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ZDF documentary revealed – high-ranking BMF official gave tips for the super-rich

At an event, a head of department at the Federal Ministry of Finance gave tips for tax relief. She is now facing disciplinary proceedings. The Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) wants to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Gerda Hofmann, head of the tax department, who gave a lecture as a guest speaker at an event organized […]

German armaments project will probably be five times more expensive than planned

A few years ago, the Bundeswehr commissioned a drone defense system. Now the project is expected to become significantly more expensive. An anti-drone system for the Bundeswehr is apparently going to be significantly more expensive to purchase than was initially planned. This is reported by the news magazine “Spiegel”, citing information from the Federal Ministry […]

Lindner and Buschmann promote dozens of employees in ministries

The FDP’s Justice and Finance Ministries want to promote significantly more employees than other ministries. Liberals see this as a regular occurrence. Although the traffic light coalition is in the middle of a budget crisis, there is a wave of promotions in FDP-led federal ministries shortly before the end of the year. This was reported […]

Evidence of meetings between Olaf Scholz and Christian Olearius

The Chancellor does not want to be able to remember meetings with a private banker in the Cum-Ex affair. An internal note from the Federal Ministry of Finance now proves the opposite. The current Chancellor and former First Mayor of Hamburg met with the private banker Christian Olearius three times in 2016 and 2017 – […]

The Federal Ministry of Finance imposes a budget freeze on all ministries

The Ministry of Finance is extending the budget freeze to large parts of the federal budget. Originally it only applied to the climate and transformation fund. The federal government apparently assesses the effects of the Federal Constitutional Court’s ruling on the climate fund to be more serious than previously assumed. According to information from the […]

Paus blockade and basic child security: SPD boss Klingbeil is “stunned”

The dispute in the traffic light coalition continues – to the frustration of SPD leader Klingbeil. The Greens managing director is also calling for a government working mode. SPD leader Lars Klingbeil has sharply criticized the new dispute in the traffic light coalition. The task of the government is to provide security, stability and orientation […]

Restaurant visits more expensive – price shock for the schnitzel

Starting next year, the VAT rate in restaurants is set to rise from the current 7 percent to 19 percent. t-online shows what that would mean for the price of a schnitzel. A difference of twelve percentage points is currently causing a lot of trouble: in the coming year, food in restaurants will again be […]

This is how expensive restaurants will be when the rate increases

Starting next year, the VAT rate in restaurants is set to rise from the current 7 percent to 19 percent. t-online shows what that would mean for the price of a schnitzel. A difference of twelve percentage points is currently causing a lot of trouble: in the coming year, food in restaurants will again be […]