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WILLS and INHERITANCE for Residents in the VALENCIA REGION | Pellicer & Heredia
Oct 29, 2024
Spanish Laws regarding WILLS and INHERITANCE may be very different to those of your country of origin if you're now a Spanish resident...even region to region.
Ignacio and Pedro from @Pellicerheredia spoke to Kal about the importance of making a will and how applying your own country's law could give you significantly more freedom to distribute your estate as you wish, and also minimize any INHERITANCE TAX.
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it's Bay radio International on a
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Wednesday coming up to quter past 4
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Mainland Spain and alakan lawyers. P
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there and Heria in the studio this
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afternoon it's igno and Pedro welcome
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back gentlemen how are you well good to
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see you we're going to talk about uh
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Spanish inheritance tax today I know
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coming up later on on the webinar uh
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that it'll be talking about by toet on
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the webinar today what time is that half
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5 is that right yeah 5:30 uh Madrick
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time and and uh it will be recorded for
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those who cannot attend so always
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available on the website the website
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live TV yes okay alakan lo. es but
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turning to Spanish inheritance tax then
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what exactly is
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it right inheritance tax unfortunately
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is a tax that uh the beneficiaries or
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the executor needs to pay um within six
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months after a person has pass away this
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means that you need to do the dec ation
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and depending on what community you are
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register you will have to submit
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obviously whether you are a tax raising
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or non- tax resident you'll have to
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submit that inheritance tax sometimes is
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zero sometimes is a little bit of money
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depending on your wealth uh and so it's
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on property money and all kinds of
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assets on other yeah and it will depend
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on the community you are in spine and uh
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the value of the assets now we've been
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very lucky because here in commun
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valenciana they just removed recently
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28th of May of last year yeah and you
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only have one allowance of €100,000 EUR
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while between husband wife and children
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per beneficiary and then you get a
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reduction on
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99% of the rest of any money that you
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inherit so it could be probably very
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little it could be very little sometimes
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clients I made Sometimes When We Make a
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simulation when they the studio was
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going to be like um some percentage like
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10 20 30% and then the India realiz
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IS300 or 200 that low yeah I mean it's
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yeah between spes and children I mean
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with the first line of the family I see
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okay and when it's different lines
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obviously the the the the taxes is
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different but with spes and children um
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that that
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linean that line is drop tax has drop
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down a lot so the the outcome could be
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quite good but it's it's still quite a
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complex situation isn't it inheritance
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tax uh what about expatriates and
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non-residents for instance well that's
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obviously complex where where are the
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residents if they live in Spain or not
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they live in Valen or not or different
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region where are the beneficiaries and
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where are the assets it's not the same
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is a resident in comp valenciana and
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is's receiving an asset or is a resident
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in UK and is receiving an asset which is
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in Spain or maybe an that which is in
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UK and obviously the difference
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sometimes is not tax sometimes it Stacks
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so obviously what we do is to plan and
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to make some simulations and um I will
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talk about with clients about how to
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organize really um this this um this
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situation yeah yeah actually actually if
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you're in group one at the moment is
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very good right group one is husband
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wife children immediate immediate family
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or which are register partnership as
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well that's good okay I mean good advice
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if you're living with somebody long
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enough you didn't get married and
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probably you're thinking about if
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something happens to you registering
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yourself as a partner you will have
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benefits on inher and he completely
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exactly the same than has be legal
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recognition correct correct uh that
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brings uh we've got clients that they've
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done it just because of that because
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otherwise the inheritance tax is massive
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because it goes from 7% up to
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37% so for instance a couple living
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together um if they weren't married and
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hadn't um declared they were in a
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partnership they could the beneficiary
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could be paying up to 37% correct but
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you can legally have your status listed
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as partnership um without getting
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married for instance but and and
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therefore pay something like 7% yeah
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that's right the bottom the bottom line
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is probably you'll be paying 30 up to
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37% because you're just a friend you're
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just a third party once you register
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then probably drops as zero or or very
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minimum very minimum yeah and that's
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good advice yeah and also we we check
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about not just inheritance tax also
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about the future sell in case that you
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inherit for example a property if you
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inherit a property is valued in let's
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say an example 200,000 EUR and one of
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exposers or children they are receiving
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and they pay very little tax and um
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sometimes there are some advisor say
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well let's let's uh declare a minimum
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about about the value of their property
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in order to pay less but when whenever
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you sell if you acquire the property in
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a value of 200 but maybe the market
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value is 300 then you have a gain and if
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you have a gain it goes from 19% to
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28% tax so as a capital gain is better
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in these situations in many of these
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situation is better to declare perfectly
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the market that you understand is going
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to be sold the property so capital gains
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would be zero and one other thing that
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we need to say is about the gift when
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sometimes par and I will give my assets
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to children and and it's the same rules
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about the same line same group it's
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almost zero but if you have a property
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that you bought in €200,000 and then you
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want to give it to as a gift to your
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children maybe now the the value of the
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property is €400,000
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um take care about what you're going to
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do because the value of that property is
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in this case double you do not pay or
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maybe very very little gift tax but you
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as a someone who has given to your
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children a value of an asset which has a
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higher value it is like you you had an
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income and then you have to pay income
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tax income tax so be careful of that
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people says I'm going to make a gift is
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very little well yeah advice take advice
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because as Pedro said that's a big
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surprise income tax return you are
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transferring something you're earning
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nothing but to the tax man income tax
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return is an income you're you're giving
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away an income and tax office says I'm
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sorry you you give somebody but not to
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me so then he still wants his pound of
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fles doesn't he yeah okay I see but but
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this is what we talking about group one
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uh now uh brothers sisters and nephews
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there is not much allowance on it I mean
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probably €9,000 allowance per
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beneficiary and third parties uh big no
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allowance if you give it in in the will
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to an association registered charity
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Association the tax is zero so
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inheritance tax for them is zero we we
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normally deal with a lot of uh clients
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like cat Association for example that
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happens quite a lot that get to cats or
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dogs associations yeah mhm and we
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normally as executiv deal with that and
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then sell the property wind up the state
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close the account and then whatever is
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the net result then you transfer into
