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Estate planning
The Use of Swiss Family Foundations in Estate Planning
The Family Foundation is used hesitantly in Swiss succession planning, although in recent years, the establishment of a foundation has been increasingly evaluated again. A robust estate planning ensures a reliable regulation and avoidance of conflicts amongst heirs....
Protecting and spread the wealth in an optimum manner within the framework of legal regulations
Showing ways and solutions to the High Net Worth Individuals to protect and optimise their assets. Wealthy people – the so called High Net Worth Individuals – keeping their property on a foreign account are currently under a general suspicion of tax evasion. The case...
Why To Incorporate Philanthropic Giving Into Your Estate Plan?
Philanthropic giving can reduce the percentage of Inheritance Tax that must be paid on the estate and is therefore an important part of estate planning. There are many reasons why the inclusion of philanthropic giving into an estate plan can create financial...
Estate Planning for Digital Assets
“What happens to one's digital assets upon death? A brief summary of the rules in the U.S.A. that determine how much of our digital information is available to our fiduciaries upon death.” WHILE TECHNOLOGY is constantly advancing in an attempt to improve our lives, a...
Why does the Belgian tax system appeal to high net worth individuals?
Belgium as tax residence Given its excellent location and its favorable tax system, high net worth individuals find Belgium to be the perfect operating base. High net worth individuals will find Belgium so attractive, because of the absence of net wealth tax and...
I did not declare my Foreign bank account in Belgium. What now?
Declaration of foreign assets and income in Belgium Obligations of Belgian tax residents to report foreign income and assets and the consequences of non compliance. Already since tax year 1997, Belgian tax resident individuals have to declare the existence of bank...
Why Chinese HNWIs wishing to establish offshore trusts should act now?
Chinese HNWIs should act now as China may introduce estate tax, exit tax on emigration and adopt new rules to tax the contribution of appreciated assets into an offshore trust. Chinese high net worth individuals (“HNWIs”) are very interested in using offshore trust...
How Individuals Can Import and Export Art Object in/out of Russia?
Procedures of import and export of Art Object by individuals may be really simple or quiet difficult depending on whether Art Object qualified as cultural value or not. Some Art Objects cannot be imported or exported in/out of Russia. For more details please follow…...
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