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Press release No. 176 of 8 May 2023 Number of income millionaires in Germany up 4.6% in 2019
In 2019, a good 27,400 of all registered wage and income tax payers in Germany had an income of at least one million euros. This equates to an increase of 4.6%, or just under 1,200 additional million-euro earners, compared with 2018. Income from a …
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Press release No. 050 of 8 February 2023 In 2022 the quantity of cigarettes taxed in Germany was down 8.3% year on year
In 2022, 65.8 billion cigarettes were taxed in Germany.The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a decrease of 6.0 billion, or 8.3%, compared with 2021. The decrease was markedly larger than in the preceding years (2021: -2.8%; …
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Press release No. 042 of 1 February 2023 Slight increase in beer sales in 2022
In 2022, the beer producing and storing establishments in Germany sold roughly 8.8 billion litres of beer.The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase in beer sales of 2.7%, or 232.6 million litres, compared with …
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Press release No. N 072 of 20 December 2022 Christmas facts
Whether it' a Norway spruce or Nordmann fir – for many people Christmas is not complete without a real Christmas tree. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that Christmas trees were grown on an area of 20,100 hectares outside the forests …
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Press release No. 513 of 5 December 2022
Donations in 2018: total amount donated up 0.9% on the previous year
In 2018, 11.4 million taxpayers in Germany stated donations of 6.8 billion euros in their tax returns. These were new all-time highs but the level of donations rose only slightly (+0.9%) compared with the previous year, according to the Federal …
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Press release No. 362 of 29 August 2022 Trade tax revenue at record high in 2021
The municipalities in Germany received trade tax revenue amounting to roughly 61.1 billion euros in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this is an increase of approximately 15.8 billion euros, or 34.9%, on the previous year. …
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Press release No. N 050 of 2 August 2022 13.7 million employees used the tax break for commuters in 2018
In the debate about providing relief for rising petrol prices, consideration is also being given to increasing the tax break for commuters. Based on tax declaration data, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 13.7 million …
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Press release No. 324 of 1 August 2022 Beer sales up 3.8% in the 1st half of 2022 year on year
Beer sales increased by 3.8%, or 157.2 million litres, in the first six months of 2022 compared with the same period a year earlier. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the breweries and beer warehouses in Germany sold roughly …
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Press release No. 308 of 20 July 2022 Business assets received as a gift and taken as a basis for tax assessment more than doubled in 2021
In 2021, 26.7 billion euros of business assets were transferred by gift and taken as a basis for tax assessment. This was the first year-on-year increase since the inheritance tax reform in 2016. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports …
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Press release No. 275 of 30 June 2022 More and more pensions are subject to income tax
A total of 21.9 million people in Germany received benefits to the amount of roughly 350 billion euros from statutory, private or company pension schemes in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 0.6%, or …
