OMG! German influencers face tax dodging crackdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : "What I've witnessed in the past three years has been a pure disaster," he told AFP, saying he felt many young people were badly advised by tax consultants.
59% : "Many influencers achieve success quickly, and at the start, they often lack proper tax arrangements", added Gebert, whose firm counts many creators among its clients. - 'Serious crime' - But there are others who seek to evade paying tax by under-declaring their earnings, or not making a declaration at all.
51% : In an episode of the German podcast "Das A&O vom Kaffequatsch" earlier this year, hosted by influencers Anahita Rehbein and Olivia von Platen, the pair took a break from their usual topics of motherhood and lifestyle to talk taxes with two experts.
49% : But all theses earnings could be subject to tax -- including income, business or sales tax -- and it is up to creators to navigate bureaucracy-loving Germany's complex web of rules.
44% : "There have been cases where people come to us and say, I've been doing this for two or three years, but I've never thought about taxes," Christian Gebert, head of the tax advisory firm Steuerberaten.de, told AFP.
43% : They are assessing a stash of some 6,000 data records from social media platforms that point to unpaid taxes on everything from earnings from views to advertising products.
29% : For some teens who become overnight sensations by cracking jokes or pulling pranks online, failing to pay taxes is a simple error.

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