Germany: Bundestag approves tax amendment Act 2025
Germany’s lower house of the parliament (Bundestag) approved the draft Tax Amendment Act 2025 on 4 December 2025, which introduces tax relief measures for individuals and updates several technical provisions across existing tax legislation. Key
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Germany, Switzerland tax treaty amending protocol comes into effect
The Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance announced that the protocol amending the 1971 income and capital tax treaty with Germany came into force on 27 November 2025. The protocol, signed on 21 August 2023, updates the treaty to
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Ethiopia, Germany sign new development cooperation treaty
Ethiopia and Germany concluded high-level development cooperation talks in Berlin, signing a new treaty confirming continued German support for Ethiopia’s reform agenda. Germany committed EUR 106 million in bilateral sectoral funding, plus an
See MoreGermany: MoF expands CbCR to additional jurisdictions
Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance has announced on 19 November 2025, that the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA) on the exchange of country-by-country reports (CbCR) will be extended to include Antigua and Barbuda, Cameroon,
See MoreGermany: Bundestag approves Pillar 2 amendments
Germany’s lower house of parliament (Bundestag) approved the second revised draft of a law amending domestic Pillar 2 rules and related measures on 13 November 2025. The legislation, formally titled “Law to Amend the Minimum Tax Act and
See MoreGermany: Bundestag approves draft law to implement DAC8 crypto reporting rules
Germany’s lower house of parliament (Bundestag) approved the draft law (KStTG) on 5 November 2025, aimed at implementing the EU’s DAC8 directive on the taxation of digital financial products, including crypto assets. Under the draft law,
See MoreGermany ratifies tax treaty protocol with Switzerland
Germany has published the law ratifying the sixth protocol, which amends the 1971 tax treaty with Switzerland on 30 October 2025. Signed on 21 August 2023, this agreement aims to eliminate double taxation and prevent tax evasion between the two
See MoreGermany gazettes law ratifying amending protocol to tax treaty with Netherlands
Germany published a law ratifying the protocol to its 2012 tax treaty with the Netherlands, signed on 14 April 2025, to prevent double taxation and tax evasion. Germany published a law ratifying the protocol to its 2012 tax treaty with the
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Germany: Bundesrat approves amending protocol to tax treaty with Switzerland
The treaty will take effect after the exchange ratification instruments and apply from 1 January next year. The German upper house of parliament (Bundesrat) approved the amending protocol to the 1971 tax treaty with Switzerland on 17 October
See MoreGermany: Bundesrat approves amending protocol to tax treaty with Netherlands
The treaty will take effect after the exchange ratification instruments and apply from 1 January next year. The German upper house of parliament (Bundesrat) approved the amending protocol to the 2012 tax treaty with the Netherlands on 17 October
See MoreGermany: MOF updates B2B e-invoicing guidance
Germany updated rules for mandatory B2B e-invoicing effective from 31 December 2024. The German Ministry of Finance (MOF) issued a second administrative guidance on mandatory e-invoicing for domestic B2B supplies, effective for transactions after
See MoreGermany, Switzerland extend tax treaty agreement until 2027
Germany and Switzerland extend 1971 tax treaty rules on executive income and capital has been extended until 2027. The German Ministry of Finance announced on 15 October 2025 that Germany and Switzerland have extended their agreement on the
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Germany: Bundestag approves amending protocol to tax treaty with Switzerland
The agreement seeks to eliminate double taxation and prevent tax evasion. Germany’s lower house of parliament (Bundestag) approved the amending protocol to the 1971 tax treaty with Switzerland on 16 October 2025. Switzerland and Germany
See MoreGermany: Bundestag approves amending protocol to tax treaty with the Netherlands
The agreement seeks to eliminate double taxation and prevent tax evasion. The German lower house of parliament (Bundestag) approved the amending protocol to the 2012 tax treaty with the Netherlands on 16 October 2025. The Netherlands and
See MoreGermany proposes broader implementation of BEPS MLI
Germany unveiled a draft bill to expand the BEPS MLI to additional tax treaties. The German Ministry of Finance has released a draft bill titled Act Amending the Act on the Multilateral Convention of 24 November 2016 to Implement Tax
See MoreGermany: MOF revises guidance on cross-border tax dispute resolution
The key changes in the guidance are aimed at simplifying terminology, clarifying the interaction of dispute resolution mechanisms, and providing expanded guidance for joint applications from partnerships and corporate groups. Germany’s Ministry
See MoreGermany: MOF consults filing rules for GloBE Information Return
Stakeholders are requested to submit feedback on the draft by 6 October 2025. The German Ministry of Finance (MOF) published a draft ordinance setting out the rules for filing and exchanging the GloBE Information Return (GIR) on 29 September
See MoreGermany signs multilateral GloBE information exchange agreement
Germany signed the GIR MCAA on 19 September 2025, joining 17 jurisdictions under Pillar 2 of the OECD/G20 framework. Germany signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on the Exchange of GloBE Information (GIR MCAA) on 19 September
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