
In light of the German Investment Tax Act Reform, investment funds with a financial year end other than 31 December 2017 have the possibility to apply a so-called simplified procedure, pursuant to Section 5 (1) InvStG 2004:
The German tax authorities will accept that no correction procedure is necessary when the below listed actual taxable bases do not deviate by more than 30% from the values determined in the simplified procedure:
In the event of redemption of shares prior to 31 December 2017, the German withholding tax is then deducted on the basis of estimates in accordance with 139 of the BMF-Circular of 18 August 2009 (BStBl I S. 931).
Should only one of the aforementioned taxable bases exceed the allowed 30% threshold, the difference between the estimated and actual values must be computed and the correction amount published by 31 December 2018 at the latest. In this case, overpaid withholding tax should be reimbursed or, if too little withholding tax is deducted, a supplement payment is due.
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