Overview
- Parliament approved a law empowering the customs unit FKS to use digital, AI‑supported analysis and faster data exchanges with police and tax investigators to detect illegal employment.
- High‑risk sector rules now cover hairdressers and barbershops, nail studios and certain delivery drivers, with a requirement to carry ID at work and fines of up to €5,000 for non‑compliance.
- Banks, insurers and securities firms must keep booking records for a permanent ten‑year period to strengthen the prosecution of tax fraud.
- FKS is obliged to report detected undeclared work promptly to jobcenters so benefit authorities can make Bürgergeld decisions, including potential sanctions.
- Government communications cite roughly €2 billion in additional revenue through 2029, while a figure referenced in legislative documents reported by taz puts the expected intake at €858 million.