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20 free calculators, checks and guides on German inheritance, gifts, business succession and asset protection. No sign-up, ready to use - and always with the statute behind it.
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Erbschaftsteuer Calculator
Calculate German inheritance tax by Freibetrag and Steuerklasse (§ 16, § 19 ErbStG).
Property Inheritance Tax Calculator
Value and tax an inherited property - land value under § 179 BewG, family-home exemption and rental discount included.
OpenSchenkungsteuer Calculator
Structure gifts tax-efficiently - the ten-year Freibetrag lever.
OpenHouse Transfer Cost Calculator
What transferring a house costs - notary (GNotKG), land register, Grunderwerbsteuer and Schenkungsteuer, sibling buyout included.
OpenNießbrauch Calculator
Value of a Nießbrauch and its tax discount under the Bewertungsgesetz.
OpenHolding Calculator
Tax on selling a company - GmbH holding versus direct sale.
OpenCompany Value Calculator
Estimate company value using the simplified capitalised-earnings method (§§ 199-203 BewG).
OpenPflichtteil Calculator
Pflichtteil quota and the concrete monetary claim in euros (§ 2303 BGB).
OpenInheritance Tax in Europe
35 countries compared - from Spain (up to 87.6 %) to ten tax-free countries (Tax Foundation 2025).
OpenInheritance Tax Statistics
EUR 13.3bn assessed in 2024 (+12.3 %) - official Destatis figures by asset type and type of acquisition.
OpenInteractive checks
Your situation in a few clicks
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Inheritance Navigator
Your personal inheritance checklist in a few clicks.
Estate Check
How ordered is your estate? A readiness score in 14 questions.
OpenInheritance Tax Quick Check
Gauge the tax risk of your inheritance in two minutes.
OpenEmergency Kit
Which provisional documents are missing? The emergency-folder check.
OpenGuides to download
Practical knowledge to take with you
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Succession Checklist
Business succession in 7 points - the practical guide to download.
Pflichtteil Protection
6 strategies to reduce the Pflichtteil with legal certainty.
OpenAsset Protection for Doctors
The 5 costliest money mistakes doctors make - and how to avoid them.
OpenFinancial Plan for Athletes
7 financial traps for professional athletes - short career, lasting wealth.
OpenStatutory Succession
Who inherits without a will? Orders, the spousal share and the inheritance-quota table (§ 1924 ff. BGB).
OpenBerliner Testament
The unity solution, binding effect, forfeiture clause and the inheritance-tax trap (§§ 2269, 2271 BGB).
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A calculator gives you the number. The structuring behind it - using Freibeträge, hitting the deadlines, thinking Pflichtteil and tax together - decides the outcome. In a personal conversation we place your situation and show the next steps.