For the second time in a row, the 36 licensed German football clubs paid more than €1.6 billion to the financial authorities and social security institutions during the 2023-24 season. Compared to the previous year, the amount of taxes and social security contributions increased by a further €9.5 million to a total of €1.66 billion. At just under €1.2 billion, the largest share was accounted for by personal taxes and duties, which made up around 72 per cent of total revenue. This means that German professional football has paid a total of more than €13 billion in taxes and social security contributions over the past ten seasons, i.e. since the 2014-15 season.
|
Bundesliga |
Bundesliga 2 |
Licensed football |
|---|---|---|---|
Corporate taxes and duties |
|
|
|
VAT (excluding input tax) as of 31 Dec 2023 |
731,851,141 |
174,690,603 |
906,541,744 |
Corporate income tax |
31,635,176 |
3,182,575 |
34,817,751 |
Trade tax |
33,607,340 |
4,019,789 |
37,627,129 |
Other taxes and duties |
7,107,436 |
3,741,532 |
10,848,968 |
Total |
804,201,093 |
185,634,498 |
989,835,591 |
Personal taxes and duties |
|
|
|
Income tax on wages and salaries |
762,262,510 |
110,889,615 |
873,152,125 |
Church tax and solidarity surcharge |
46,957,848 |
7,512,073 |
54,469,921 |
Social security (pension, unemployment, health insurance) |
135,328,080 |
51,515,261 |
186,843,341 |
Social insurance against occupational accidents |
49,879,519 |
32,110,295 |
81,989,815 |
Total |
994,427,957 |
202,027,244 |
1,196,455,201 |
Total corporate and personal taxes and duties |
1,798,629,050 |
387,661,743 |
2,186,290,792 |
Minus input tax refunded as of 31 Dec 2023 |
434,484,068 |
92,604,735 |
527,088,803 |
Outflow of funds from taxes and duties |
1,364,144,981 |
295,057,008 |
1,659,201,989 |
