There are about six million taxpayers of retirement and pension age. They also have to file an income tax return if their annual income exceeds the basic allowance. With the new einfachELSTER service of the tax administration in the KONSENS project, there is now a special online service: with the service, many pensioners and retirees can complete their electronic tax return in just a few steps.

Sometimes the financial figures are terrific, but the financial of others are even better. Sometimes this improves the ranking, sometimes not. A mix applies to mgm in the BVDW Internet Agency Ranking 2022 published today: reportable digital revenues have increased by 34 percent, but it remains in 9th place.

mgm technology partners GmbH has announced a new partnership with Mirakl, the industry's first and most advanced enterprise marketplace SaaS platform. Thanks to its leading technology, expertise and ecosystem, Mirakl enables over 300 of the world’s most trusted brands to launch, scale, and curate online marketplaces with ease.

As the defending champion from last year mgm is once again up for election for the "eGovernment Computing Readers Choice Award". The event is organized by the trade journal "eGovernment Computing" of Vogel IT-Media and will culminate in the awards ceremony at the end of September in Berlin, Germany. Voting for the readers' choice starts today, April 29, 2022, and ends in July.

Industrial insurance, that means complex coverages and contracts. Digital claims management and digital claims validation are not yet standard for industrial insurers. A central challenge is to make the heterogeneous contract landscape manageable, especially in claims processing. Which processes in claims management can be automated and where are the limits?

Can the German administration become more independent of individual providers and thus more digitally sovereign through open source software (OSS)? This question was the focus of the "Behörden Spiegel"* web panel "Digital Sovereignty". mgm CEO Hamarz Mehmanesh gave the keynote speech. There was also a presentation of the planned Centre for Digital Sovereignty (ZenDiS) and a discussion round with representatives of the federal government, the state, local authorities and an open source trade association.

We are convinced that this is a further step towards a sustainable and successful business development: mgm technology partners has acquired 100 per cent of the shares in Clientis AG, a move that boosts the company's ERP proficiency in SAP environments.

The causes of claims leakage in industrial and commercial insurance are manifold. IT plays an important role in helping to reduce it. What do tried-and-tested approaches to reducing claims leakage look like?

Three core areas in focus: Behind the latest provider overview by Lünendonk & Hossenfelder are revenues for digital consulting, agency and technology services. The B2B market research company from Bavaria summarises these service offerings in a list of leading providers for "Digital Experience Services" (DXS). mgm technology partners is included in the list for the first time.

Yesterday evening in Berlin: the 20th award ceremony of the renowned eGovernment competition. On stage: twice the digital ship register and team members from the Hamburg Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BJV), mgm and Dataport. There was a 2nd and a 3rd place.