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Spiegel Says Klingbeil Offered Two Income‑Tax Options, Finance Ministry Rejects Report

The alleged plans would trade broad relief for lower- and middle-income households against higher charges on top earners and estates to shape coalition choices.

Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil hat laut einem Medienbericht intern zwei Varianten für die von Union und SPD geplante Steuerreform vorgelegt. Eine sehe eine Steuerentlastung um rund zehn Milliarden Euro vor, die andere um 20 Milliarden Euro.
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Overview

  • Der Spiegel reported on Monday that Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil presented two internal income‑tax variants costing about €10 billion and €20 billion to the SPD–Union coalition.
  • Both variants were said to push the 42% top-rate threshold to a higher income level while offsetting revenue loss by raising the 45% top rate and, in the larger package, increasing inheritance tax.
  • The Bundesfinanzministerium issued a same‑day denial, calling the Spiegel account incorrect and vague and stressing the official goal is to relieve people with small and middle incomes.
  • No concrete measures, figures, or agreed text have been published and coalition negotiations on the reform remain confidential, leaving the media report unconfirmed.
  • Current rules put the 42% rate at about €70,000 and the 45% rate at roughly €280,000, so any change would shift tax burdens across income groups and affect the federal budget and coalition politics.