Inheritance law, property succession

The idea of planning for their own death is not easy for most people. However, there is hardly any other topic which needs such precise preparation and regulation as one’s own estate. Inadequate testamentary regulation - or none at all - can mean years of disputes between heirs; and particularly in inheritance cases there can be liability to pay, besides a substantial amount of inheritance tax, also considerable sums in yield taxes, e.g. income tax, which can even consume the assets assigned. This is where our dual qualification as taxation law specialists comes in particularly useful, because we are able to help you to implement your testamentary wishes and intentions and enable you to select the ideal legal and fiscal regulations. Our advice starts with inheritance planning, including the formulation of wills and inheritance contracts. We also advise the heirs after inheritance. This includes, for instance, interpretation of the testator’s will or the filing or denunciation of compulsory portion claims.

In testamentary consultation we always also point out the option of asset and corporate succession in life. This is a suitable means firstly of saving inheritance tax, which can be a considerable sum, and secondly of actively guiding the heirs. The fiscal advantages of anticipatory succession are especially the utilisation of tax-free amounts which are available not just once in a lifetime, but periodically every 10 years. Particularly in the area of corporate assets, both the factual and organisational alternatives should be carefully examined to achieve the ideal result for you, which above all also serves to preserve the company.