Tax chaos in the Ebersberg district: Tombolas for kindergartens are eliminated!

Tax chaos in the Ebersberg district: Tombolas for kindergartens are eliminated!

The effects of a new change in sales tax law cause excitement in the Ebersberg district. At workers 'welfare (AWO) you are forced to stop tombolas and cake sales organized by parents' advisory boards to finance kindergarten projects. This was reported Merkur . The annual raffle at the Anzinger Christkindlmarkt, which normally generated income of several hundred euros, did not take place this year. Mayor Katrin Alte said the loss because she continues to wish the funds benefit the kindergartens.

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The reason for the scraping of these traditional fundraising methods is the fear of becoming a total sales tax with total sales of over 45,000 euros. Ulrike Bittner, the district manager of the AWO, explained that in the future a "donation pig" should serve as a solution instead of classic sales. "We don't want to exclude people through money," she emphasized. This change comes under pressure at a time when many institutions, including schools, are under pressure to adapt to the new legal provisions.

Similar problems are imminent for parent survivors at high schools in the Munich district. According to a report by Süddeutscher Zeitung , more and more parent representations are being denied to open their own checking account there is no legal regulation in Bavaria. This means that the financing for activities and social projects of the parents' advisory boards becomes increasingly confusing and problematic. Birgit Bretthauer, chair of the State Eltern Association, criticized that this restricted the ability to act and at risk the support of the schools.