International Individuals

This tool enables subscribers to search the Country Q&A in the PLC Corporate Real Estate multi-jurisdictional guide by question and jurisdiction. Simply select the questions and the jurisdictions that you are interested in and click the "submit" button. Please note that the law stated dates for each jurisdiction covered may not be the same. To check the law stated dates for each jurisdiction, please visit the individual article.

This Article provides an overview of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act's (FATCA's) impact on foreign funds and other foreign investment entities, in light of proposed regulations released in February 2012 by the IRS and Treasury Department.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Israel. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity; and proposals for reform. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

An overview of the key tax and practical issues executives and their employers should know before they go to the US.This article is part of the PLC US Special Report, which was published to mark the launch of PLC's first US services.

The Treasury Department published a second intergovernmental agreement to implement FATCA as outlined earlier in joint statements with Japan and Switzerland.

The Treasury Department announced a new intergovernmental framework to implement FATCA in joint statements with Japan and Switzerland.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Monaco. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private Client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Australia. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Belgium. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Brazil. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg. 

A Q&A guide to private client law in China. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Cyprus. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Germany. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Hong Kong. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Indonesia. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Italy. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Jersey. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Luxembourg. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in South Africa. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

 A Q&A guide to private client law in Spain. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in the British Virgin Islands. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in the Isle of Man. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

A Q&A guide to private client law in Scotland. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. The Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

This article provides an overview of the steps taken concerning internationally agreed standards of tax information exchange and disclosure. National incentives to reduce the use of IFCs to avoid tax are considered (with a focus on FATCA), and the future role of IFCs is considered. This article is part of the PLC Private Client multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Private Client Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com privateclient-mjg

France is in the process of changing its tax landscape and now faces the tax reforms promised by President Hollande in his 2012 presidential election campaign. There is an increasing atmosphere of tax insecurity and on 28 September 2012 the new draft of the 2013 Finance Bill was released to practitioners and tax payers. The Finance Bill was finally adopted on 20 December 2012. It gave rise to a decision of the Constitutional Council which struck down numerous of its provisions including the 75% millionaire tax. The third amended Finance Bill for 2012 was adopted on 19 December 2012 and was also reviewed by the CC. While seeking to reduce the state deficit to 3% (the level required for Eurozone members), the Government must find approximately EUR30 billion of savings or additional income. Two thirds of this targeted amount will come from tax increases, of which EUR10 billion will be aimed at individual taxpayers (according to the Government, more specifically the wealthiest of those). Only a third of this amount will be derived from spending cuts. At the time of writing, reactions to the decisions of the CC remain to be proposed by the government and voted for by Parliament. Against this background, this article describes the main tax changes from 2012 and methods on how to prepare and respond to the tax increases. This article is is part of the PLC Private Client multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Private Client Q&As visit www.practicalla

A Q&A guide to private client law in The Netherlands. The Q&A gives a high level overview of tax; tax residence; inheritance tax; buying property; wills and estate management; succession regimes; intestacy; trusts; co-ownership; familial relationships; minority and capacity, and proposals for reform. To compare answers across multiple jurisdictions, visit the Private client Country Q&A tool. This Q&A is part of the PLC multi-jurisdictional guide to private client law. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg.

Switzerland has long been a destination for wealthy individuals and families. This article examines features of Switzerland that are relevant for individuals and families including the recognition of trusts in Switzerland, the taxation of trusts, immigration to and residence in Switzerland and issues arising on immigration. This article is part of the PLC Private Client multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Private Client Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg

This article considers the potential tax implications of investment in Australia using two hypothetical case studies, one involving a foreign resident located in a country with which Australia has a tax treaty, the other a foreign resident in a low-tax non-treaty jurisdiction. It considers the treatment of income from direct investment received through dividends, interest on government bonds, investment in the units of a managed investment trust, and capital gains tax (CGT) treatment of investments held by the individual on capital account. It also considers the tax treatment of income received through using a trust or company. This article is part of the Private Client multi-jurisdictional guide. For a full list of jurisdictional Private Client Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/privateclient-mjg