✕ Taxes & finance

In particular, the Bundestag voted on a bill from the CDU/CSU and SPD parliamentary groups, which provides for a temporary reduction in the energy tax on fuels. The aim of the so-called “Second Energy Tax Reduction Act” is to cushion in the short term the effects of sharp increas…

The Bundestag has rejected a proposal from the left-wing faction entitled “Remove tax privileges for the highest inheritances”. The left-wing faction calls for central tax relief in inheritance tax law to be abolished. These include in particular the so-called exemption requireme…

The major general debate on government policy also took place as part of the four-day final consultations on the 2026 federal budget. In the subsequent roll-call vote, the Bundestag adopted the budget of the Federal Chancellor and the Federal Chancellery (sectional plan 04) in a …

The state parliament has voted on a recommended resolution to approve the Seventh State Treaty to amend state treaties under media law. This so-called reform state treaty is intended to adapt the legal framework for public broadcasting in Germany. The reform provides for changes …

The Bremen parliament voted on a law to amend budget regulations. The draft law envisages adapting Bremen's budget law to the changed debt brake requirements in the Basic Law and introducing new rules for financial relationships between the state and municipalities. The key point…

The Hamburg parliament has dealt with the consequences of the reform of the debt brake decided at the federal level. The SPD, CDU and GREENS factions submitted a corresponding proposal. The background is a change in the Basic Law that allows the federal and state governments to t…

The Hamburg citizenship decided on changes to implement the reformed debt brake in two roll-call votes. The background is a change to the Basic Law from 2025, which will allow the states to take out limited structural borrowing in the future. In the first vote (on Article 1) an a…

The Saxon state parliament voted on the state government's budget law 2025/2026. The Budget Act 2025/2026 determines how much money the Free State of Saxony should receive and spend in the two years. It also regulates whether and to what extent loans can be taken out. With the bu…

The AfD parliamentary group has submitted a draft of the Brandenburg Property Tax Assessment Act to the state parliament. According to the so-called federal model, each municipality must apply a uniform tax rate (“assessment rate”) to property tax, regardless of whether it concer…