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💡Summary Ingolstadt, in Bavaria, Germany, is an automotive city where 40,000 of its 140,000 inhabitants work for Audi. While approximately 20% of the city's budget came from business taxes paid by Audi, that revenue was halved in just one year as the company's performance deteriorated. The same is true for Weissach, the Porsche village in Baden-Württemberg. Once considered the region with the highest per capita tax revenue in Germany, its once affluent finances began to collapse as Porsche's net profit plummeted by 99%. In Germany, companies pay a separate business tax to the municipality where their operations are located, in addition to federal corporate tax. Although tax rates vary by city, they amount to 10–20% of net profit, and this revenue forms the core of local finances. Thanks to the decentralized structure intentionally designed by post-war Germany, each region has established its own unique ecosystem centered around specific industries such as automobiles, chemicals, and logistics. However, that structure contained a vulnerability where the entire city would suffer a simultaneous blow when the core company faltered. The deficit of regional governments across Germany reached a record high of 32 billion euros. On the other hand, the Ruhr region, formerly the center of the coal mining industry, is cited as a case study in which, when signs of decline appeared, instead of forcibly clinging to failing industries, it preemptively induced mine closures and transitioned to future industries such as renewable energy and ICT, thereby redesigning its urban identity. Isn't a structure that relies on finances for a single company a problem that Korean regional cities should also reflect upon? 📌Key Topics The financial bankruptcy crisis of German regional cities Business tax structure and the vulnerability of dependence on a single company The impact of Chinese electric vehicles on the European automotive industry The success story of the Ruhr region's preemptive industrial transition The light and shadow of Germany's decentralized structure [This is a summary of the video using AI] 👉Understanding Inquiries: [email protected] 👉Read "Understanding Text". https://contents.premium.naver.com/ba... 👉 Join Understanding Membership    / @understanding.   ■ If you want to read this video as text → Understanding Egloos Link: https://egloos.com/understanding