International estate planning

An international move has a number of fundamental and complicated consequences, to do with taxes, for example, or your legal rights. Our specialists in International Estate Planning have years of experience providing tax and legal guidance to world citizens. World Citizen Services will gladly put you in touch with them, preferably at an early stage, because some issues shouldn’t just be handled well, they should be considered before you take any decisions!

Tax advice

A foreign owner of for example a French home has to take into account various tax issues. He will probably face double taxation. He may also be categorised differently by the tax authorities in each country and has to consider a number of other very important issues. World Citizen Services ensures that you receive specialised, made-to-measure tax advice in order to prevent any undesirable fiscal consequences of your decisions.

Legal advice

At a legal level, it is advisable to ensure that your affairs are well documented. Take a subject such as succession. Perhaps it is not the first thing you think about when you move as you are about to start a new life. However, it is of the greatest importance should there ever come a time when it is needed. By structuring the purchase of your home in the right way, you can choose to apply your national succession laws, but this does not happen automatically. Like many other legal matters, it has to be arranged. World Citizen Services can help you do this in a focused and personal way, because we know you and we know the differences between the international legal systems.