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At the end of 2020 the Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen, BMF) presented a draft bill for a Withholding Tax Relief Modernisation Act (Abzugsteuerentlastungsmodernisierungsgesetz, AbzStEntModG), which is intended in particular to address the illegality of Sec. 50d (3) German Income Tax Act (Einkommensteuergesetz, EStG) under European Union (EU) law. It also contains severa...

Now that the Brexit Transition period has ended and the UK has officially severed all ties with the European Union, the residency process for Brits wanting to relocate to Spain has changed and is the same as for all other non-EU citizens wanting to become residents here. The general rule is that Brits can still visit Spain without a Visa but for a maximum period of 90 days every six months. If the...

The Portuguese government has announced that from July 2021, investors for the Portugal Golden Visa will be blocked from purchasing a property in high-density areas such as Lisbon, Porto, the Algarve, and coastal areas like Setubal and the Silver Coast. The update discards the purchase of real estate in urban areas for €500K or urban rehabilitation projects for €350K as qualifiers for obtaining th...

The Landgericht (LG) München – Regional Court of Munich – has ruled that consumers were not being misled by two manufacturers promoting their fish products using a captain, and that the advertisements in question therefore did not violate competition law. A food manufacturer that had been promoting its fish products using a captain sporting a beard and cap for many years accused one of its co...

It is no secret that the global financial technology market is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. The previous year was marked by the thriving of the Fintech sector with record-breaking investments worldwide: a total of 3472 investment deals were made, worth $55.3 billion. And there is an explanation for that: the traditional banking industry is assimilating classic services using di...

Insurance Day magazine asked Li Jiao, partner at BUREN and Jim Sherwood, chairman of Global Insurance Law Connect if we might expect to see changes in local commercial insurance markets as has recently been seen in China, and if so, might there be some lessons we can learn? For the full article clickhere.

Patpol Legal lawyers are involved in a case in which the Supreme Court referred a question for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation of Art. 10 of Directive 2004/48 / EC. Soon the CJEU will comment on the difference between the wording of Art. 286 of the IPL and Art. 10 of Directive 2004/48 / EC. The current legal status raises interpretation doubts as to the possibility of declaring the dest...

Last year marked the 100th anniversary of Charles Ponzi’s federal indictment for the infamous scheme that bears his name, in October 1920. Investors who are contemplating investing in a new investment opportunity may be well advised to learn more about affinity fraud and how to evaluate such a new investment opportunity for red flags. What Is Affinity Fraud? “Affinity fraud” is sometimes defined a...