The FDP-led Federal Ministry of Justice wants to reduce the burden on the economy by 682 million euros annually with less bureaucracy. The obligation to report in hotels will no longer apply to German citizens, and booking receipts will only have to be kept for eight years instead of ten in the future. This emerges from the draft bill for a fourth bureaucracy relief law published on Thursday. Operating cost statements should also be digitized. In the future, travelers will have the option of presenting their passports digitally during flight clearance.
Justice Minister Marco Buschmann said it was primarily about the fight against paper work. It is an economic stimulus program at no cost. According to the ministry, the bureaucracy cost index, which makes the burden on companies resulting from information obligations visible, is expected to fall to its lowest level since it was surveyed. Together with other planned measures by the traffic light government to reduce bureaucracy, the total relief volume for companies is expected to be around three billion euros per year. From the point of view of business associations, the strong bureaucracy in Germany is one of the biggest problems for companies. They haven’t noticed any improvement recently.