An exemption from VAT for self-employed directors and choreographers envisaged by the German government will probably not be realized. The German Stage Association regrets this.
According to the German Stage Association, the original plan was to include the corresponding tax regulation in the 2013 Annual Tax Act. However, the Bundestag failed to pass this law in mid-January.
The new proposals now do not provide for VAT exemption for self-employed directors and choreographers. The Bühnenverein calls on the Federal Government to stick to its original plan for tax exemption and to implement it without delay.
He also calls for self-employed stage and costume designers to be included in the VAT exemption, as they would otherwise be the only artists working on a theater production who would have to pay VAT.
