What does acquisition by legacy mean?

What does acquisition by legacy mean?

This means that the heir or community of heirs receives the entire estate. The legacy clearly identifies an item or financial benefit that is to be transferred to a legatee. For example, the legatee can be a friend or acquaintance.

What does legacy mean in a will?

A legacy makes it possible to distribute the estate among different people, even outside the family. The legacy is only available together with a will or contract of inheritance. There are no legatees in the context of legal succession. The thoughtful can turn down the legacy.

What do I have to do as a legatee?

2174 Civil Code. This means that the legatee must claim from the legal heir in order to obtain the bequeathed item or sum of money. Here the heir has no right of refusal and must surrender the claim of the legatee. But be careful: inheritance can shorten the legacy!

How are legacies taxed?

The legacy is subject to inheritance tax for the legatee as an acquisition upon death. The inheritance tax for the legacy accrues not only with the fulfillment by the burdened person, but already with the death of the testator.

How much inheritance tax do I have to pay?

Inheritance tax Amount of taxable inheritance (value > tax allowance) Inheritance tax class I Inheritance tax class III 6,000,000 euros 000,000 euros 000,000 euros 27% 50% higher than 30% 50% 3 euros

Is an advance legacy offset against the compulsory portion?

If this heir receives the legacy “in advance” – i.e. in addition to his inheritance and without offsetting against his inheritance – this is referred to as a legacy. An advance legacy is also not counted towards the compulsory portion.

Is an Advance Legacy a Gift?

A legacy in advance is understood to mean a legacy that was awarded to the heir himself by the testator, in addition to his share of the inheritance. If the object allocated to a division arrangement is worth more than the portion of the inheritance, then this heir must compensate for the added value to the co-heirs.

Is a legacy binding?

A legacy can only be made by the testator himself in a will or contract of inheritance: In the contract of inheritance, on the other hand, it is binding for the testator through the contractual dispositions. A legacy in the contract of inheritance cannot be revoked without the consent of the contracting parties – including that of the beneficiary.

What is included in the compulsory part?

According to § 2303 BGB, the following relatives are entitled to a compulsory portion: all descendants of the deceased (children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren) – legitimate, extramarital, with legitimation and adopted, the spouse or registered partner of the deceased according to the Civil Partnership Act, the parents of the deceased.

What belongs in the estate?

The estate includes all inheritable property and legal positions owned by the testator. This is initially all property of the testator, but also all contractual claims that he held during his lifetime.

How do you calculate the compulsory portion?

If you then know how much the statutory inheritance is, the calculation of the compulsory portion follows: the compulsory portion is exactly 50% of the statutory inheritance. When calculating the compulsory portion, all other disinherited relatives who are entitled to a compulsory portion must be taken into account.

What belongs in an estate register?

The assets of the deceased (assets) are listed in detail in an estate register, i.e. all land, bank balances, securities, life insurance, valuables and other objects and claims.

What should an inheritance list look like?

The list of estates must therefore contain all assets (assets) and all liabilities (liabilities) that still existed at the time of the inheritance. The same applies when ordering the execution of a will. In all other cases, it is sufficient to provide information about the assets.

How to create an inheritance register?

According to § 2314 BGB, the list of estates can also be created by the heirs as a private list of estates. If those entitled to information insist on this, the heirs must apply to the responsible probate court for a notarial register of the estate, which then commissions a notary with this task.