December 12, 2018

Convention – Taxes on Estates, Inheritances and Gifts

The Convention between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation wth respect to Taxes on Estates, Inheritances and Gifts can be downloaded online from www.reinsdorf.net.

November 8, 2018

Attorney Reinsdorf listed in Best Lawyers Ranking for 2018

Attorney Reinsdorf is listed in the ranking "Best Lawyers in Germany 2018" in his Trust and Succession Planning speciality. The ranking "Best Lawyers in Germany" is published each year by the US publisher Best Lawyers in cooperation with the Handelsblatt.

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June 28, 2017

Attorney Reinsdorf publishes article on Individual Retirement Accounts

Attorney Reinsdorf published an article with the title “Übergang des amerikansichen individuellen Alterskontos bei Ableben” (Transfer of the American individual retirement account upon death).  The article appears in the German language journal entitled 2017, zerb Verlag, ZErb - Zeitschrift für die Steuer- und Erbrechtspraxis (Journal for Tax and Inheritance Practice).  The article elaborates on the rules pertaining to the transfer of an IRA upon the death of the owner.

October 13, 2016

Uniform law allows access to electronic data after death

A new uniform law allows authorized individuals (personal representative, trustee, authorized agent) access to the electronic data of a decedent. The law entitled "Fiduciary Access to Digitial Assets Act, Revised (2015)" has been used to adopt laws on the access to electronic data of decedents in 15 states to date. The law can be downloaded from www.reinsdorf.net under "Treaties and Laws".