German Cabinet Approves Stimulus Measures For 2010 -Source
BERLIN -(Dow Jones)- German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet Monday approved
economic stimulus measures for 2010 worth some EUR8.4 billion, said a person
familiar with the government's action.
The package of rapid economic stimulus measures designed by the center-right
parties in Germany's new governing coalition include higher child benefits and
changes to company and inheritance tax systems.
On inheritance taxation, the burden for siblings and their children will be
lowered and rules will be changed to make the transfer of businesses more "
crisis-proof."
The plan still needs approval from both houses of parliament, in fast-tracked
votes scheduled for next month.
-By Patrick McGroarty Dow Jones Newswires; 49-30-288-8410; patrickmcgroarty@
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