CURRENT LAW 6/2011
Focus: Real Estate and Tax Law

Contents: 1. Preclusion of Warranty for Defective Real Estate: Relevant Point in Time of Purchaser’s Knowledge of Defects, 2. Lease Running Out: Termination of Water Supplies Illegal?, 3. Landlord’s Compensation for Noise in the Neighborhood, 4. City’s Obligation to Intervene in Case of Construction Noise, 5. Disguised Profit Distributions: Consulting Fees to Retired Managing Director of a GmbH, 6. No VAT Refund in Case of Inaccurate Invoice for Temporary Agency Work, 7. No Tax Losses Deriving from Lease if the Premises are Resold in Short Term?, 8. New German-Swiss Taxation Treaty: Taxation of Income Generated on Swiss Accounts in the Past.