The Federal Constitutional Court has no objections to the deduction limits for the costs of initial vocational training or studies.

Cabs are considered public transportation, which is why the costs for a cab ride to the first place of work are not only deductible at the amount of the commuting allowance.

The Minimum Wage Commission proposes an increase in the minimum wage to 10.45 euros in four half-yearly stages from January 2021 to July 2022.

The German Federal Ministry of Finance has issued a statement on the requirements for the tax-free granting of fringe benefits and the permissibility of salary conversions.

Employers can give their employees up to 1,500 euros tax-free as a bonus payment or in kind on the occasion of the Corona crisis.

The Corona Tax Relief Act is intended to implement other changes to the tax code in addition to temporarily reducing the sales tax rate in the restaurant industry.

The German government has adopted further aid measures in tax and social legislation for those affected by the Corona crisis.

Employers in particularly busy industries can grant their employees bonus payments that are tax- and social security-free up to an amount of 1,500 euros.

For parents who have to care for their children at home due to the closure of kindergarten or school and thus have a loss of earnings, there is financial assistance from the state.

Patients with respiratory illness can also currently have their physician call in sick to help contain the spread of the virus if a corona infection is suspected.