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this Association but is net so they
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don't need to pay so that's quite nice
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in a way MH but uh so so you need to be
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careful here two things uh what group
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you are in and what Pedro said is very
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important donations I mean this is uh
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yeah because sometimes par say I'm going
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to give it I'm
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well I we need to see the picture we
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need to see the needs of the family but
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sometimes it's just just keep it
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yourself uh sell it buy wherever you
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dispose and then whenever you uh uh
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leave then will be your children and
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will be very small tax anyway so leave
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it as it is and do not want to get a
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better scenario because is not there is
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a better scenario it's the tax man yeah
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okay yeah rather diff because everybody
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would have their own sort of perhaps
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different situations as well um so that
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brings with it its own complications
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it's very hard to be General yeah that's
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right when they need to disclose a
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specific case uh everybody will have a
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different scenario but probably you
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could advise what is best for them or
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what different options they have for
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them to choose we're going to have a
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webinar in two weeks time two weeks it
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will be because we are amazed about I
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mean obviously this is something that um
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for is is day by day but clients they
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are they are amazed about because they
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as to ask how much STX would I have to
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pay all my children and then we make a
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simulation and they realize that it's
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very very little so we we are going to
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make you've got to get the planning in
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and you've got to do the pre the due
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diligence on what may or may noten not
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just assume that oh no it'll be fine now
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that Valencia said that the first line
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of the family will will not have to pay
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any tax we're talking about close
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relatives children spouses and parents
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who generally uh will be uh paying a
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lower tax rate more distant relatives uh
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will be paying higher rates um and Moody
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who's filming with us today uh was
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talking about stepchildren and I'm
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guessing in a different category than
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direct family that's exactly it but but
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uh you need to bear in mind step
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children will be the children blood
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children of some of the couple so it
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will be very efficient to draw up the
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whe properly so you could do it
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correctly probably not paying taxes so
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if it's the husband's children uh then I
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understand and if he agrees that the
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will should say x amount to the wife x
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amount to his children um because if he
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wants to leave everything to the wife
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and the wife pass away later on the
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stepchildren will not get the allowance
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so they're not the first line and under
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that circumstance so I can see so you
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can write this into a will perhaps yeah
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that's correct uh I mean that's why it's
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so important to drop the will with
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somebody who knows about taxes as well
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because it's not only about your wishes
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Last Wishes what you want to do and who
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you want to live it to is is more about
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whether that efficent as well and you're
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happy with that
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scenario it's important those situations
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where imagine that um there's a couple
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married that has children with different
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marriages before MH it happens that they
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give everything between each other and
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then substitutions the children all of
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them together in equal shares for
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example but uh we need to alarm and just
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obviously to explain that when someone
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pass away it's they can change a will
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anyway I mean if uh if I live if I live
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if I leave U my assets to my wife and I
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pass away and I my assets goes to my
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wife then my wife can change and make a
11:11
will another will and maybe my children
