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Labour Court of Munich: Employers may order return from the home office - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Labour Court of Munich: Employers may order return from the home office

From July 1st, it is up to employers to decide whether they continue to let their employees do home office due to the ongoing Covid 19 pandemic or if they call them back to the office. Some companies want their...
SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance amended - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance amended

On September 1, 2021, the Federal Cabinet decided to extend the SARS-CoV-2 Occupational Health and Safety Ordinance until November 24th, 2021. The Amendment Ordinance will come into force by September 10, 2021. Here you will find an overview of the...
Obligation to report to the Transparency Register for companies: What managing directors need to know about the amendment to the German Anti-Money Laundering Act - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Obligation to report to the Transparency Register for companies: What managing directors need to know about the amendment to the German Anti-Money Laundering Act

Many companies are affected by an extension of the reporting obligation to the Transparency Register through an amendment to the German Anti-Money Laundering Act (GWG - Geldwäschegesetzes) as of 1 August 2021. Find out what you need to know about...
COVID 19 vaccine and the workplace: Can employers ask who got their shots? - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

COVID 19 vaccine and the workplace: Can employers ask who got their shots?

As vaccination is not compulsory in Germany to date, the question arises as to whether the employer is entitled to ask its employees about their COVID 19 vaccination status and to demand proof from them of any voluntary vaccination. Are...
European Court of Justice: All Employers must measure working time in detail - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

European Court of Justice: All Employers must measure working time in detail

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that member states must require employers to set up a system for measuring actual daily working time for individual workers in order to enable verification of compliance with working time limits. All...
Defer social security contributions for November and December 2020 - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Defer social security contributions for November and December 2020

According to the circulars dated November 17, 2020 and December 17, 2020 from the GKV-Spitzenverband, the interest-free deferral without collateral is to be granted for the payroll period November and December 2020. This applies at most until the contributions are...
December Aid, New Start Aid and Bridging Aid 3 announced - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

December Aid, New Start Aid and Bridging Aid 3 announced

November Aid is to be followed by December Aid, and Bridging Aid 2 is to be followed by Bridging Aid 3. In addition, Restart Aid is to be provided. Here you receive an overview to December Aid, Restart Aid and...
Applying for November Aid: Relevant information for companies - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Applying for November Aid: Relevant information for companies

The starting signal for the application for the November Aid has been given. We have worked our way through the Federal FAQ and provide you with all the information on how to apply for November Aid that is initially relevant...
New information on bridging aid Phase 2 and the November aid - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

New information on bridging aid Phase 2 and the November aid

We have already provided you with information on the topics of the bridging aid Phase 2 and the November aid. Now there is new information on the bridging aid Phase 2 and the November aid. Here you can find an...
A guide to the Research Allowance Act: from the application process to the documentation - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

A guide to the Research Allowance Act: from the application process to the documentation

Research and development are important components of a country's economic growth. The increase in the research quota and the associated question of financing is a topic that occupies both politicians and the economy to a large extent. After reporting on...
The German Federal Government plans bridging aid III and re-start aid - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The German Federal Government plans bridging aid III and re-start aid

The Federal Government will probably extend the bridging aid into a third stage until the end of June 2021. In addition, there will be a new aid package for solo self-employed persons called re-start aid. This was recently published by...
New details on the application procedure for November Aid - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

New details on the application procedure for November Aid

The November Aid was announced as exceptional economic aid, and the first key points on the conditions and amount of aid have already been published. Now the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Finance...
The November Aid replaces up to 75 percent of the lost turnover - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The November Aid replaces up to 75 percent of the lost turnover

Companies that are now forced to close in the second Corona lockdown will receive compensation in the form of exceptional economic aid. The government aptly calls this aid "November Aid". Up to 75 percent of the lost turnover is to...
What you should know about the Bridging Aid of phase 2 - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

What you should know about the Bridging Aid of phase 2

We have already informed you about the start of the Bridging Aid Phase 2 in a blog post. The corresponding funding period is between September and December 2020, and we would now like to provide you with further details and...
Extension of short-time working allowance in the Corona crisis planned until the end of 2021 - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Extension of short-time working allowance in the Corona crisis planned until the end of 2021

