Tax Advisory – Bad Homburg
Expertise

Inheritance and Gift Tax

The transfer of wealth from one generation to the next is the most critical phase for both private and business assets. Without careful planning, it can result in substantial liquidity outflows to the tax authorities. I develop tailored inheritance and gift tax strategies designed to protect your life's work.

By making early use of tax allowances, carefully structuring usufruct arrangements and making full use of the relief provisions available for business assets, we ensure that wealth is transferred to the next generation in a tax-efficient and legally secure manner.

Services

Strategic Advice on Business Succession

Transfer of business assets and shareholdings to individuals and corporations, including the application of the business property relief provisions under Sections 13a and 13b of the German Inheritance Tax Act (ErbStG).

Optimising Wealth Succession and Lifetime Gifts

Lifetime transfers of wealth to the next generation, including the effective use of tax allowances and the selection of the most appropriate transfer structure.

Preparation of Inheritance and Gift Tax Returns

Preparation of inheritance and gift tax returns, including cases involving foreign assets or beneficiaries resident abroad, together with the crediting of foreign inheritance tax where applicable.

Establishment of Family Foundations

Tax advice on the transfer of real estate, business assets and shareholdings to family foundations for inheritance and gift tax purposes.

Lifetime Gifts

Planning individual lifetime gifts, including structures involving retained usufruct rights or clawback provisions.

In Practice

Take action before the tax authorities do. The transfer of privately owned property, business assets or shareholdings is often postponed in day-to-day life. If a death occurs unexpectedly, the current market values apply, tax allowances may no longer be available, and opportunities for tax planning are lost. Where transfer structures are established at an early stage, the next generation receives tax-optimised assets, while control and the income generated by those assets remain entirely with the transferor.

Initial Consultation

Book a Consultation

If you have a specific question regarding wealth succession or inheritance tax planning, you can book an initial consultation.