Germany changes Organschaft and strikes against RETT blockers

November 01 2012

The Merkel government has less than a year left before next year’s elections take place in September or October 2013. Ulrich Siegemund, of Luther – Taxand Germany, analyses the government’s recent Tax Bills, which deal with the taxation of fiscal groups and alter the rules governing real estate transfer tax (RETT) blocker structures.

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