The short-time working allowance has existed since the beginning of the acute phase of the Corona crisis in Germany. It is now planned an extension of the short-time working allowance until the end of 2021. Read all information in the...
What you should consider in your company after the GDPR infringement by H&M - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

What you should consider in your company after the GDPR infringement by H&M

A GDPR infringement by H&M costs the company 35 million euros. What do you have to look out for in your company to act in accordance with GDPR? The sanction against H&M is the highest fine ever imposed in Germany....
Companies can now apply for Bridging Aid II - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Companies can now apply for Bridging Aid II

The second phase of the Bridging Aid has been running since 20 October. This means that companies can now apply for bridging aid II. You can find here all information in the overview. Where do companies apply for Bridging Aid...
Tax consequences for cross-border commuters in the home office and particularities during the Corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Tax consequences for cross-border commuters in the home office and particularities during the Corona crisis

Many people work from the home office due to corona. We can provide you with information on the tax consequences for cross-border commuters in their home office during the corona crisis. What does cross-border commuter mean? Employees whose place of...
OECD Framework set to regulate taxation of digital companies - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

OECD Framework set to regulate taxation of digital companies

The taxation of the digital economy has been a frequently discussed topic for many years. The OECD Framework is designed to regulate the taxation of digital companies and should be finalized by the end of 2020. In this article we...
What does insolvency mean? - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

What does insolvency mean?

Due to Corona, for the reason of insolvency of inability to pay, the obligation to file for insolvency was abolished for several months. Since October 1, 2020, it is applicable again. In concrete terms, this means that insolvent entrepreneurs must...
Accounting in the Corona Crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Accounting in the Corona Crisis

The far-reaching effects of the Corona pandemic on companies are ultimately also reflected in the accounting and reporting for the financial year 2020. Here you can find out how your accounting will be affected by the corona crisis. In an...
German Federal Council recommends: Postpone revision of transfer pricing regulations - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

German Federal Council recommends: Postpone revision of transfer pricing regulations

A recommendation published on September 28 by the responsible committees of the German Federal Council caused a sensation. The committee recommends that the German Federal Council postpones the revision of the transfer pricing regulations. Our overview provides all information needed....
No trade tax addition when tour operators purchase hotel rooms - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

No trade tax addition when tour operators purchase hotel rooms

Since the Corporate Tax Reform Act 2008 came into force, rent and lease payments for the rental of immovable fixed assets (of which the property owner is the landlord) claimed as operating expenses must be added to the trade tax...
Home office and tax treatment of company cars and possible reimbursement - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Home office and tax treatment of company cars and possible reimbursement

For many employees and companies, the home office has become part of everyday life during the crisis. Here you can find out everything about home office and tax treatment of company cars and the possible reimbursement of costs by the...
Tax Compliance Management Systems – Implementation of Tax Compliance - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Tax Compliance Management Systems – Implementation of Tax Compliance

Compliance is an obligation for companies as a whole. The observance of law and regulations by the company, its employees and its bodies must be ensured. However, the laws and regulations that must be observed and complied with are extensive...
Federal Government decides to increase the research allowance - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal Government decides to increase the research allowance

In the corona crisis, research companies now also receive tailor-made support. The Federal Government decides to increase the research allowance. We provide all information at a glance. On 3 June, the Federal Government adopted an economic and crisis management package...
Emergency aid becomes a bridging aid: What you need to know - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Emergency aid becomes a bridging aid: What you need to know

From 1 June and until 31 August, emergency aid will become bridging aid. The bridging aid is a new programme of the Federal Government. It follows on from the emergency aid. Anyone who meets the requirements can submit a new...
The current legal situation regarding recording of working time in Germany - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The current legal situation regarding recording of working time in Germany

The recording of working time is common practice in many companies. Labour law at federal and European level regulates the area of recording working times. Similarly, the labour courts in Germany are repeatedly concerned with the recording of working hours...
Reduction of the rates of value added tax: This is the right way for you as an entrepreneur to deal with it - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Reduction of the rates of value added tax: This is the right way for you as an entrepreneur to deal with it

