Taxes in Germany

[indianaV8]

I live in germany but unfortunately don't know the language yet. Does anyone has any info about taxes on poker winnings in germany, preferably in english?

thanks a lot!

[skibbel]

You're talking about fee or taxes?

If you play online, you don't have to pay anything. (except to the site [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img])

If you play in casiones, afaik you only have to pay fee, no taxes. But i can be wrong.
(You have to pay taxes e.g., if you win big in a lottery).

But the other problem is that each federal state has differnt laws about this (afaik).

If you wanna play in a special casiono, just call and ask, usually they tell u.

[skibbel]

Just google "Spielbank" and u get the links to the most german casinos.

[indianaV8]

Thanks a lot. I was talking about taxes, not fees. I'm from Baden-Wuerttemberg.

[Scipio]

At this moment no pokerplayer had to pay any taxes but if you play 160h/month with 100k winnings a year it could be the case that one day you have to pay taxes.

[Fetzi]

for now,there are no taxes on "gambling" in germany. Im from BW also, in which city do you live?

[MATT111]

In theory you have to pay taxes on your winnings but nobody does.

[solucky]

and taxes may be your smallest problem then [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[unicorn]

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(You have to pay taxes e.g., if you win big in a lottery).


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No - that's wrong. Lottery wins a taxfree in Germany.

Lottogewinn

[indianaV8]

I live in Heidelberg ...