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The information duty replacing inheritance tax effective 01 August 2008 is known as gift reporting tax (shenkungsmeldegesetz). This is levied on all gifts, donations, grants over 50,000 between relatives and over 15,000 between non-relatives. Occasional gifts exceeding 1,000 is also subject to gift reporting tax.
