How old are you according to tax law?
The German tax office doesn't know you personally. Yet for usufruct, housing rights or lifelong annuities it still applies a number to you: your statistical remaining life expectancy.
Statistical remaining life expectancy
39.89years
Which equals a statistical end age of
81.89 years
Values from the German statutory valuation table (§14 BewG). For tax purposes only – usufruct, housing rights or lifelong annuities.
Did you know?
The tax office actually uses statistical life expectancies.
Not,
to predict how old people will become.
But,
to calculate the capital value of lifelong rights.
Capital value calculator
What is a lifelong right worth?
Enter the yearly value of a housing right, a usufruct or an annuity. The capital value factor is taken from your result above.
Tax capital value
€160,340
Fun facts
„The German tax office actually works with statistical life expectancy."
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Note: This application is intended solely to illustrate the German statutory valuation method under §14 BewG. It is expressly not a statement about actual life expectancy and not a medical assessment. Data source: Sterbetafel 2020/2022, Statistisches Bundesamt · § 14 Abs. 1 BewG.