In the struggle for the Reform of the land have agreed to tax themselves to the Federation and the Länder on the basic features of a model. For this, land values, age of buildings and the average rental costs are to be used.

the Federal government and the States have agreed after a long struggle on the key points for a Reform of the land tax. If you wanted values of a model in the Property, the age of buildings and the average rent be used, said Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz in Berlin after a summit meeting with the Finance Ministers of the länder. “All in all, this is a good solution,” said the SPD politician. He spoke of “constructive” talks.

On the Basis of now, a draft law developed, the countries have to agree. The Federal constitutional court had qualified the previous regulations as a reason against the law and a reorganization requires.