Tax exemption should also apply to Deutsche Post’s mail competitors

The chairman of the Federal Association of Letter Services, Walther Otremba, told the dpa on Sunday that the Federal Ministry of Finance had assured his association that universal postal services would also be exempt from taxes for competitors. This should apply under certain conditions. The “Handelsblatt” had previously reported on it. Consultations on the reform are currently underway and the law is expected to be passed in the spring.

Originally, only the market leader Deutsche Post was supposed to receive sales tax exemption on so-called partial services, which cover part of the lucrative company mail. According to Otremba, that would have pulled the plug on the smaller competitors, as the post office would then have had a major price advantage. “It’s good that the postal service doesn’t have a one-sided advantage and that means we can stay in competition.” However, it is only the second best solution. The head of the association would have found it better to keep the current rules.

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BERLIN (dpa-AFX)

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