The planned reduction of the value added tax rates keeps us busy. What we know so far, we have shared with you here. Thomas Müller has also already given you an initial assessment of the practical challenges that the topic...
You can take reduced VAT rates into account in long-term contracts as follows - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

You can take reduced VAT rates into account in long-term contracts as follows

Reduced VAT rates lead to problems in the case of gross contracts agreed before the reduction was decided. We explain how you can consider reduced VAT rates in long-term contracts. As is well known, on 12 June 2020, the Federal...
Everything you need to know about down payments with reduced VAT rates - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Everything you need to know about down payments with reduced VAT rates

If advance payments for goods or services are received before July 1, 2020, the previous tax rates of 19 percent or 7 percent will generally apply. When the service is rendered, the value added tax in the final invoice must...
Digitalization of commercial processes: fastdocs – Automated acquisition of personnel data - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Digitalization of commercial processes: fastdocs – Automated acquisition of personnel data

You have hired a new employee and ask us to consider this in the next payroll accounting. Some of you are already dreading the questionnaire that has to be filled in for this purpose. So many questions that you as...
Bridging aid: What you can already prepare - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Bridging aid: What you can already prepare

We have already informed you about the main features of the new bridging aid. How exactly the regulations will be applied and how the authorities will proceed has not yet been decided in principle. The Bundestag and Bundesrat still have...
Sales tax reduction in e-commerce: Pay attention to the time of performance! - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Sales tax reduction in e-commerce: Pay attention to the time of performance!

Dealing with the impending reduction in value added tax is a matter of concern to us all. The great response to our webinar was an indication of the great need for information. We have already reported on key measures. Here...
Dealing with the reduction of VAT rates – what you need to consider - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Dealing with the reduction of VAT rates – what you need to consider

On 3 June 2020, the German government adopted a comprehensive economic stimulus package. However, the temporary reduction in VAT rates from 19 to 16 percent and from 7 to 5 percent for the period from 1 July 2020 to 31...
Federal government adopts amendments to the tax loss carry-back - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal government adopts amendments to the tax loss carry-back

A few days ago, the German government passed amendments to the tax loss carry-back. We explain what the law means for taxpayers. The Federal Government adopted the second Corona Tax Assistance Act on 12 June 2020. The Bundestag resolution also...
How you can handle commercial processes digitally with DATEV Unternehmen Online - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

How you can handle commercial processes digitally with DATEV Unternehmen Online

The Corona crisis has impressively demonstrated the advantages of companies that are already able to work more or less completely digitally. In the second article in the series "Digitalisation of Commercial Processes“, we explain how you can handle commercial processes...
ECJ overturns Privacy Shield: Consequences for companies - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

ECJ overturns Privacy Shield: Consequences for companies

The judgement of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of 16.7.2020 (File No. C-311/18) has caused a great stir. ECJ overturns Privacy Shield. We summarize what entrepreneurs need to know. After the judgement, the current situation is unclear. In the...
Transfer price adjustments in the Corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Transfer price adjustments in the Corona crisis

Taxpayers face an enormous challenge. Due to the parallelism of price setting and outcome testing, they must review their monitoring systems and transfer pricing adjustments in the corona crisis. This has to be done with regard to the need for...
Beware of subsidy fraud when applying for short-time working allowance - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Beware of subsidy fraud when applying for short-time working allowance

Short-time working allowance as an instrument in the Corona crisis can help to secure liquidity. However, you should proceed carefully when applying for it. Anyone who makes false statements may be committing a criminal offence. We provide all information on...
A two billion euro package of measures for start-ups - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

A two billion euro package of measures for start-ups

The two-billion-euro package of measures for start-ups, which was announced at the beginning of April, is now complete. Hereinafter you will find all the information published so far. Economic aid measures that have been decided during the Corona crisis are...
Protective shield procedure as an alternative to emergency loans - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Protective shield procedure as an alternative to emergency loans

