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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Fehlgebarung

English translation:

mismanagement

Added to glossary by Ted Wozniak
Jan 24, 2019 17:08
5 yrs ago
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German term

Fehlgebarung

German to English Law/Patents Law: Taxation & Customs Austrian sales tax
This is from a letter from a lawyer stating that its client has in the past been guilty of "Fehlgebarung" in handling the sales tax from chain transactions.

Is "Fehlgebarung" "misconduct"? "mismanagement"? I don't want to accuse someone of misconduct if that's too harsh.

Or is a Gebarung a tax disclosure, as in USt-gebarung?

Thanks!
Proposed translations (English)
4 +5 mismanagement
3 false tax returns
Change log

Feb 1, 2019 14:31: Eren Kutlu Carnì changed "Term asked" from "Felhgebarung" to "Fehlgebarung"

Feb 7, 2019 10:20: Ted Wozniak Created KOG entry

Discussion

Steffen Walter Jan 24, 2019:
Have you had a look ... ... at the various entries of "Gebarung" in the glossary? See also https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gebarung (which seems to point to [financial/tax-related] mismanagement or, indeed, misconduct). We can't be sure without the complete German sentence/paragraph, though.
philgoddard Jan 24, 2019:
Could we have the German context, please. The world itself gets very few hits, and they're mostly pre-20th century. Wiktionary says Gebarung is
-ein österreichischer Begriff für Haushaltsführung (finanzielle Gebarung)
-ein veralteter Begriff für das Verhalten bzw. das Betragen

I'm not sure a lawyer would use a word like "misconduct" of their own client. Mismanagement might be OK.

Proposed translations

+5
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German term (edited): Felhgebarung
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mismanagement

Mismanagement doesn't have as much negative connotation as misconduct and could be interpreted more easily as due to carelessness or mistaken beliefs rather than negligence or intentional misbehavior.

If my lawyer has to say I was guilty of something, I'd prefer mismanagement over misconduct.
Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway
47 mins
agree RobinB : Yes I think this is a more elegant way of putting it. Note to asker: USt = VAT, not "sales tax", at least in the EU.
8 hrs
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
13 hrs
agree Steffen Walter
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agree jccantrell : Another term might be 'mishandling'
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German term (edited): Felhgebarung

false tax returns

I would suggest

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Note added at 50 mins (2019-01-24 17:59:10 GMT)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Under its policy of voluntary disclosure, the IRS can ... if the accountant knew of and participated in prior filings of false tax returns, ...

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Note added at 51 mins (2019-01-24 18:00:37 GMT)
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but might just be "failure to disclose"

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Note added at 53 mins (2019-01-24 18:02:14 GMT)
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you decide
Peer comment(s):
neutral RobinB : I'm not sure a lawyer would go so far as to use that particular word.
7 hrs
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