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Monday, 2 November 2026

Regulatory changes detected daily from official sources across Europe. Create a free account to follow your jurisdictions and ask Taxxa what a change means in practice.

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingDeutscher Steuerberaterverband e.V.4 days ago2 documents

DStV backs insolvency admission reform, fights priority rule

DStV backs uniform admission for insolvency office-holders but demands freelance-status clarity, equal weight for restructuring training, register rails and wider grandfathering.

Industry: Legal activities

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingWirtschaftsprüferkammer5 days ago2 documents

WPK attacks customs bill secrecy gap as goAML adds TOTP login

WPK's 28 October notices oppose unequal secrecy protection for auditors in the customs bill and announce TOTP login for goAML from 9 November 2026, with the FIU recommending the switch.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingBundessteuerberaterkammer7 days ago6 documents

New conduct rules let advisers use risky channels with client consent

The 23rd Satzungsversammlung's BOStB/FBO amendments, approved by the finance ministry and published 27 October, take effect 1 November — the branch-manager exemption repeal follows 1 January 2027.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Shareholder Rights & General Meeting RulesLandesrecht Schleswig-Holstein2 weeks ago2 documents

OLG Schleswig voids disquotal payout, accounts in jet-venture feud

OLG Schleswig voids both the disquotal profit pledge and the 2023 accounts in a jet-charter GmbH feud: a same-profit promise to two parties and provisions for suits not yet filed.

Industry: Across industries

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingBundessteuerberaterkammer2 weeks ago2 documents

Draft insolvency-chamber law adds licence, exam and second chamber duty

Tax advisers acting as administrators face a second admission and chamber under the draft; the BStBK backs the chamber but rejects blanket priority of insolvency duties.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Primary Legislation / Official GazetteRechtsprechung des Bundes2 weeks ago

Germany replaces arms export list, lifts Zimbabwe arms ban

The 23rd AWV amendment in force 17 October replaces the Ausfuhrliste, drops Zimbabwe from the §74 arms embargo list, extends §76a exemptions to EU sanctions bans and adds Russia, Belarus, Iran and DPRK offences to §82.

Industry: Across industries

Administrative Law & AppealsBundesfinanzhof3 weeks ago

BFH upholds €100 fine on witness who skipped Finanzgericht hearing

A duly summoned witness stayed away over a misunderstanding about her summons; the VI Senate holds that excuses neither the absence nor an undeclared spousal privilege, and keeps the €100 fine.

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingBundessteuerberaterkammer3 weeks ago2 documents

Tax advisers may run extra offices without a designated head from 2027

The Satzungsversammlung adapted both professional orders to the Ninth Amendment Act: § 11(3)-(4) BOStB go on 1 January 2027; references track the renumbered StBerG.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingBundessteuerberaterkammer4 weeks ago

Electronic Steuerberater exam starts in 11 regions; Sachsen goes paperless

Around 2,200 candidates sat the October 2026 exam electronically; candidates still choose between screen and paper except in Sachsen, and six more chambers join in October 2027.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Primary Legislation / Official GazetteRechtsprechung des Bundes4 weeks ago

2027 apprentice minimum pay set: 764 Euro in year one

The 2027 notice sets 764, 902, 1 031 and 1 070 Euro per month for years one to four of Berufsausbildungen begun in 2027.

Industry: Across industries

Primary Legislation / Official GazetteRechtsprechung des Bundes4 weeks ago

Germany approves OECD pact for automatic GloBE return exchange

Approval act (BGBl II No. 220) in force 6 Oct 2026; the date the MCAA itself takes effect for Germany follows by separate gazette notice.

Industry: Across industries

Primary Legislation / Official GazetteDeutscher Steuerberaterverband e.V.1 month ago

DStV tracker: five tax bills advance at once

DStV's 1 October tracker: income-tax reform heads for first reading on 8 October, the €100,000 register duty bill has cabinet approval, and application-free Kindergeld has Bundesrat approval.

Industry: Data processing, hosting and related activities

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingWirtschaftsprüferkammer1 month ago

IESBA 2026 ethics handbook sets December start for assurance rules

The 2026 Handbook consolidates the ethics Code in two volumes; external-expert and sustainability rules apply from 15 December 2026, value-chain independence provisions from 1 July 2028.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingDeutscher Steuerberaterverband e.V.2 months ago

2027 income-tax reform in cabinet; Bundesrat reads two bills 25 Sept

The cabinet adopted the EStRefG 2027 draft on 2 September 2026 — higher allowances, Kindergeld at 267 EUR from 2027, Mini-Job levy at 5%. Bundesrat first readings on Frühstartrente and JStG 2026 are set for 25 September.

Industry: Data processing, hosting and related activities

Professional Body Regulations & Accountant LicensingWirtschaftsprüferkammer2 months ago2 documents

WPK finalises recognition route for PE-backed audit firms

The WPK board adopted the updated recognition guidance and model articles on 10 July 2026. Recognition of affected firms resumes under thirteen contractual requirements keeping final control with the professionals.

Industry: Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy

Primary Legislation / Official GazetteRechtsprechung des Bundes2 months ago3 documents

Auditors must now test DORA ICT resilience at securities firms

BaFin ordinance of 26 August 2026 (BGBl I Nr. 256) extends the audit report to DORA ICT duties for Wertpapierinstitute and crowdfunding providers, first for years starting after 31 Dec 2024.

Industry: Legal and accounting activities · Other financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding n.e.c. · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding