Taxes

Because of the increasing energy prices, the government in Berlin just decided to go ahead with its huge relief package for motorists, commuters, travelers, parents and social welfare recipients. But both the Bundestag and the Bundesrat still have to approve it.

The Berlin government is confronted with a rather big problem: Its latest stimulus package is expensive while the exports and tax revenue took a big hit. At the…

The German Taxpayers Federation has released its annual 'black book' about cases in which the Federal Republic or its federal states have wasted taxpayers'…