{"id":30562,"date":"2023-02-01T01:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T00:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fiala.de\/?p=30562"},"modified":"2026-06-22T21:44:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T19:44:39","slug":"burden-sharing-levy-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiala.de\/en\/burden-sharing-levy-2-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Burden-Sharing Levy 2.0: How to Protect Your Assets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Burden-Sharing Levy at Everyone’s Expense<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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Cr<\/strong>isis, crisis, crisis<\/b> – who is going to finance our next crisis? <\/p>\n

The past few years have unmistakably been years of crisis<\/b> felt by almost everyone. Financially and emotionally, the effects and consequences of the “refugee crisis”<\/b>, the “coronavirus crisis”<\/b>, the “financial crisis”<\/b>, inflation<\/b> and the economic crisis<\/b> are still being grappled with today. The acute political situation<\/b>, with armed hostilities in Eastern Europe that have taken on overtones of long-bygone eras, adds further uncertainty<\/b>. Entrenched fronts, a moderate energy crisis<\/b> and renewed flows of refugees<\/b> are placing a considerable burden on the population and on public finances. <\/p>\n

Even during the pandemic, enormous sums<\/b> were raised by the legislature to cushion or defer supposed dangers and economic damage<\/b>. But how – and above all from where – are the many further billions<\/b> now supposed to come that are needed for victims of disease<\/b>, rescuing the economy<\/b>, military aid<\/b> and the energy crisis<\/b>? <\/p>\n

The suspicion is obvious. This time, too, the financial hole<\/b> – thanks to the government’s free-spending ways – will once again be borne by the taxpayer<\/b>, or rather will affect all those who can supposedly “afford”<\/b> a further financial burden<\/b>. When Sigmar Gabriel (SPD) first put the term “Lastenausgleich” (burden-sharing levy)<\/strong> into circulation in 2020, he fuelled the debate about an impending “compulsory taxation”<\/strong> of property owners. Ever since, the rumours on the subject have not let up, and with each further crisis people’s fear for their homes and land intensifies. Whether the burden-sharing levy<\/b> will come, and in what guise, is currently still open. Nevertheless, it is a good idea<\/b> to start thinking today about what options exist to protect one’s own assets<\/b>. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Burden-Sharing Levy – Origin and History<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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The unimaginable destruction of the Second World War made it necessary after 1945 to provide funds to support those harmed by the war<\/strong> and displaced persons. With the introduction of the Lastenausgleichsgesetz of 1952 (Burden-Sharing Levy Act)<\/strong>, it became possible for displaced persons, late returnees<\/strong> and all Germans<\/strong> who had to contend with war losses<\/strong> to receive compensation for their losses. <\/p>\n

The financing of this compensation was levied on those who were little or not affected. Under the so-called expropriation law in Germany<\/b>, every German who owned real estate<\/b> was obliged to pay a capital levy of 1.6% for 30 years<\/b> on a property value determined in 1948. Comparable approaches would, of course, also be conceivable today to cover the enormous costs and compensation<\/b> owed to those “harmed” in recent years. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Rumours About the Burden-Sharing Levy in 2024<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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