25. Januar 2018 Gift Tax : Benefit provided to person related to a sharehold ... The Supreme Tax Court decided in three separate cases that the payment of excessive consideration under the terms of a contract between a GmbH and a party related to the shareholder is not a partial gift by the GmbH, if the shareholder was involved in the conclusion of the contract between the GmbH and the related party. In such a case the benefit granted arises from corporate relationship between the GmbH and the shareholder. With these decisions the Supreme Tax Court has changedn its earlier jurisprudence on this question. Kategorien: Supreme Tax Court casesSchlagwörter: Private Wealth, donations, related party ...