According to the BFH, the Foreign Inheritance Tax May Not Creditable - Tax-Law
GRP Rainer Lawyers and Tax Advisors in Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Dusseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and London – www.grprainer.com/en conclude: In its decision of June 19, 2013 (File No. II R 10/12), the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) ruled that higher-ranking law does not result in an obligatory tax credit. The BHF further ruled that for reasons of fairness, this double taxation must be alleviated under certain circumstances.
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