Drop the tax number from the imprint - #46
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Section 5 DDG requires the VAT identification number where one exists, not the tax number. None is assigned here, so the line was never required and publishing it exposes a personal tax identifier for no legal benefit. The small-business note under section 19 UStG stays.
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Section 5 DDG requires the VAT identification number where one exists, not the tax number. None is assigned here, so the line was never required and publishing it exposes a personal tax identifier for no legal benefit. The small-business note under section 19 UStG stays.
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§ 5 DDGrequires the VAT identification number where one exists, notthe tax number. None is assigned, so the line was never required, and
publishing a personal tax identifier has no legal benefit and real
identity-fraud downside.
The
§ 19 UStGsmall-business note stays — it is useful to clients andcarries no identifier.
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