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“As a specialist consultant in international tax law, I specialize in providing tax advice to heirs in Germany who have inherited a trust from the US or Canada or who receive payments from the assets of an American or Canadian trust after the settlor of the trust has died.” Hergen Kassuba
These cases are highly complex. Our task here is to prevent double taxation of the inheritance in the US or Canada and again in Germany. We are familiar with US and Canadian tax law and conduct the necessary correspondence with the tax authorities in Germany to work towards avoiding or reducing inheritance tax as far as possible.
Many of our clients have connections to one or more other countries. Our clients are often Germans with assets abroad, but also Germans living abroad, and above all private individuals living in Germany who inherit assets from abroad or to whom assets are transferred from relatives abroad.
The primary objective is to avoid double taxation as far as possible. In addition, the aim is to subject the inheritance to taxation in the country with the lowest tax burden.
Anyone who wants to prevent double taxation must not only be an expert in German inheritance tax, but also be thoroughly familiar with tax procedures abroad.