Biontech's profits create tax gains worth billions. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate even becomes a payer state in the federal-state fiscal equalisation system. Model calculations show a paradoxical drop of revenues in the short term, but more important is the possibly permanent shift of power in federal finances, Michael Thöne explains in the Handelsblatt. This will considerably shorten the time until the finely balanced construct needs to be revamped.