This contribution addresses the substantial tax subsidies for businesses introduced by the German Inheritance Tax Act 2009. Advocates in favour of the vast or even entire tax exemption for businesses stress the potential damage of the inheritance tax on businesses, as those often lack liquid...

This contribution addresses the substantial tax privilege for businesses introduced by the German Inheritance Tax Act 2009. Advocates of the vast or even entire tax exemption for businesses stress the potential damage of the inheritance tax on businesses, as those often lack liquidity to meet...

The popular idea of increasing the inheritance tax revenue via a tax-rate-cut-cum-base-broadening-policy is based on macroeconomic estimates. These models apply national wealth and life tables to assess the size of aggregate inheritance. Microeconomic estimates based on the German Inheritance...

The German Inheritance Tax Reform Act 2009 was caused by the jurisdiction of the Federal Constitutional Court since the valuation procedures were not in line with constitutional requirements. However, similar to the criticized former law the new valuation procedures result in tax values widely...