The tax office wants to know how we are financing our construction project

Musketier referred to your statement about first taking out legal expenses insurance. The point is that legal risks related to construction projects are almost always excluded, i.e. not insurable. I only know of one product from the savings banks, but it requires real estate financing with the savings bank and was still very limited, I believe a maximum of €10,000 per claim (but I could be wrong). Better than nothing but not a big hit either.

To Ronne 83
Please write something like this: Dear... thank you very much for your letter dated... Lyric.
I assure you: the land purchase and house construction are in no way related. The land belonged to..., construction is done with.... I note: the real estate transfer tax is therefore only due on the land and has been paid.
Regarding the question of financing: I don't see why I owe you any information about if and how we are financing or paying for our construction. Lyric. Best regards, Ronnen and xy
Karsten

Hello Ronne,

we financed the house and property through the SAB with 3 loans. I answered and stated everything truthfully. And I would also advise you to do that if you don't want trouble with the tax office. Sure, you could also answer as Karsten suggests, but the tax office probably holds the upper hand. Since you can prove that the property purchase and house construction are not connected, you probably don't need to worry. I have also heard from several sources that it is related to black money. Just fill it out and send it back.

Thank you for the answers.
My wife called the caseworker today and played a bit dumb, since the letter referred to the 2017 tax return, which obviously cannot be done yet.
In the conversation, the caseworker from the tax office said, among other things, that it was not about the real estate transfer tax; that is probably another department. Whether that is believable or not, I do not want to judge here.
After consulting with our construction company and tax advisor, who are completely unfamiliar with such a letter, we also think that it is about checking whether undeclared money is being used or not.

Hmm. I have learned that our law considers everyone innocent until proven guilty. A tax office that probes around like that obviously sees it differently. And that is not okay. My opinion. Karsten

Hmm. I have learned that our law considers everyone innocent until proven guilty. An FA that pokes around like that apparently sees it differently. And that is not okay. My opinion. Karsten

What kind of logic is that?