7/14/2023 11:01:18 AM Another RETT reform in Germany? By Sebastian Adam A far-reaching reform of the German real estate transfer tax (RETT) rules has been proposed which, if implemented, is intended to apply...
1/26/2023 11:07:56 AM Share deals in peril of double taxation under new RETT law By Gunther Wagner The German tax authorities have adopted the controversial "signing closing theory" for share deals involving at least 90% of the shares...
11/16/2022 12:20:45 PM German Tax Authorities publish long awaited guidance on new RETT law By Sebastian Adam Gunther Wagner The 2021 reform of the German Real Estate Transfer Tax Act (Grunderwerbsteuergesetz or GrEStG) included, among other things, three...
9/2/2021 9:41:43 AM German Ministry of Finance publishes guidance on transitional provision of new RETT law By Sebastian Adam The German Ministry of Finance has published guidance on the transitional provision with respect to the revised German Real Estate...
9/11/2019 12:00:00 AM Update on German Real Estate Transfer Tax (RETT) Reform By Markus Ernst What is it all about? The public perception, pushed by politicians and the press, is that the German real estate transfer tax (RETT)...
5/21/2019 12:00:00 AM German RETT reform underway By Matthias Scheifele The German Federal Ministry of Finance recently unveiled a long-awaited draft bill for reform of the German Real Estate Transfer Tax...