Protective shield procedures, self-administration and an insolvency plan offer sensible solutions for financial restructuring. We present a protective shield procedure as an alternative to emergency loans. There are various measures to help companies during the crisis. Over the past few...
Tax-free bonuses during the Corona crisis: These are the most important requirements - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Tax-free bonuses during the Corona crisis: These are the most important requirements

During the Corona crisis, social basic services were maintained in particularly by those employees who could not do their work from home. Therefore, in April the federal government decided to introduce tax-free bonuses for employees. Which payments made by the...
„Promotion of entrepreneurial know-how“ of the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

„Promotion of entrepreneurial know-how“ of the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA)

The consultancy programme "Promotion of entrepreneurial know-how" is a state incentive for business management consultancy during the Corona crisis. Our consulting services, which are provided for you, will be subsidised by the state with a consultancy amount of up to...
The two billion euro package of measures for start-ups - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The two billion euro package of measures for start-ups

The two-billion-euro package of measures for start-ups, which was announced at the beginning of April, is now complete. Here you will find all the information published so far. Economic aid measures decided during the Corona crisis are not effective for...
This is what your promoted consultancy could look like - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

This is what your promoted consultancy could look like

You already know the good news. If your company is affected by the Corona crisis, the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) will subsidize your business management consulting services with up to 4,000 euros under the program "Promotion...
The German government subsidises your consultation up to 4.000 Euro - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The German government subsidises your consultation up to 4.000 Euro

You already know the good news. If your company is affected by the Corona crisis, you may call for help. The German Federal Government will subsidise up to 4,000 euros for consulting services. With the programme "Promotion of entrepreneurial know-how"...
Protective shield procedure as an alternative to emergency loans - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Protective shield procedure as an alternative to emergency loans

Protective shield procedures, self-administration and an insolvency plan offer sensible solutions for financial restructuring. We present a protective shield procedure as an alternative to emergency loans. There are various measures to help companies during the crisis. Over the past few...
Interesting facts about short-time work allowance: Experience, number of applications and additional earnings - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Interesting facts about short-time work allowance: Experience, number of applications and additional earnings

The German government loosened up the requirements for applying for short-time work allowance a few weeks ago. Now there are the first practical experiences, numbers of applications and possible additional earnings of employees. Here are the first practical experiences and...
Recording corona support in your accounting - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Recording corona support in your accounting

The various aid measures have relieved many entrepreneurs during the Corona crisis. But how do these have to be recorded in the accounts? We will explain how to enter corona aids in your accounts in case you prepare your own...
Tax incentives for assistance and non-profit associations - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Tax incentives for assistance and non-profit associations

The Federal Ministry of Finance published the administrative regulations for non-profit organisations on 9 April. These support measures apply from March 2020 and end on December  31 2020. The measures include tax incentives for assistance and non-profit associations. We have...
Corona aid for Hotels and Restaurants: This is what the federal government plans - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Corona aid for Hotels and Restaurants: This is what the federal government plans

Hotel and hospitality businesses have been particularly hard hit by the Corona crisis. On the initiative of the lobby association DEHOGA, the German government is now reacting and announcing measures. We offer you an overview of planned corona aid for...
Frank Thelen: „The Corona crisis also holds opportunities“ - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Frank Thelen: „The Corona crisis also holds opportunities“

The challenge we are all facing affects large companies, sole traders and start-ups alike. How we deal with it will show who will be strengthened by this crisis and who will leave it shaken. We have asked start-up legend Frank...
KfW Quick Loan 2020 delayed – but you can already make preparations - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

KfW Quick Loan 2020 delayed – but you can already make preparations

The new KfW programme is designed to guarantee that KfW assumes one hundred percent of the liability risk. Apparently, there are difficulties now: The announced KfW Quick Loan 2020 is delayed. Nevertheless, you should be prepared. We analyse the situation....
Suspicion of fraud: NRW stops payments of Corona emergency aid - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Suspicion of fraud: NRW stops payments of Corona emergency aid

In the current corona crisis, an emergency aid scheme for self-employed persons and micro-enterprises was set up. Now there have apparently been attempts of fraud. NRW stops payment of Corona emergency aid. We assess the situation for you. The LKA...
Submission of deferral requests for advanced payment of VAT with the advanced return - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Submission of deferral requests for advanced payment of VAT with the advanced return

