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A 91 1 ΓÇó Handänderungssteuer on buyout of co-heir's share
A 91 1Autre juridiction20 juin 1991Dismissed
B appealed against the hand change tax assessment imposed on the buyout of co-heir C's collective ownership share in two inherited parcels. The court held that the taxable event was not the original inheritance, but the later transfer of C's share to B and D during the partial estate division. The statutory exemption for transfers between relatives applied only to ascending and descending line, not to siblings. The court also held that the buyers' motive to avert forced enforcement, their financing arrangements, and the absence of net taxable inheritance value did not affect tax liability or the tax base.
§§ 2 Ziff. 2, 3 Ziff. 2, 4 Abs. 1, 6 und 7 HStG; hand change tax on acquisition of a co-heir's collective ownership share in a partial estate division. The transfer of a share in a collective ownership relationship is a taxable hand change when the statutory prerequisites are met and no exemption under § 3 HStG applies. The exemption for family transfers is limited to relatives in ascending and descending line; it does not extend to siblings. The taxpayer's motive, including the avoidance of enforcement or forced sale, is irrelevant absent an express statutory exemption. The tax is a pure transaction tax and is computed solely on the consideration constituting the hand change value; the source of funds, the manner of payment, and collateral estate-law consequences do not influence the tax base (consid. 2).
A hinterliess ihren Pflegesöhnen B, C und D zwei Grundstücke. Im Rahmen der partiellen Erbteilung trat C, über den vorher der Konkurs eröffnet worden war, seine Gesamteigentumsquote an den beiden Grundstücken an die Miterben B und D zu 1/3 des Anrechnungswertes der Grundstücke ab.
B verlangt mit Beschwerde die Aufhebung der Handänderungssteuerveranlagung, weil einerseits die ererbte Eigentumsquote vom Bruder erworben und anderseits damit deren Zwangsverwertung abgewendet worden sei.
Das Verwaltungsgericht hat die Beschwerde mit folgender Begründung abgewiesen: