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发帖数: 19713 | 1 The highest court in Germany ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples in
registered partnerships must be entitled to the same exemption from the land
transfer tax as married straight couples, but a larger debate about taxes
and other legal rights continues.
Deutsche Welle reports on the ruling about the exemption, which removes the
tax liability when one member of a divorced couple buys a piece of
previously jointly-owned real estate from the other. Two men who divorced in
2009 had asked the court to backdate an exemption, and the judges agreed,
finding that the difference in tax treatment before 2010 was
unconstitutional. Refunds are now expected for a large number of former
couples.
Registered partnerships instituted in 2001 offer a legal status that
approximates, but does not equal, marriage. Gay couples lack the same rights
in income tax and adoption. The court currently has cases pending about the
different treatment in income taxes, CNN reports.
Officials in Germany are debating taxation for same-sex couples overall,
where 13 members of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian
Democratic Union, which traditionally opposes tax equality, recently called
for an expansion of tax rights. Members of the Christian Social Union,
however, greeted the idea with “vicious criticism,” according to CNN. The
third governing partner, the Liberal Democrats, supports tax equality. Their
former leader, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, is in a registered
partnership with his partner, Michael Mronz.
Meanwhile Volker Beck, parliamentary leader of the Green Party, wants
Germany to grant same-sex couples the right to marry, reports Deutsche Welle
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发帖数: 2596 | 2 不错啊，你准备在哪个洲结婚啊？
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: The highest court in Germany ruled Wednesday that same-sex couples in
: registered partnerships must be entitled to the same exemption from the land
: transfer tax as married straight couples, but a larger debate about taxes
: and other legal rights continues.
: Deutsche Welle reports on the ruling about the exemption, which removes the
: tax liability when one member of a divorced couple buys a piece of
: previously jointly-owned real estate from the other. Two men who divorced in
: 2009 had asked the court to backdate an exemption, and the judges agreed,
: finding that the difference in tax treatment before 2010 was
: unconstitutional. Refunds are now expected for a large number of former
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