Tax & Legal

In a recent judgment the Supreme Tax Court decided that the increase in value of shares in a corporation for the purposes of inheritance and gift tax must be determined in accordance with the rules of Section 11 of the Valuation Act. For this purpose, the market value of the beneficiary's share prior the transfer must be compared with the market value of this share after the contribution.

The Supreme Tax Court held, in a decision published on 27 October 2016, that: