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Tax value up to and including<\/strong><\/td>Tax bracket<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
\u00a0<\/td> I<\/strong><\/td>II<\/strong><\/td> III<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
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75,000 euros<\/td>7 %<\/td>15 %<\/td>30 %<\/td><\/tr>
300,000 euros<\/td>11 %<\/td>20 %<\/td>30 %<\/td><\/tr>
600,000 euros<\/td>15 %<\/td>25 %<\/td>30 %<\/td><\/tr>
6,000,000 euros<\/td>19 %<\/td>30 %<\/td>30 %<\/td><\/tr>
13,000,000 euros<\/td>23 %<\/td>35 %<\/td>50 %<\/td><\/tr>
26,000,000 euros<\/td>27 %<\/td>40 %<\/td>50 %<\/td><\/tr>
over 26,000,000 euros<\/td>30 %<\/td>43 %<\/td>50 %<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

All information without guarantee!\"\"<\/strong><\/p>

Source of the table: Inheritance Tax and Gift Tax Act (ErbStG), Section 19 Tax rates<\/a><\/p>

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Tax value up to and including Tax bracket \u00a0 I II III \u00a0 75,000 euros 7 % 15 % 30 % 300,000 euros 11 % 20 % 30 % 600,000 euros 15 % 25 % 30 % 6,000,000 euros 19 % 30 % 30 % 13,000,000 euros 23 % 35 % 50 % 26,000,000 euros […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wiki-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInheritance tax rates in Germany - Steuerberatung | Wirtschaftspr\u00fcfung<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find the inheritance tax rates in Germany at a glance here! 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