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from a different marriage uh do not get
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anything so is how's how do you get
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around that yeah so we need to include
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some closes in know two at least my
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assets that I give to my wife at least
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those when whatever remains until she
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dies h will go also to my children the
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ones I mean about this is an example but
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we need to include those closes in order
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to inform people that well this could be
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an issue this could be an issue well the
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best way around probably will be uh you
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yeah there are different ways of doing
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it I mean you're giving everything to
11:47
your wife and anything left to your
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children so you do two wheels in one uh
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so me I leave everything to her whatever
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is left from my share it goes because I
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do second will so any leftovers let's
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put it this way goes to to children or
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you could do I think as Pedro said going
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direct so if you say I give it to my
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wife and I give it to my children it's
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like the r and whatever is left this is
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an example it is just to to notice that
12:17
obviously in the wheels it's important
12:18
to connect wheels and obviously the tax
12:20
at the end whatever is going to Beed but
12:23
obviously the wheels are extremely
12:24
important but at the end is going to end
12:26
up who are the beneficiaries really but
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yeah is it you you brought a good point
12:30
because unless there is a good Clause if
12:34
I leave everything to my wife when I'm
12:36
when I'm gone is hers so I mean
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according to let's put it this way
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British law or in general American law
12:46
which are free disposal of assets if I
12:49
give it to you that will never come back
12:51
so if it goes to you and then you Remar
12:53
and you could give it to somebody else
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mhm you need to be aware how much
12:58
control you wanted upon that uh res but
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there are ways to protect it so it's
13:05
nothing to panic on that but just you
13:06
need to be aware we've been talking
13:08
about just one region um generally about
13:12
the valencian community of course it's
13:14
different in different parts of Spain
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isn't it that's right Madrid um andalia
13:20
and Comm valenciana where we are in
13:22
Valencia region uh have dropped down
13:24
almost to zero I mean have dropped down
13:26
99% their qualy to be paid so it's 1% of
13:30
the qu that should be paid and obviously
13:33
it's almost zero because cannot be
13:34
erased cannot be erased because of a law
13:37
but they have dropped down almost to
13:39
zero rest of the communities they have
13:41
different rules and obviously this for
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example catalunia is a it it is as it
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was Valencia region a year
13:49
ago M yeah Val yeah it's also has
13:54
similar but not the same exactly but
13:57
obviously this is um Reg and obviously
13:59
something to see but but you need to be
14:01
aware as well about some people get
14:03
confused uh the will of a national they
14:07
need to choose the applicable law so for
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example Pedro and myself we have no
14:12
choice rather than comply with Spanish
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Civil code okay so we cannot leave
14:18
everything to our wives exactly uh two3
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goes to our children for sure however
14:25
one third could go to to whoever we want
14:27
or could be to our wife but two3 goes
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those are the rules for spani EXA SP and
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whoever is ready in Spain
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unless make something Al do something in
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a will will be also SP law so this is
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why we highly recommend so if you're an
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expert you can you can choose choose can
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choose but you have to do this you have
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to put it down in W you have to sign a
14:49
will otherwise if you pass away without
14:52
a will and you're resident will be
14:53
Spanish law it will be Spanish law and
14:55
probably that's not the yes scario you
14:56
want what about if somebody previously
14:58
had made a will in the UK for instance
15:02
proper yeah would that would that still
15:04
apply or no uh the I mean European um
15:08
act it was approved in 2012 and then it
15:11
was a valid in in terms of starting to
15:14
to be apply in
15:16
2015 Britain was still part of the
15:18
European Union but it's not now so does
15:20
that change things again it will be like
15:21
a probably like a like um how do you say
15:24
it's like a I forgot the word is um in
15:27
know to to check will it was extremely
15:30
it was said that it was going to be the
15:32
applicable law to be the English law
15:34
because the European Law act it says
15:37
that needs to be said expressly to say
15:39
that obviously if it's a UK will it's
15:42
it's not something that but it's not
15:44
said it will nobody said that because
15:46
it's resident in the UK is not resent in
15:48
Spain and now things in that situations
15:50
may be open to interpretation and many
15:53
of them will say if he been signed
15:55
before 2015 or 12 in this case and
15:59
nothing says about the European Law act
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I think will be in many occasions will
16:03
be will be rejected CU you you putting
16:06
the scenario of uh not having Spanish
16:09
will having a UK will uh and be resent
16:12
in Spain and be resident in Spain
16:14
because if he's not resent in Spain he
16:16
not a problem because he's not resident
16:18
but if he's resident in Spain then T
16:21
Spanish laws apply unless it's chosen
16:24
expressely according to European law in
16:27
this case UK law this case and sometimes
16:29
you need to think you've got these cases
16:31
that they have three passports and then
16:33
you could you could do a little bit of
16:35
shopping here because you could say what
16:37
law protects you better yeah you know
16:39
we've have some people who are Espanish
16:41
Americans and uh Norwegian you know the
16:45
three um and we double checked with an a
16:47
the other day and they said yeah you as
16:49
long as you are National you could
16:51
choose the nationality which gives you a
16:53
lot of freedom that's the word uh
16:56
depending on your nationality it gives
16:58
you fre freedom of free disposal exactly
17:01
because UK law for example in this case
17:02
it gives you a liberty some of laws not