In the Corona crisis, the tax authorities point out the possibility to submit deferral requests for advanced payments of VAT with the advanced VAT return. We have therefore compiled the relevant information for you. If you pay your advanced VAT...
Planning calculations are the prerequisite for aid credits - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Planning calculations are the prerequisite for aid credits

In order to be able to obtain aid loans, small and medium-sized enterprises need planning calculations. Because planning calculations are the prerequisite for aid loans. For many SMEs, this is currently the biggest challenge, because without planning calculations, there is...
Ecovis Short-Time Work Calculator 2020: Calculate net salary quickly and easily - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Ecovis Short-Time Work Calculator 2020: Calculate net salary quickly and easily

In the Corona crisis, the short-time working allowance is an instrument for securing liquidity and jobs from the entrepreneurs’ point of view. With our Ecovis short-time work calculator 2020 you can quickly and easily calculate the actual amount of short-time...
Practical experience of banks during the Corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Practical experience of banks during the Corona crisis

From our daily work we know that the aid and support measures sometimes work better and sometimes worse. As often, practice tends to be more complicated than theory. We therefore wanted to collect practical experiences of banks during the Corona...
The crisis teaches: We can do it! - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The crisis teaches: We can do it!

The current corona crisis is shaping news coverage, daily life and of course the economy. But we can learn lessons from the corona crisis. Our expert Thomas Müller explains what these are from his perspective. A comment! Entrepreneurs are slowed...
Federal Government approves the KfW Quick Loan for SMEs - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal Government approves the KfW Quick Loan for SMEs

The government has taken new measures to help medium-sized companies in the crisis: The Federal Government decides on the KfW Quick Loan 2020, which we will present to you in the following. The aid is aimed at small and medium-sized...
Social security institutions defer contributions - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Social security institutions defer contributions

Employers can apply for deferment and pay later. In this way, employers in Germany receive support from the social insurance agencies. In exceptional financial situations, employers do not have to pay social security contributions from March to May upon request...
States implement the decision of the Federal Government: This is what the Corona emergency aid in NRW looks like - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

States implement the decision of the Federal Government: This is what the Corona emergency aid in NRW looks like

On Monday, the federal government launched an emergency aid program during the Corona crisis. The states are implementing the federal government's decision. We analyse the specific measures in North Rhine-Westphalia and other federal states for you. A few days ago,...
How does the Corona crisis affect the annual financial statement and management report? - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

How does the Corona crisis affect the annual financial statement and management report?

The Corona crisis raises technical questions about accounting and reporting in accordance with the German Commercial Code (HGB) and the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Do the current effects have to be considered in the accounting as of December 31,...
Federal government sets up rescue package for large companies - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal government sets up rescue package for large companies

The Federal Government has published the details of the establishment of the Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF). The federal government is setting up a rescue fund for large companies. The fund has a guarantee framework of 400 billion euros. It will...
TV stations support producers during the crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

TV stations support producers during the crisis

The film industry is also sending out a positive signal: TV stations support their producers during the crisis and show solidarity. We analyse the measures taken by broadcasters and collecting societies. Hereinafter we have an overview of the specific measures...
Short-time working allowance as an instrument in the Corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Short-time working allowance as an instrument in the Corona crisis

In order to avoid redundancies in companies in the Corona crisis, the Federal Cabinet has decided that short-time work compensation should flow at short notice and that you can apply for it retroactively as of 1 March. The federal government...
Dear banks, wake up! - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Dear banks, wake up!

