Tax rates and treaties
The ICAEW Library subscribes to IBFD, a specialist cross-border tax database. It provides current and historic tax rates, detailed tax guides, and tax treaties for hundreds of jurisdictions around the world.
Germany – Country Key Features
Tables summarising direct taxation of companies and individuals, VAT or GST, and other taxes.
Germany – Treaty Withholding Rates Table
Table showing maximum tax rates on dividends, interest, and royalties under the treaties in force.
Treaties
Full text of tax treaties between Germany and other territories. Includes information on each treaty’s status, signed date, effective date, and in force date.
Tax Treaty Case Law
Collection of tax treaty legal cases with key facts, summaries, and court decisions.
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Tax guides
The ICAEW Library subscribes to IBFD, a specialist cross-border tax database. It provides current and historic tax rates, detailed tax guides, and tax treaties for hundreds of jurisdictions around the world.
Germany – Individual Taxation
Guide covering income tax (including employment, investment, and capital gains), social security contributions, taxes on capital, inheritance and gift taxes, value added tax, and taxation of resident, expatriate and non-resident individuals.
Germany – Corporate Taxation
Guide covering corporate income tax, taxes on payroll, taxes on capital, shareholders and directors, international and non-resident companies, group taxation, restructuring and liquidation, anti-avoidance, special activities and entities, and goods and services tax.
Contact the Library enquiry team on +44 (0)20 7920 8620 or email library@icaew.com to request documents or get help with research. The service is free for ICAEW members, ACA students and other permitted users.
Tax news and developments
A selection of articles reporting on tax news and developments are available from the Business Source Corporate Plus database.
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German industry wants more from govt on draft tax reforms
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Developments in the valuation of intangible transfers and retroactive price adjustments in Germany
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Germany on the verge of removing WHT for IP
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Court backs CUP approach to intercompany loans in Germany
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Germany's coalition backs higher EU carbon price
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2021 German Administrative Principles – impact on TP and intangible contributions
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Tackling distribution margin controversies in German tax audits
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Joint audits to increase after COVID-19
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EU VAT compass 2023/2024
A reference guide to the VAT system of the EU. It includes the consolidated text of the current EU VAT Directive (No. 2006/112), as well as the texts of several other Directives in the field of VAT. Also included are summaries of more than 1,100 ECJ judgments in VAT cases, along with an overview of the VAT options that have been exercised by individual Member States.
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Global individual tax handbook 2023
Surveys 101 different tax systems from around the world.
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European tax handbook 2023
Covers surveys of the tax systems of 49 countries and jurisdictions.
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Global corporate tax handbook 2023
Surveys 101 different tax systems from around the world.
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Taxation of companies in distress — Germany
A chapter examining the tax treatment of companies in economic and financial distress in Germany. Covers topics including the impairment of loans and other commercial receivables, corporate treatment of losses, capital injections, tax deferrals, and liability to pay taxes.
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Mandatory disclosure rules in Germany
A chapter examining the mandatory disclosure rules which apply in Germany, covering: objectives, reportable arrangements, reportable persons, when to report, consequences of (non-)reporting, interaction with other domestic rules, fundamental rights, and the future outlook.
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Tax treaty case law around the globe 2019
This book is a unique publication that gives a global overview of international tax disputes on double tax conventions and thereby fills a gap in the area of tax treaty case law. It covers the 41 most important tax treaty cases which were decided around the world in 2018.
Bloomsbury Accounting and Tax Service
Eligible firms have free access to Bloomsbury Professional's comprehensive online library, comprising around 80 titles from some of the country's leading tax and accounting subject matter experts. Find out who is eligible and how you can access the Accounting and Tax Service.
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Germany - Taxation
Information on taxation in Germany, updated by two issues annually.
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