According to the decision of the Federal financial court of the globalization-critical Attac network, have provided the Union and the FDP once again, the non-profit German environmental aid (DUH) in question. “The ruling will certainly play a role in the further assessment of the non-profit German environmental aid,” said the Parliamentary state Secretary in the Federal Ministry of transport, Steffen Bilger (CDU), the “Handelsblatt”. “Finally, there are good reasons to question whether the conduct of the German environmental aid will continue to satisfy the requirements of charitable status.”
The FDP-transport policy-makers Oliver Luksic told the “Handelsblatt”, the environmental aid on the move “, for example, by your warning-financing model, a piece of next to the of the tax code, covered purpose of a charitable nature”. Also, the limited access to membership was not an indication “that the greater good was always in the foreground”.
The Green transport policy-makers Stephan Kühn rejected such Statements. “There is no doubt as to the charitable status of the German environmental aid, for the protection of health is clearly a charitable goal,” said Boldly to the “Handelsblatt”. What call Bilger as “conduct”, the judicial enforcement of applicable law on the part of environmental aid. “At the German environmental aid process, is a transparent manoeuvre by the own failings to distract.”
The Federal Finance court had rejected on Tuesday after years of dispute, the classification of Attac as a non-profit organization. In particular, the Bundesfinanzhof came across the fact that Attac in his campaigns, and wool, for instance, influence against tax evasion, public opinion in the sense of their own views.
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The CDU had decided at their Federal Congress in December that the charitable status of the environment to be tested. The party will also seek to ensure that the Association receives no funds from the Federal budget. The DUH complains in a number of cities for clean air and has obtained before court a number of driving bans.
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A loss of charitable status recorded leads, that no donation receipts can be issued. In consequence, donors can deduct their donations for tax and have, therefore, may have a lower donation motivation. (AFP)
