Estate planning for clients with US connections requires specialist advice in order to avoid the numerous pitfalls that exist for the unwary. We have a team of specialist lawyers who frequently advise US taxpayers moving to or already living in the UK on their transatlantic tax issues.
Our specialist team of US/UK estate planners aim to find integrated solutions to the complicated issues caused by an exposure to UK and US taxes in a cost efficient and pragmatic manner.
We work closely with US advisors where necessary and advise on issues that include:
Advising wealthy couples where one spouse is a US person and the other spouse is a non-US person on the signing of tax efficient wills incorporating Qualified Domestic Trusts (QDOT) and generation skipping tax provisions
Advising US citizens who have set up various trusts of significant value for the benefit of their children on the implications of their proposed relocation to the UK if they remain trustees of the trusts together with advice on remittance basis planning
Advising a family on the restructuring of the ownership of their matrimonial home in order to avoid a charge to US capital gains tax on a proposed sale
Advising a US citizen who is not resident or domiciled in the UK on the tax efficient structuring of their Will for the benefit of a branch of the family that live and work in the UK
Advising the trustees of a family trust about the tax consequences of a beneficiary moving to the US and agreeing the action that needed to be taken to mitigate the new tax liabilities
