TIN Follows SSN
am 02.07.2007 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. Unlike the United States of America, the Federal Republic of Germany does not have a comprehensive numbering system for every person like the Social Security Number. An exsting numbering system for pensions covers only participants in statutory pension plans. After July 1, 2007, Germany will prepare a system for a tax identification number. That system will be more comprehensive than the pension system. Some time in 2008, every registered resident and newborn will receive a TIN, Steueridentifikationsnummer. That leaves citizens without residence in Germany …
Elections in Germany and the United States
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / AK - Washington. German federal elections -- the next one will be held in October 2009 -- differ substantially from their American counterparts. The German political system does not employ an electoral college system. In a parliamentary democ…
Procedure in Germany and United States
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Criminal procedure differs greatly between Germany and the United States, an analysis discovered by Streitsache blog explains. Authored by Jupp Joachimski, the presiding judge at the Bavarian appellate court, the comparative r…
German education system / Deutsches Bildungssystem
Transblawg / Das Bildungswesen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2002 - PDF-Datei(en) von der Kultusministerkonferenz. Grundstruktur des Bildungswesens in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Diagramm). Stand: Dezember 2002. Bonn 2003 The Education System in the Feder…
Inheritance, Assets in Germany II
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The initial assumptions and steps to recover assets in Germany in a probate proceeding involving an American decedent, discussed in Inheritance, Assets in Germany I, lead to the issues of the satisfaction of tax obligations an…
Immunity for Turkey
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. An appellate court in the social matters branch, Hessisches Landessozialgericht, dismissed a complaint against Turkey or Turkish pension carriers by former Turkish citizens who became Germans, on the basis of sovereign immuni…
Inaugural for Jury
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The newly appointed jury members in Germany will be feted today in the Berlin Casino, Berliner Spielbank. Attorney General Brigitte Zypries noted that juries fill an important position in the legal system. Juries are equal to…
