The Federal Cabinet approved protocols amending tax treaties with the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The German Federal Cabinet approved on 6 August 2025 the amending protocols to its 2012 income tax treaty with the Netherlands and its 1971 income tax treaty with Switzerland.
The agreements seek to eliminate double taxation and prevent tax evasion.
The Netherlands and Germany signed a protocol amending the tax treaty on 14 April 2025.
Switzerland and Germany signed a protocol to the tax on 21 August 2023.
The protocols will enter into force after the exchange of ratification instruments and will apply from 1 January of the following year.
