The Constitutionality of the German Inheritance Tax Regime for Family Entrepreneurs
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On the 17th of December 2014, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that elements of the inheritance tax regime exempting successors of family-owned companies from paying inheritance tax are unconstitutional and ordered the government to revise an tighten the law by June 2016.