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German Constitutional Court Rules Property Tax Regime Unconstitutional

|Approved Changes|Germany
Germany

Germany's Constitutional Court ruled on 10 April 2018 that the country's property tax regime is unconstitutional because it applies based on different unit values in different regions of the country and the values are also completely outdated. The issue is that property taxes in former East Germany are based on unit values that date back to 1935, while property taxes in former West Germany are based on unit values that date back to 1964. The Court found that this violates the general constit…

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