Over the last 10 years, I and my team have been offering legal services related to inheritance and estate planning for clients from many other countries outside of China. We have written a number of posts on this blog in that regard.
As per request from an American lawyer, Ms. Jiah Kim, who specializes in cross-border estate planning catering to her American clients,…
Taxes are one of the major concerns of foreign heirs inheriting estates located in China. What taxes are levied on the estates or the inheritance? Is there any way of optimizing taxes in China on acquiring and cashing in on the estate assets?
I. Taxes for Inheritance of Estates
(1) No Estate Tax or Inheritance Tax in China
In today’s world, many countries…
This is the third post regarding inheritance of corporate shares in a China company. Again it is about a special situation that may become more and more in reality with more and more Chinese riches migrating to foreign countries.
I. Facts of the Case
In 2002, a Chinese husband set up a trading company with a third party, and business went well. In 2006, the…
At the end of last month, in response to an inquiry by a member from National Committee of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conferrence, China State Administration of Taxes published on its website its reply. It said:
(1) China has not levied inheritance taxes so far, and has never published any regulation on this or even any draft regulation on inheritance…
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