In its judgement of 27 October 2015 (1 StR 373/15), the Federal Court of Justice ruled that any tax evasion exceeding EUR 50,000 constitutes large-scale tax evasion within the meaning of Section 370 para. 3 sentence 2 no. 1 AO. This threshold is decisive for the question of whether a fine can still be considered or whether a prison sentence should be imposed.
The judgement also contains other important findings. Read more about this in our Blog.