Taxes are the state’s most important source of revenue. The state uses the money to pay for things that are in the public interest. But who decides how much we have to pay in taxes? And why are there so many different kinds of taxes? This brochure provides answers to these and other important questions relating to taxes. It shows who pays what kinds of taxes and explains key terms using …

This update of the German Stability Programme was approved by the federal cabinet on 24 April 2024.

On 28 March 2024, the German government published the allocation report for Green German Federal securities that were issued in 2023. The “Green bond allocation report 2023” provides investors with transparent and reliable information about federal budget expenditures incurred in 2022 in the areas of climate action, environmental protection and nature conservation that qualify as green and that …

This report explains how financial relations between the Federation and Länder are structured, as stipulated by the German constitution and ordinary law; an overview of the financial resources of the different levels of government in Germany; and an overview of key co-financing arrangements between the Federation and the Länder.

In the Sixth Sustainability Report, the Federal Ministry of Finance presents scenarios for longterm trends in public finances in Germany.

Part I Public Corporate Governance Code of the Federation
Part II Guidelines for active management of companies in which the Federation has a holding – including Annexes 1–11

Germany’s 2024 draft budgetary plan presents the fiscal projections for the budgets of the Federation, Länder, local authorities and social security funds (including their off-budget entities) on the basis of current trends and planning.

On 28 September 2023, the German government published the impact report for the Green German Federal securities that were issued in 2021. The “Green bond impact report 2021” provides investors with transparent and reliable information about the impact on the climate, environment and nature of green expenditures from budget year 2020 that were allocated to the proceeds of the Green German Federal …

Almost immediately after the end of the Second World War, it became clear that compensation needed to be provided to those who had suffered damage as a result of National Socialist injustice. Those who had suffered oppression due to their political opposition to National Socialism or on the grounds of race, religion or ideology were particularly affected.

On 26 April 2023, the federal cabinet adopted Germany’s Stability Programme for 2023. By resuming compliance with the regular borrowing limit set out in the debt brake and reducing the deficit and debt ratio as projected, the German government is returning to fiscal normality and strengthening the sustainability of public finances.