US EditionWhat the Spd Plans to Do with Inheritance Tax
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The SPD wants to reform the inheritance tax. The core of its concept is a new life allowance of one million euros per heir. An additional allowance is to apply to companies. Several business associations react with incomprehension to the SPD plans.
According to a concept paper, which is available to several media, there is to be a so-called life-free allowance of around one million euros in the future. This amount is to apply to all inheritances that a person receives in his or her life.
The SPD considers the inheritance tax to be unfair - especially because the richest pay little. What does its proposal for reform mean, for example, for the heir of the parental home?
The SPD wants to give rich heirs a higher tax in the future. The group wants to present the concept on Tuesday. First details are now known – criticism is not long in coming.
The industrial association VCI considers the SPD proposals for inheritance to be the "wrong signal at the wrong time". The model is a pity to all, family entrepreneurs warn.
For all private heirs, the SPD is thinking about a life-saving allowance of one million euros. The concept leaks through prematurely and immediately encounters sharp rejection by the Union. In particular, the proposal not to spare larger medium-sized companies in the future arouses the displeasure of the coalition partner.
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