German Fiscal Code
E501723
The German Fiscal Code is Germany’s central tax law framework that sets out the general rules and procedures for tax administration, assessment, and enforcement across the country.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German Fiscal Code canonical | 2 |
| Fiscal Code of Germany | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5190918 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Fiscal Code Context triple: [Bavarian fiscal courts, appliesLaw, German Fiscal Code]
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A.
German Social Code
The German Social Code is the comprehensive body of German federal law that regulates the country’s social security system, including health, pension, unemployment, and long-term care insurance.
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B.
German Investment Code
The German Investment Code is a key legal framework governing investment funds and asset management activities in Germany, setting rules for investor protection, fund authorization, and ongoing supervision.
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C.
German Commercial Code
The German Commercial Code is a central piece of German business law that regulates commercial transactions, traders, and corporate accounting alongside the German Civil Code.
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D.
German Criminal Code
The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
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E.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: German Fiscal Code Target entity description: The German Fiscal Code is Germany’s central tax law framework that sets out the general rules and procedures for tax administration, assessment, and enforcement across the country.
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A.
German Social Code
The German Social Code is the comprehensive body of German federal law that regulates the country’s social security system, including health, pension, unemployment, and long-term care insurance.
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B.
German Investment Code
The German Investment Code is a key legal framework governing investment funds and asset management activities in Germany, setting rules for investor protection, fund authorization, and ongoing supervision.
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C.
German Commercial Code
The German Commercial Code is a central piece of German business law that regulates commercial transactions, traders, and corporate accounting alongside the German Civil Code.
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D.
German Criminal Code
The German Criminal Code is the central body of criminal law in Germany, defining criminal offenses and corresponding penalties nationwide.
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E.
German Civil Code
The German Civil Code is Germany’s comprehensive codification of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and obligations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
codified statute
ⓘ
federal law of Germany ⓘ tax law ⓘ |
| appliesInJurisdiction |
Federal Republic of Germany
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linked to:
Germany
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| bindingOn |
federal tax authorities
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municipal tax authorities in Germany ⓘ state tax authorities in Germany ⓘ taxpayers in Germany ⓘ |
| contains |
definitions of tax law terms
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procedural provisions for tax disputes ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| governs |
obligations of taxpayers
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powers of tax authorities ⓘ rights of taxpayers ⓘ tax procedural law in Germany ⓘ |
| isFrameworkFor |
Corporation Tax Act of Germany
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Income Tax Act of Germany ⓘ Value Added Tax Act of Germany ⓘ specific German tax acts ⓘ |
| languageOfDocument | German ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
fiscal law
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tax law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law system ⓘ |
| levelOfGovernment | federal ⓘ |
| officialName | Abgabenordnung ⓘ |
| purpose |
to ensure consistent application of tax law across Germany
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to provide a uniform framework for tax administration in Germany ⓘ |
| regulates |
administrative appeals in tax matters
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administrative fines in tax matters ⓘ cooperation duties of taxpayers ⓘ interest on tax arrears ⓘ late payment surcharges ⓘ limitation periods in tax matters ⓘ record-keeping obligations for tax purposes ⓘ tax assessments ⓘ tax audits ⓘ tax collection measures ⓘ tax criminal law procedures ⓘ tax enforcement measures ⓘ tax registration procedures ⓘ tax returns ⓘ tax secrecy ⓘ |
| setsOut |
general rules of tax law
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procedural rules for tax administration ⓘ rules for tax assessment ⓘ rules for tax collection ⓘ rules for tax enforcement ⓘ |
| shortName | AO ⓘ |
| typeOfRule | general part of German tax law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: German Fiscal Code Description of subject: The German Fiscal Code is Germany’s central tax law framework that sets out the general rules and procedures for tax administration, assessment, and enforcement across the country.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: German Fiscal Code