Billion Boom in Inheritances: Why the Tax on Capital Transfers Explodes
8 Articles
8 Articles
The fixed inheritance and gift tax in Germany reaches a record value. What is behind the strong increase last year?
At 21.4 billion euros, the German state took more than ever in 2025 through inheritance and gift tax. Compared to 2024, the value rose by 60 percent.
Germany's tax offices record a historic peak in inheritance and gift tax. Especially billion-dollar capital transfers and company shares made the tax revenue faster in 2025.
The fixed inheritance and gift tax increased in 2025 to the record value of 21.4 billion euros. The tax increased particularly strongly with very large capital transfers.
The state takes on as much inheritance and gift tax as never before. Above all, large capital transfers drive the revenues up.
In 2025, German tax authorities assessed €21.4 billion in inheritance and gift tax. This represents a 60.8 percent increase compared to the previous year, reaching a new record high, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Wednesday. The sharp rise is primarily due to the fact that the assessed tax on large transfers of assets of at least €20 million more than doubled (+146.8 percent). The statistics provide information exclu…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources are Center, 40% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
