US EditionGermany's SPD, conservatives in coalition clash over inheritance tax reform
SPD aims to increase taxes on large estates while protecting small inheritances and family businesses, with 13.3 billion euros raised from inheritance taxes in 2024.
- On Jan 13, Germany's Social Democrats published plans to reform inheritance tax, keeping about one million euros per heir and inherited parental homes tax-free if heirs live there.
- Ahead of five state votes this year, the SPD publishes inheritance tax plans, risking coalition tensions with Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc.
- The proposals include allowances of about five million euros for companies to secure family businesses, while people inheriting larger firms face higher taxes; revenues from inheritance and gift levies totalled around 13.3 billion euros in 2024, Federal Statistics Office figures show.
- Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative bloc and the SPD both want faster tax relief but sharply disagree, with Christian von Stetten calling SPD's plans a "frontal attack" and Wiebke Esdar citing "greater fairness."
- The dispute risks compounding tensions in the coalition and contributes to voters in regional/state elections viewing a weak government slow to agree on policy.
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op-online.deThe SPD wants to reform the inheritance tax. Companies should pay taxes from five million euros in the future. This would probably affect more than 40,000 companies.
Out of frustration about poor survey values, the SPD increases the pressure on inheritance tax. Even in the case of pension, debt brake and voting rights, it should not easily agree with the Union.
The dispute over the inheritance tax becomes "Markus Lanz" in ZDF for settlement with the coalition – and for diagnosis for the SPD.
The SPD wants to change the inheritance tax. With a concept that the Secretary General of the Social Democrats, Tim Klüssendorf, and the relevant policymakers ... The post SPD wants to reach out to heirs and family entrepreneurs – Spahn speaks of "falschem time" appeared first on Apollo News.
The SPD's reform proposal on inheritance tax is rejected by the Union and the economy. Support comes from the left and social associations.
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