On 31 January 2025, the Bundestag adopted changes to the cost tables in the RVG and court costs (KostBRÄG 2025). New cost tables will therefore be necessary for IKAROS.
The law is to be introduced to the Bundesrat in February, which is why we currently expect it to be promulgated in February. This means that the new fee tables will apply from 1st April 2025, although the deadline will be postponed if the law is promulgated later or the Federal Council does not give its consent.
Within a few days of the announcement, we will provide an additional package that will incorporate the new cost tables for all IKAROS versions under maintenance, i.e. for 2023.1 (all patch levels) and 2024.1. This package can also be installed before 1 April 2025. The cost tables all have a corresponding ‘Valid from’ date.
Please note: The court costs of the PfÜB will also be increased from 22 to 24 in the draft bill. These will be entered as cost table ‘G2111’. The ZV package published in August 2024 (‘ZVFV 20240822’) is required for this cost table to be used automatically in the ZV forms. The status of this ZV package will already be integrated in IKAROS 2023.1 Patch 3 and 2024.1 Patch 1.
However, the update with the new KostBRÄG cost tables will also have to be installed separately in these two patches due to the release dates.