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Looking at the longer-term trend, Germany’s tax-to-GDP ratio has been steadily increasing since 2000 when it was at 36.4%. In comparison, the OECD average has also risen over the same period, from 32.9% in 2000 to 34.1% in 2021. The highest tax-to-GDP ratio recorded in Germany was in 2021 at 39.5%, while the lowest was in 2004 at 34.3%. [11]
The Federal Central Tax Office (German: Bundeszentralamt für Steuern, abbreviated BZSt) is a German federal agency responsible for administering various sections of the country's tax code. It was created out of its current parent agency, the Federal Ministry of Finance , on 1 January 2006 and has approximately 2,200 employees.
The municipal trade tax (net) covered around 15% of adjusted revenues on average in Germany in 2014. The municipalities must transfer part of the municipal trade tax revenue to the federal and state governments as a municipal trade tax levy. The amount of this municipal trade tax levy changes very frequently; after 1990, almost annually.
An exception to this rule is a state's share of value added tax revenue; up to a quarter of a state's tax revenue can be assigned to especially weak states in advance. The equalization payments are being stepped up, the states entitled to payment adjustments should now receive 95% of the average of all states' revenue compared to 91% in the past.
The Finance Ministry is responsible for all aspects of tax and revenue policy in Germany and plays a significant role in European Union policy. It has nine directorates-general: [ 4 ] Directorate-General Z (Central Services): Deals with all ministerial organizational matters, including human resources, IT, occupational training, management, and ...
The Customs Service, as part of the Finanzverwaltung (fiscal administration), ensures the flow of revenue from federal trade tariffs and taxes (excise taxes—Branntwein taxes, electricity taxes, tobacco taxes, energy taxes, etc., including the beer tax, the revenues from which go to the German states), as well as revenues of the European Union (75% of all tariff income goes to the EU, 25% are ...
The individual will be UK resident for the tax year if all of the following apply: they work full-time in the UK for any period of 365 days, which falls in the tax year; more than 75% of the total number of days in the 365-day period when they do more than three hours work are days when they do more than three hours work in the UK; and at least ...
The 1993 system has geographic zones on the first (Postleitzonen) and on the second level (Postleitregion), e.g., 1 is North East Germany, and 10 is a zone in the inner city of Berlin. German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits. The green lines mark state borders, which do not always correspond with postal code areas. P.