17:04
example Italian or Latin is different
17:07
like Spain or even Norway Norway has
17:10
some specific example but um but UK is
17:14
fantastic yeah the problem is the forest
17:16
erors the laws protect Forest erors so
17:21
so that what happened I know with
17:23
Iceland as well Norway probably as you
17:26
said uh s um yeah Sweden probably as
17:31
well so they really protect family so
17:34
you cannot give
17:36
away um to whoever you want if you have
17:40
family related you know so taking that
17:44
into consideration I think nationalities
17:47
are very
17:48
important to make a proper will as you
17:51
wish and so you have a lot of things to
17:54
think about you have the nationality to
17:57
choose what pable law cuz if you don't
17:59
choose you have an issue the tax the
18:03
regions mhm and uh well also where the
18:07
beneficiaries are I mean we said about
18:09
that what if you whether they're not in
18:10
Spain I mean they're in Spain but they
18:12
are in Spain then will be some tax to
18:13
pay but what if the money can be moved
18:16
to whatever they are maybe there's no
18:18
tax there well if you're going to
18:20
receive like 300,000 or an asset that is
18:22
in UK and the beneficiary is in the UK
18:24
will not be taxed in Spain will be taxed
18:26
in the UK um but uh but here I mean you
18:30
all those things needs to be checked and
18:31
and
18:32
seen because situations may be may be
18:35
able to be available for there might be
18:37
a better way of doing it perhaps
18:38
definitely um to avoid paying so much
18:41
yeah yeah I mean it's always preventing
18:43
these scenarios like doing simulations
18:45
on taxes do I always recommend people
18:48
looking looking ahead and seek advice
18:52
because you could save so much problems
18:54
and and
18:56
money not just the differences um we've
18:59
been talking about but it's you know
19:00
whether you're resident or non-resident
19:02
um there are big differences as well I
19:04
mean how regularly should somebody look
19:06
at their will to make sure that they'
19:08
they're still pretty much up to date
19:09
Pedro was mentioning some dates there uh
19:11
2015 for instance and perhaps if
19:14
somebody made their will before that
19:16
well if someone made the will before
19:18
that date I mean is a 17th August 2015
19:22
when it was start be valid and he said
19:24
this act is from 2012 but before that
19:27
those dates um I I would recommend to to
19:29
take it yeah AB absolutely yeah and and
19:32
and even if personal circumstances of
19:35
people change if you get divorce of you
19:37
should uh redo your will or at least
19:41
think through um if your relative passs
19:44
away whether there's the most efficient
19:47
way to do and a lot of clients say that
19:49
the circumstances have
19:51
changed and and I would say to have a
19:54
look through is not is not expensive to
19:57
go I was going to ask actually how much
19:59
would it be for to have your review your
20:01
wheel reviewed for instance we normally
20:03
charge uh for for the hour consultation
20:06
to do
20:07
simulations um with the tax and the
20:09
wheels but it it really depends on
20:12
people at the end of the day we normally
20:14
you will charge a minimum fee € 150 plus
20:17
v uh and he will have our accountant
20:20
Pedro myself and then run through
20:23
everything uh and then you take it from
20:25
there that's not a great deal to to pay
20:27
for a peace of mind sure that what you
20:29
want to happen on your sad demise is is
20:32
is what
20:34
happens and if I mean I remember I think
20:36
it's two or three weeks ago uh someone
20:38
came to revise the whe and I revised it
20:40
and it was before that date but it was
20:42
okay it was okay I revised it I
20:43
interpretated it I say well is expressly
20:46
says that and then there going to be any
20:48
any change so for us it's not I mean if
20:50
I see a little situation that can make
20:53
be a risk I don't mind because it to
20:56
make a whe or it's it's not it's not not
20:58
a big deal really on on money so it's
21:00
better to do it but if if I we see that
21:02
it's not needed it's not needed I
21:03
remember also P Tony a week ago our
21:07
client comes uh someone has said to me
21:09
to make a powerful Tony to do what what
21:12
if is he needed or not oh because some
21:14
um representing of financial
21:16
institutions have said that well there's
21:18
no need because I mean sometimes we need
21:20
to know what is the circumstances what
21:22
is the need of the people in order to to
21:26
understand there is no need so where
21:28
wait
21:29
as as people get older they they do kind
21:31
of worry that perhaps it might not be in
21:33
you know in the right way to be able to
21:36
make some of these difficult decisions
21:38
in those circumstances perhaps you know
21:40
where people worry about the future
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nevertheless the patan is a good tool
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between husband and wife wife to husband
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but probably not for the specific
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situation in general is needed we we
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recommend it in general but uh this is
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good you know this is honest advice if
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there no need there is no need for you
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to do anything mhm uh but when personal
22:01
circumstances change I think it's worth
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having uh a word with your lawyer and uh
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and then take it from there because on a
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daily basis we save so much money to
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people and and this is what really
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that's what it's about isn't it you
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don't want big Bills going to your
22:18
relatives when you go um and and that's
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certainly what people want to avoid this
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afternoon we've been looking at
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inheritance tax and wills and preate
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what EXA L is probate that's a good
22:30
question uh well the probate uh if we
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talking about call in Spain the pro we
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call um erenia
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Oria right or or which means you
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disclosing the the assets you being the
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beneficiary and you accepted uh The
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Inheritance this is what we call Probate
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in Spain in the UK going to probate is
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going through the cors to be name and
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being granted officially the beneficiary
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okay um well in general terms probate is
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going through probate is accepting
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pretty much I mean being named and
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accepting the process uh in Spain if you
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haven't made a
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will they will ask you for the probate
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in the UK If You're British or the
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probate in the states or the pro in the
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Home Country mhm so that means somebody
