Property transfer - how do we do it most skillfully?

Simply sell cheaply ...

True...why actually not

Among relatives? The tax office smells a rat. Help help, imagine we were brothers, I sell you 500 sqm of building land near Hamburg for 30 thousand. The tax office then thinks, aha, and 200 are changing hands under the table in cash, well, we’ll have to take those two apart.

But what does the tax office do then? Is it forbidden to sell a property cheaply WITHOUT additional sums being paid under the table?

Of course, that is evasion. They can, for example, perform an account inquiry. Cash deposits of over 10,000 are mandatory to be registered by all banks.

If sold too cheaply, the difference between the purchase price and the value is considered a gift and must be taxed. The gift tax exemption amount must be deducted accordingly.

I rather see the "bad" notary as being in the right. He examines and advises what is legally and in rem possible and what is not. So the question is whether your proposed arrangement is feasible.

Actually, what you want to know is which option is ultimately the most cost-effective, especially regarding what the tax office will accept. The notary is not there to develop a tax-advantageous option. That is definitely the role of the tax advisor. In my opinion, your criticism is therefore directed at the wrong "party".

Of course, that's tax evasion. For example, they can do an account inquiry. Cash deposits from 10,000 are mandatory to be registered by all banks.

Huh? What is tax evasion? I don’t quite understand. If a purchase contract is normally signed at the notary and the purchase price is paid there, what is wrong with that? Or what am I fundamentally misunderstanding here? I am confused