The Federal Fiscal Court negotiates the solos. Until recently, the Treasury Department defended it as constitutional. Now the solo opponents are finally setting the tone in the debate.
The Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) as Germany’s highest financial court has to decide on the solidarity surcharge: Is the tax levy still constitutional or not? This is the question in the dispute (Az. IX R 15/20), which has come to a head in an unusual way in the past few days – and will probably only be finally decided in Karlsruhe before the Federal Constitutional Court.