The good news first: they still exist, the banks, which help unbureaucratically and quickly. Banks that even call their customers, offer support to make use of all possibilities and actually help the small businesses. We know this from our clients....
Four corona scenarios: A guest article by Dr. Pero Micic - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Four corona scenarios: A guest article by Dr. Pero Micic

In September 2019, Prof. Dr. Pero Micic spoke as guest speaker at the Ecovis Partner Conference in Fulda. At that time he gave a very analytical and wonderfully structured lecture on "Inspiration for your future strategy". We chose Dr. Micic...
Business consulting with 100 percent subsidy - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Business consulting with 100 percent subsidy

The Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) approves a grant of up to 4,000 euros net to small and medium-sized companies and freelancers. The consulting subsidy does not have to be paid back. In addition, small and medium-sized...
Tax- and social security-free premiums for employees decided - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Tax- and social security-free premiums for employees decided

In the Corona Crisis there are many people who are working daily to keep our lives going even in times of crisis. In order to reward the work commitment of these people, the federal government has decided on tax- and...
Short-time working collective agreement for the film industry in the Corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Short-time working collective agreement for the film industry in the Corona crisis

The collective agreement for employees in the film and television industry (TV FFS) dated 29 May 2018 does not provide for short-time working compensation. So clear, so unambiguous. The Corona pandemic has changed all that. The Bundesverband Schauspiel, ver.di and...
Federal, state and film promotion agency launch aid programme for the film industry - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal, state and film promotion agency launch aid programme for the film industry

Up to now, there has been no script for this: filming cancellations, production postponements, project cancellations, the film and media industry has also been badly affected by the Corona crisis. We expect that numerous companies in the film industry will...
Wage tax returns and contribution deferral: Help in the Corona Crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Wage tax returns and contribution deferral: Help in the Corona Crisis

The State of NRW has already initiated a number of measures to secure the liquidity of companies affected by the Corona crisis. Now the state's tax authorities have announced a new measure: NRW grants an extension of the deadline for...
Federal government plans to increase short-time work compensation - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal government plans to increase short-time work compensation

In the wake of the Corona crisis, the federal government decided to relax the regulations for short-time work compensation. Now it seems that there is going to be an improvement: the federal government plans to increase the short-time work compensation...
Federal government supports start-ups in the crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Federal government supports start-ups in the crisis

The German government is supporting start-ups in the crisis with a two billion euro package. We analyse the measures for you. At the beginning of the week we had pointed out the critical situation for start-ups in the Corona crisis....
Corona and construction activity: interesting facts for the real estate industry - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Corona and construction activity: interesting facts for the real estate industry

The current legal situation expressly allows construction companies to maintain the work. The Federal Ministry of the Interior, for Building and Homeland has emphasized the importance of continuing construction work. Nevertheless, the restrictions and the associated economic uncertainties are also...
Hands-on experience: Questions and answers on the short-time work allowance - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Hands-on experience: Questions and answers on the short-time work allowance

Here we share and answer the questions about short-time work compensation that our clients frequently ask in their daily work. These are questions and answers about short-time work compensation: When can employers submit applications for short-time work? You can do...
First on-hands experience with emergency aid in NRW - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

First on-hands experience with emergency aid in NRW

Since Friday afternoon, North Rhine-Westphalia has had the possibility to apply for emergency aid. After the first few days of processing, we will provide you with on-hands experience of emergency aid in NRW. 285,000 applications have apparently already been received...
Why KfW loans do not help affected industries in the crisis: Planned changes to the KfW lending guidelines - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Why KfW loans do not help affected industries in the crisis: Planned changes to the KfW lending guidelines

In order to help small and medium-sized enterprises through the crisis, the German government decided to help with loans. But the proposed measures apparently do not work in many cases. We analyse why KfW loans do not help affected industries...
Hands-on experience: Questions & Answers on deferral and reduction requests - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Hands-on experience: Questions & Answers on deferral and reduction requests

As an aid in the Corona crisis, companies have had the option to apply for deferral and reduction for two weeks now. We recommended that our clients make use of this option. Now, together with our clients, we have gained...
adidas, Deichmann and a legal loophole in tenancy law - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

adidas, Deichmann and a legal loophole in tenancy law

Large companies like adidas and Deichmann want to make use of the gap in the law. The media, political and social echo came promptly and is devastating. Those responsible have underestimated the public impact. "The three stripes", as Holger Ohmstedt...
Start-Ups in the Corona Crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Start-Ups in the Corona Crisis

