Press release No. 058 of 17 February 2017
WIESBADEN – As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of turnover tax statistics, nearly 3.3 million businesses in Germany filed advance turnover tax returns in 2015. Compared with 2014, the number of businesses covered rose by 15,316 tax subjects or +0.5%. The value of deliveries and other performances (turnover) of all businesses was EUR 6.0 trillion, which was an increase by EUR 119 billion (+2.0%) compared with 2014.