursuant to Section 6 I SGB VI. The […]
Liability despite total loss
– What are the liability risks for investors, advisors and intermediaries? German investors lose up to more than 40 billion euros annually on capital investments. Time and again, public prosecutors or insolvency administrators are interested in whether the calculation of returns or the practices in balance sheets and accounting have been all too creative […]
Capital investments as modified fastball systems – tax liability despite total loss
– What are the liability risks for investors, advisors and intermediaries? German investors lose up to more than 40 billion euros annually on capital investments. Time and again, public prosecutors or insolvency administrators are interested in whether the calculation of returns or the practices in balance sheets and accounting have been all too creative […]
Insurance premiums only partially tax-deductible
How detailed advice protects clients from the suspicion of tax evasion: Doctors, notaries, non-medical practitioners, lawyers, engineers, tax advisors, architects, auditors, psychotherapists and other health care professions are particularly affected. In a ruling dated 20 May 2009, the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH, Ref. VIII R 6/07) confirmed its case law according to which the […]
New BFH ruling confirms breach of duty of care in case of excessive tax burden
Company pension scheme: New billion-dollar liability of the insurance industry “My friends wanted to be firemen, farmers, policemen, or something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal other people’s money.” (Warren Oates as John Dillinger in Dillinger, USA 1973) Marketing concepts often form the basis of employer consulting by insurance companies. […]
Ruling confirms breach of duty of care in case of excessive tax burden
Marketing concepts often form the basis of employer consulting by insurance companies. Not infrequently these lead with the implementation first with the employer and then with the insurer as designer straight to the liability for damages. Up to 99% of all insurance solutions in occupational pension schemes are apparently designed to be tax-damaging for […]
Typical gaps in protection in the financial loss liability insurance of the guardian
CONTENTS I. Liability in the event of delegation of tasks II. Particular gaps in cover for voluntary guardians III Further questions regarding adequate insurance cover arise for the professional guardian: Consequences of partnership, cooperation and office sharing No pecuniary loss insurance for lawyers and tax advisors in the case of commercial activity as guardian […]
Tax and liquidity gifts for medium-sized companies
On 1 January 2007, the new capital adequacy guidelines for banks and investment firms, Basel II for short, will come into force. For many entrepreneurs it is therefore high time to deal with it, because with Basell II creditworthiness and liquidity are becoming more and more important for bank customers. When it comes to […]