Start-ups are multiple affected during the crisis: As with many other companies, sales collapse, venture capitalists secure their liquidity and the market is revalued. In addition, the introduce aid measures do not work for many start-ups. We analyse the situation...
Assistance Loans & Express-Guarantees - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Assistance Loans & Express-Guarantees

The consequences of the coronavirus impact the German economy. Increasing threat of company closures and bankruptcies. Experts fear that many companies will not survive the crisis in the medium and long term. The German government intends to support affected companies...
The Federal Government is Preparing 50 Billion in „Solidarity Funds“ - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

The Federal Government is Preparing 50 Billion in „Solidarity Funds“

The self-employed and small businesses are hit hard by the impact of the corona crisis. It appears that the federal government will be supporting them. The federal state of Bavaria was first with its "Soforthilfe Corona" (emergency relief corona) relief...
Business interruption insurance: Are you entitled to compensation? - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Business interruption insurance: Are you entitled to compensation?

Is there a claim for compensation when operations are interrupted? If businesses are officially ordered to quarantine, self-employed and freelance professionals are legally entitled to compensation. This option is set forth in the German law on the prevention and mitigation...
NRW allows reimbursement of special VAT tax advance payments - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

NRW allows reimbursement of special VAT tax advance payments

During the corona crisis, the country passed tax measures to support affected companies. North Rhine-Westphalia will reimburse VAT advance payments. It is particularly focused on a change in VAT tax that is meant to give companies short-term liquidity support. The...
Employer certificate in the event of a ban on going out - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Employer certificate in the event of a ban on going out

We will provide you with a template for an employer certificate that your mandated people can use in the event of a (local) ban on going out. You can download the "Employer's certificate—CORONA ban on going out" here.
Planned changes to rental, lease and loan contracts - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Planned changes to rental, lease and loan contracts

The federal government would like to protect tenants and borrowers. In light of the corona crisis, the federal government has submitted a bill to protect tenants and borrowers if they can't pay their rent or loan instalments. This law is...
How the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau – KfW) and Saving Banks (Sparkassen) help companies during the corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

How the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau – KfW) and Saving Banks (Sparkassen) help companies during the corona crisis

The current corona crisis is putting many companies in financial jeopardy that no one could have imagined only a few weeks ago. With this in mind, the KfW (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau [reconstruction loan corporations]) and Sparkassen (Savings banks) are now coming up...
For freelancers & the film industry: this is what emergency aid looks like during the corona crisis - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

For freelancers & the film industry: this is what emergency aid looks like during the corona crisis

An extensive measures packet is designed to protect the film and cinema industry during the corona crisis. According to FFA (German Federal Film Board [Filmförderungsanstalt) President Bernd Neumann, the German film and cinema industry "is facing an unprecedented threat from...
Emergency aid from the federal government for small businesses and individual self-employed people - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Emergency aid from the federal government for small businesses and individual self-employed people

The federal government has decided to provide emergency aid to small businesses and individual self-employed people. After all, the current crisis is greatly affecting small businesses and individual self-employed people. For that reason, the federal government is providing 50 billion...
Suspension of Duty to File for Insolvency - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Suspension of Duty to File for Insolvency

Many companies are suffering hardship as a result of the corona crisis. The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection is planning changes to the duty to file for insolvency. This could prevent insolvencies. We explain the coming changes. Many...
Corona-Quarantine: Will employers receive compensations? - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Corona-Quarantine: Will employers receive compensations?

One parent has to stay at home because school or kindergarten is closed due to Corona? Employees are sent into quarantine by their doctors for safety reasons? But who covers wages that employers are still required to pay? Ecovis lawyer...
Data protection – Information about working in your home office - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Data protection – Information about working in your home office

Companies are increasingly concerned about employees being unable to work. This does not necessarily have to be due to illness of the employees. Absences of employees can also occur as a result of quarantine, school closures, etc. In these cases,...
Applications for deferral or reduction - Ecovis Düsseldorf, Köln und Langenfeld

Applications for deferral or reduction

Liquidity despite corona crisis The current exceptional situation, which restricts large parts of social life, will lead to a sharp decline in revenues for many companies. A few weeks ago, this current situation was unpredictable and entrepreneurs were unable to...