11.12.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
this year I bought a plot of land with my girlfriend, each owning 1/2.
Purchase price 140,000€ / 70,000€ my share
Due to various financial solutions, my girlfriend's parents "advanced" the money. So my girlfriend received 180,000€ as an ant...
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23.11.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
I have an urgent question regarding the speculation tax.
My father, who passed away in 2018, jointly purchased an apartment with my mother in 2004 for 240,000€, which was rented out to my grandmother. In their divorce in 2010, my father acqu...
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22.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Hello,
My sister and I are equal heirs of our deceased father, we want to transfer a securities account at the bank to both of us. Question: If we want to split the securities account into equal shares at some point, will any taxes (capital gains ta...
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10.07.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
As heirs (2 persons), we each own 50% of 5 apartments and one office. Initially, one apartment (50%) is now being transferred/sold from the first heir to the second heir as part of the estate settlement.
Capital gains tax is not applicable, as the o...
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22.05.2019 | answered by Knut Christiansen
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have the following question: I am divorced and jointly own 11 condominiums in Germany with my former wife, which we rent out as an investment. We have a joint bank account through which all income and expenses related to the apa...
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23.01.2019 | answered by Bernd Thomas
My partner and I want to build a house.
She will receive 140,000€ as an advance inheritance from her parents.
With this, we want to buy the property together and both be registered in the land register with a 50% share. We will both take over the fi...
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13.10.2018 | answered by Bernd Thomas
Hello,
I live in Germany and am selling a property in Austria that I inherited from my late mother in 2015. According to the tax authorities, no inheritance tax is due in Germany because I did not live in Germany at the time of my mother's death.
N...
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18.07.2017 | answered by André Hintz
Hello,
as part of the anticipated inheritance, I would like to transfer agricultural and forestry properties to my children. In order to make use of the tax exemption that one receives once in a lifetime, as well as the tax exemptions for the childre...
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16.09.2016 | answered by Frank-Olaf Illiges
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have a question regarding the gift tax law within the EU (specifically between Germany and Bulgaria). My uncle is a Bulgarian citizen with only one residence in Bulgaria, but he has a German bank account with a sum of 70,000 eur...
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02.08.2016 | answered by Oliver Burchardt
Testator A passed away in June 2016. Life partner B has inherited, among other things, a condominium (ETW) previously owned by A. A acquired the ETW in 1972. Following the inheritance, B gifts the ETW to C (A's nephew) in exchange for C taking on the...
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16.02.2016 | answered by Patrick Färber
Hello,
I have a question about real estate transfer tax.
There is an inheritance community (two siblings) who have inherited a house and have owned it for some time now. The son of one of the parties involved now wants to buy the house together wit...
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16.09.2015 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Subject: Mixed-use property and subsequent production costs
Dear Sir or Madam,
The following scenario:
Owner (77, nursing level 1, GdB: 90) owns a multi-family house built in 1950 with 3 units: ground floor, upper floor, attic.
Ground floor: occup...
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22.07.2015 | answered by Steffen Becker
Inheritance settlement: my mother, my 2 sisters, my brother, and I have inherited an apartment from our father (mother 50%, siblings 50%).
Now the 2 sisters are supposed to receive the apartment, with compensation payment to my brother and me, my mo...
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01.06.2015 | answered by Tobias Heinrich
Subject: Possible inheritance tax
Please advise me: Is the "Solution Idea 2" in the "Details" a solution or not? What is your advice then?
Details:
Condition:
1. Marriage contract 1990: Separate property
2. Will: Berlin Will
3. House and land owner...
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02.05.2015 | answered by Patrick Färber
I am German, but have been living and working in Canada for many years. In 2012, I inherited the family home in Germany with my three siblings. I bought out my siblings at that time and became the sole owner of the property. Each of my siblings recei...
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02.02.2015 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
A question about the taxation of death benefits from an inheritance.
After the death of my father, I was determined by the probate court to be the sole heir, but I have to pay out 50% of the inheritance to my sister. For the death benefit, I had to g...
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01.12.2014 | answered by Tobias Heinrich
Dear Sir or Madam,
In 2010, my parents built a house and rented it to my husband and me. Now we would like to buy it, but we would incur speculation tax as the current market value is approximately 350-400,000 euros. There are still 270,000 euros in...
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13.10.2014 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
Gift tax, real estate transfer tax Germany-Austria
Dear Sir or Madam,
a good acquaintance (not related to us, resident in Germany) wants to transfer a vacation home (located in Tyrol) to us (married couple, resident in Germany) in equal parts. The op...
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30.09.2014 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
We will buy a currently rented house for 460,000 € and declare own use as soon as possible. The current interest rate at the bank is 2.5%.
My parents will provide us with a private loan of 50,000 € as "equity" at 2% interest with annual calculation;...
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14.09.2014 | answered by Anton Pernitschka
I inherited a completely dilapidated house from my brother, which he had been living in for more than 10 years, but had to pay out half as a compulsory share. I incurred a) clearance costs, b) I renovated the house. Now I want to sell the house. Will...
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13.09.2014 | answered by Ralph J. Schnaars
Background:
I am German, residing in Zurich/Switzerland with a settlement permit C. As part of an inheritance, I am considering taking over one of three apartments (in Baden-Württemberg) from the other members of the inheritance community (at a net ...
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22.02.2014 | answered by Ekrem Uyulur
The situation is as follows:
In 1997, my father received a residential house and two agricultural plots from my grandmother as a gift (subject to reservation of usufruct). My grandmother passed away in August 2003.
My father then passed away in July...
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03.02.2014 | answered by Peter Lipp
Following case:
During his lifetime, V appoints his daughter T as the usufructuary heir in his will, and appoints the son of T - his grandson E - and his son S as remainder heirs.
When V dies, T inherits V's house, land, and assets.
Four years later,...
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07.01.2014 | answered by Peter Lipp
Extinct Real Estate Partnership - new partner - transfer of 94.9% shares
Father and son have a real estate partnership, father dies, shares pass to son (100%), the partnership is to be continued with a new partner (not a relative), but is it automat...
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17.12.2013 | answered by Peter Lipp
Business assets or building land?
In 1995, my father transferred to me the agricultural business, which was approximately 2 hectares in size. (Arable land) At that time, it was already located in a development area with a valid development plan in p...
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