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German Tax Raid: Marriage Splitting on the Chopping Block

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Faced with a rapidly worsening budget outlook, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) believes he has finally found a fresh source of revenue. By scrapping the long-standing “marriage-splitting” tax benefit -- a system that allows c...

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German Tax Raid: Marriage Splitting on the Chopping Block

Faced with a rapidly worsening budget outlook, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) believes he has finally found a fresh source of revenue. By scrapping the long-standing “marriage-splitting” tax benefit -- a system that allows c...

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American Thinker broke the news in on Friday, October 3, 2025.
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