The tax authorities will in future tax poker player if it as "professional players" operate. This results from a decision of the Regional Tax Office (OFD) Frankfurt am Main (ref. S-2240 A - 37 - St 210).
If a player is only a hobby, are not taxable gains. Anders whether as a "Berufsspeiler. Because of the required size of its game work, the required skill and the necessary amount of revenue and operations then this is not just a pastime, but an operation in which the players will for achieving sustainable incomes. Even when operating on-line platforms (with or without a pseudonym), the operation is outwardly visible. Commercial could be not only legal but also illegal poker games.
Also check in, television and advertising money belonged to the profits of this industry, just like the actual game win.
The OFD is thus in conflict with the criminal and administrative law court, the vast majority of poker as a game of chance and skill does not regard as Spic.
