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I've inherited some stocks etc. from Canada, never had any investments before. The bank offered to let me have a managed investment account, which I guess is rare for non-residents. They will take withholding taxes, and I guess I'll get a credit for that in Germany. Does it make sense to keep them t...

... If you are paying inheritance tax in the UK (and you don't know that yet) then you don't want to pay it elsewhere as well surely? I definitely would not declare any of this in Germany as you could be tied up in paperwork for a couple of years! Even if you want to, you can't give any figures to ...

Another double-taxation question, maybe a long shot if anyone knows: In Canada, when a trust pays out its income from interest, dividends, or capital gains to a beneficiary, it's no longer considered as such to the recipient, but is re-characterized as "trust income". If paid to a German-r...

Hi all, first post on the new Toytown, great to see it back! I have a new name (it's a Seinfeld reference), you can probably figure out my old one if you're interested, which you're probably not... Panda touched on this topic here: Re: UK Inheritance and the German Finanzamt but I didn't want to hij...