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Constitutional Court: Ban on less favorable registered partner in inheritance and gift tax

It is with the general principle of equality under Article 3 of the Basic Law is incompatible to provide registered civil partners' allowance and the tax rate lower than married couples (Ref. 1 BvR 611/07 and 1 BvR 2464/07).

said in 3 points the Constitutional Court against the bad treatment registered partner Married couples to be inadmissible:

first While spouses at the time were able to make a personal allowance in the amount of 307,000 euros that, were tax free for life partner only 5200 Euro.

second From the so-called care allowance of € 256 000 for married couples were partners ruled out.

third For spouses is the lowest tax bracket I, while partners are classified as "other buyer" within category III.

The inheritance tax reform law (1.1.2009) the rules have been amended. Thus, the personal allowance as well as the care allowance for inheriting spouse and spouses rated the same. However, registered partners will be taxed far as aliens with the highest tax rates.

consequences of the decision:

The Constitutional Court has given the legislature a transition period for new rules to 31/12/2010.

After the draft of the Federal Government to the annual tax law, a complete equality between domestic partners and spouses in inheritance tax and gift tax law in 2010 intended. Precaution should be in all procedural outstanding cases of 2010 be appealed.

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pay fees for binding information: Revision to the Federal Fiscal Court approved

The FG Baden-Württemberg presented by order of 03/17/2010 finds that the license fee was constitutional. According to § 89 para 3 AO, a value in dispute - or time-based fee is required.

The FG has no doubts about the constitutionality of the fee for issuing the advance ruling and therefore appealed to the Constitutional Court is not in accordance with Article 100 paragraph 1 GG. The state should create a mandatory fee, because the taxpayer take an individual service of the Authority to complete.

This argument is, in my doubtful, since the binding information necessary the compensation for the complexity of tax law is.

Renewed Revision as a chance

The FG had already been affirmed in a Decision dated 05.20.2008 of the Constitution. The revision of the BFH was no decision taken in the matter ( BFH, Judgement of 14.07.2009, VIII R 22/08 ). Now, once again approved the revision, was still hoped that the BFH will decide on the merits.

time fee unconstitutional?

One limitation makes the FG: It is doubtful that the Treasury could expect a rate of 50 EUR per half hour, however, the maximum ceiling for Accountants 46 EUR.

pay fees even with worthless information?

A fee is mandatory according to the wording of the law even if the result of the information it corresponds to the desired destination. However, good reasons to suggest that the fee does not apply if the information is due to slow processing by the tax office for the applicant in fact worthless (cf. Beyer, AO-StB 2010, 217). This question has not been judicially decided.

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purchase of tax-CD: Union calls for tax basis for authority

the Braunschweiger Zeitung in an interview today called the chairman of the tax union, Dieter Ondracek that the legislature was to make the purchase of tax discs on a statutory legal basis .

But he stressed: "Because the CD must be processed promptly and give priority to avoid statute of limitations, the remaining business of the tax investigation is largely blocked. You can pursue many tracks at the moment, because the staff does not exist. "

When are already the previous CD, the financial management on staffing shortages, is probably an ongoing purchase of CD due to a statutory scheme unworkable. The demand for additional staff positions will be difficult to realize.