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Bundesrat Rejects Discharge Premium

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The Federal Council did not agree to the tax-free payment of up to 1,000 euros. The Länder criticise that they and the municipalities would have to bear the bulk of the costs. It was intended that companies could pay the premiums to their employees.

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Surprising news on Friday: The tax-free discharge premium of 1,000 euros, which companies can pay to their employees, does not come. The Federal Council rejected the proposed bill. Hessen's Prime Minister Boris Rhein (CDU) explained to OSTHESSEN-NEWS: "The tax-free discharge premium is well meant, but puts the companies under further pressure in a difficult economic situation. Therefore, Hessen did not agree to the plan today in the Federal Coun…

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PHOENIX [Newsroom]Berlin/Bonn (ots) - After the Federal Council surprisingly stopped the 1,000-euro relief premium for employees, the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Alexander Schweitzer comments in an interview at phoenix that ... Continue reading here...Original content of: PHOENIX, transmitted by news aktuell

Employers and business associations are relieved that the relief premium does not come for the time being. Many companies would not have passed it on anyway.

·Frankfurt, Germany
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The Federal Council shames black-red, the planned 1000-euro-premie does not come!

·Berlin, Germany
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The government wanted to introduce a discharge premium that companies could pay to their employees tax-free. However, the Federal Council rejects the project.

·Zürich, Switzerland
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Up to 1000 euros as a tax-free premium? The Federal Council refuses to approve. The Greens see this as a failure of Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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wiwo.de broke the news in Düsseldorf, Germany on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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