Latest Posts in the WINHELLER Blog:

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  June 9, 2017

  40 Euro Fine for Delayed Salary Payment

  First legal decisions regarding the 40 Euros delay charge have been taken by the Higher Labor Court Cologne and the Higher Labor Court Baden-Wurttemberg....
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  March 31, 2017

  Providers of Investments Required to Publish Prospectuses in Germany

  In 2017, the Act Amending Financial Market Regulations came into effect in Germany. The expansion of the obligation to draw up a prospectus has a particularly...
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  March 31, 2017

  Can a Lawyer Attend the Shareholders’ Meeting?

  A German court recently ruled that a shareholder of a German limited liability company may be represented by a freely appointed substitute during a...
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  March 31, 2017

  Refund of German VAT: Retroactive Correction of Invoices

  Under German tax law, value added tax on services received is refunded to companies. The prerequisite for a refund is that the invoice submitted is formally...
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  March 31, 2017

  Imports into the EU through Inward Processing

  Since May 2016, the new Union Customs Code (UCC) has become the binding customs legislation in the European Union. In the course of the change in the legal...
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  March 31, 2017

  Rent Control – Caution when increasing rents

  Since June 2015, the German federal states can designate areas with a particularly tense housing market and apply a so-called rent control. When renting out a...
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  March 31, 2017

  Age Discrimination in Vacation Entitlements

  If a labor law regulation provides for unequal treatment in terms of vacation entitlements based on the employee’s age, such regulation is not per se...
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  March 31, 2017

  High Fines under German Data Protection Law

  As of 05/25/2018, the General Data Protection Regulation will enter into force. The innovations will be quite complex and have to be strictly observed by...
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  Feb. 6, 2017

  After Brexit: Rising number of foreign banks consider moving to Frankfurt

  “It’s not enough just to install a letterbox.” With these words Peter Lutz, deputy executive director at the German financial supervisory...
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  Dec. 28, 2016

  German shops required to act: Electronic cash registers need retrofitting

  For companies working with cash registers there will be a major novelty as of 01/01/2017: All electronic cash registers need to be retrofitted or exchanged. In...