If forest land is acquired, no real estate transfer tax is due, according to the German Federal Fiscal Court, insofar as the forest’s trees are to be qualified as pseudo-components. Whether this also affects the VAT treatment depends on whether the seller applies the average rate taxation method.
Source: kmlz.de
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