Nach Ansicht des bayerischen Finanzministers, Prof. Dr. Kurt Faltlhauser, muss der Druck (auf Bundesregierung und Europäische Kommission) erhöht werden, um notwendige Veränderungen voranzutreiben und die Steuerausfälle in Zukunft zu vermeiden. Zwar zeigten die bisherigen Maßnahmen gewisse...

German civil and criminal courts have not always agreed over whether to allow a taxpayer to zero-rate intra-Community supplies when the taxpayer making the supply knew (or should have known) that his buyer in the other Member State intended to fraudulently evade VAT as a missing trader. This is...

The German federal government presented a legislative proposal on tax- and especially VAT law with the focus to combat VAT fraud in (international) ecommerce on July 31st 2018. This draft legislation is explained and discussed.

"Banks seem all too often involved in cases of misconduct, particularly involving the exploitation of tax systems. 'Banking on Failure' explains why and how banks "game the system", accounting for these misconduct cases and analysing the wider implications for financial markets and tax...