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an admin rtion officially naming you as
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beneficiary and then the Spanish
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Administration will take it for granted
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that this is
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legal otherwise sometimes is very
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difficult for the public noty to say
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with no will here well we even have
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cases no will here no no will in the UK
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and then you need to do an Affidavit of
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laws and the laws of of Interstate law
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will tell you who's the beneficiary like
23:54
an a wheel and a know to make a whoever
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obviously someone expert you know to
24:00
declare who are the beneficiaries really
24:02
to to decide who are the beneficiaries
24:04
really with the with the provate and if
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there is no will in Spain we have a
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another step which is the CL which is
24:11
really the probate and and said
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acceptance of inheritance is with the
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will everything together really is in
24:18
the same step so it's really I mean just
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to to know who are the beneficiaries and
24:24
what is applicable law and if they
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obviously you to a notary here what is
24:29
the applicable law in in in Texas what
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is the applicable law in one of in
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Australia and what applicable law in I
24:37
don't in specifically for example in in
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in in Ireland or or if we say some
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specific
24:45
area so that that's something that needs
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to be also said and and checked as part
24:51
of the will you need to name your
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Executives right that these sure this is
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this is very very good and very effici
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especially if you want to spread it out
25:00
a specific ways probably if you don't
25:02
have children then you tell your exor
25:05
what you want to happen know what you
25:07
want him to do uh once you pass away and
25:11
that's important you can name it in the
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will I mean we could do International
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Wills here in Spain and covers Spanish
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assets and different International
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assets um we are in general terms our
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Wills we are executiv of the of the
25:27
clients and uh actually we are official
25:31
administrators in the courts name
25:34
official we make reports we make the
25:35
division of inheritance whenever is a
25:38
litigation on this so we are like U we
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may experts
25:43
on on executiv when you have a a
25:48
litigation case and they want an
25:51
executive official name by either the
25:54
notary or a name either appointed by the
25:58
court
25:58
we are on the list okay it brings good
26:01
value to to and as we know that point
26:03
that view and the courts what we do is
26:06
to prevent our clients to go on that
26:07
view and go on courts I mean we prevent
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absolutely everything we in terms of
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wheels and beneficiaries whoever is
26:14
going to be reive but I think it's good
26:16
value to have an executive like a law
26:19
firm to do and you tell them exactly how
26:22
you want it happening I mean the
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official information will be provided to
26:26
the will but you could a lot of
26:28
instructions what to do if I if this
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happens so when he goes husband to wife
26:32
wife to husband okay fine uh but when he
26:36
goes to you want the Cancer Association
26:39
or you want charity any other charity
26:42
then the secretary is big big job
26:44
because he needs to deal with everybody
26:46
you're managing it on behalf of the
26:47
charity then and I think that's good
26:49
good thing uh to perform your wishes and
26:52
and and and do what you want and um yes
26:55
we have and identify all the assets and
26:58
we always say to clients let us know
27:00
what are the assets because sometimes
27:02
this we never we canot find them no
27:04
that's the problem I mean in the will
27:05
you will never said how many assets
27:08
you've got and where and what but is
27:11
important and I always say least the
27:12
beneficiaries
27:14
now should know where to contact or the
27:17
executive should have like a letter of
27:18
instruction when this happens this is
27:21
who you need to ring or you need to
27:22
contact this bank or that because
27:24
otherwise it's not public yeah we might
27:26
have a bank account that somebody
27:27
doesn't know about exact that happens a
27:28
lot lucky Banks yeah really because what
27:31
do they do with it it happens a lot is
27:33
money there sitting there forever and uh
27:36
if nobody claims they repossess that
27:38
money that's the truth because I never
27:40
heard them giving to somebody uh so it's
27:43
important to make sure that you've
27:44
listed everything you don't actually
27:46
have to list that in the will itself you
27:47
can do that with the executives yeah
27:49
correct I mean you don't need to put it
27:51
I mean you could if you wanted not but
27:54
is necessary because you could have
27:56
today x amount of money and tomorrow
27:58
yeah but it's important instructions or
28:00
your children it's important to get all
28:02
of this together and done earlier rather
28:04
than later and also check if you've uh
28:07
if your will is is a certain amount of
28:09
time uh well You' did it a long time ago
28:12
I always just to check I always say do
28:14
it at least once even though it's a
28:16
simple will at least you have one sorted
28:18
mhm uh you could always change any time
28:21
but sometime we're lazy to do oh we I'm
28:24
not ready to die yet none of us like to
28:25
think about it right I'm not ready not
28:28
ready to go but uh but I think you do
28:32
insurance and probably you don't do
28:33
wheels and uh and and this is your own
28:36
insurance because you tell the people
28:39
who you want to receive your inheritance
28:42
so
28:44
um you want the way you want things to
28:47
go when you pass um so you can find out
28:49
more about the Spanish inheritance tax
28:52
and calculations on inherence and tax
28:54
and the like at alakan lawyers. it'll
28:57
bring you up on the and heradio website
29:00
not just in English and Spanish but a
29:02
number of other languages as well uh for
29:05
our other friends around Europe and uh
29:08
you can always get in touch here at Bay
29:10
radio if you want to speak to either
29:13
Anew or Pedro or one of the team or go
29:15
VI the website p and hero.com at alakan
29:18
lawyers. uh for ease of that and we'll
29:21
chat again in a couple of weeks in fact
29:22
next week I'll be speaking to Antonio uh
29:25
with Romy from Villa Lux we'll be
29:26
talking about Dutch properties uh second
29:29
own second home ownership for Dutch
29:31
people but we'll be back again in a
29:33
couple of weeks
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