Companies can actually get up to 50,000 euros before their applications are finally approved in order to be able to settle the most urgent bills - but only at the request of a tax advisor or auditor.
This is over for the time being.
Although the payments of finally approved applications continue, the payments on account have been suspended for the time being.
According to information from WELT, fraudsters have apparently managed to pretend to be tax advisors or auditors, sneak into the system and request help on behalf of companies without their knowledge, which was then paid out to their own accounts.