According to Finnish law the main rule is that spouses have marital rights to each other’s property. However, it is possible to limit the...

The basic idea behind an advance inheritance is the principle of equal treatment - i.e. that parents usually want to treat their children...

A gift is something given voluntarily directly or indirectly without payment in return. A gift can be measured in money or money’s worth...

The main questions in inheritance planning are: - to whom? - how much? - when? In order to plan you need tools. The most common tools in...

Last week I wrote about how your place of residence decides applicable law. I also mentioned that when it comes to certain specific legal...

Last week I wrote about how a person by moving to another State can decide where he/she is taxresident. But just because a person has...

Equality is a fundamental principle of taxation. Taxation must be carried out in such a way that the tax burden is imposed equally on all...

And the day has finally arrived when I get to order a European Certificate of Succession in one of my cases! I have been waiting for a...

A death of a person means the birth of an Estate. The estate will live on until a copy of the division of properties is handed in to the...

New EU rules to ease cross-border successions applicable to the succession of persons who die on or after 17 August 2015! This is music...