German Property Transfer Tax: Federal Ministry of Finance Wants to Enable Abolition
| Aug 28, 2023
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Published Online: Aug 28, 2023
Page range: 576 - 578
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2023-0159
© 2023 Christian Rasquin et al., published by Sciendo
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The Federal Ministry of Finance wants to allow German Federal States to lower the property transfer tax rates for owner-occupied housing. There is evidence that such tax heavily distorts the housing market. However, since the tax is an important source of revenue for the Federal States, it remains to be seen whether these will cut tax rates.