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Estate planning, taxes and duties
Common pitfalls with a USA Family Trust
Common pitfalls with a USA Family Trust Structure your real estate investments to preserve your assets on a tax-effective basis. If you are acquiring a vacation home in the USA, you can avoid common pitfalls and take full advantage of opportunities by using...
Belgium very appealing for High Net Worth Individuals
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...
Assets and income declaration in Belgium
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...
Divorce: Estate planning and trusts
Estate planning and trusts in the divorce context The creation of trusts for estate planning purposes or for tax purposes In terms of South African statutory provisions, trust assets vest in a trustee of a trust in his/her capacity as trustee – held separately from...
Discriminatory inheritance and gift tax regime for non-residents in Spain
Are non residents in Spain discriminated against where inheritance and gift tax is concerned? Are there any possibilities to ask for a refund of the taxes paid in the past? The tax treatment of non residents in Spain concerning...
Inheritance and gift taxes in Spain
What you need to know about inheritance and gift taxes in Spain Issues arising when an inheritance or a gift involves non-resident individuals. Under Spanish regulations, mortis causa transfers and inter vivos gifts are subject to inheritance and gift tax (“IGT”)....
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…...
Inherit Business Assets in Russia: Problems and Risks
Russian legislation does not provide any specific regulations to protect business assets after the death of testator which leads to impossibility to inherit business as a whole complex. There are risks of losing the business till the heirs accept the inheritance. For...
Islamic Inheritance Laws
The Indian laws of inheritance are religion specific and vary for Hindus, Muslims and Christians etc. This article discusses in the law relating to inheritance in India pertaining Muslims. Laws of Inheritance for Muslims The law pertaining to inheritance among...
