Death taxes

[christianpfc]

Does anyone know about European death duties? If a Thai who is often resident in Europe inherits (say) his father's estate - much of which is in Thailand - is he liable for death taxes in Europe on the Thai property?

I don't know of a "death duty" in Germany. There is just an inheritance tax.

If a Thai man with a Thai passport, while being in Germany, intherits his Thai father's property in Thailand, German tax authorities wouldn't even know about his inheritage.

[bkkguy]

If a Thai man with a Thai passport, while being in Germany, intherits his Thai father's property in Thailand, German tax authorities wouldn't even know about his inheritage.

personally I am not one to follow social media fake news and rumors but perhaps frequent or latintopxxx can point to a specific example they are aware of where the German tax authorities where not only aware of the inheritance but supposedly doing back of the envelope calculations of the inheritance tax involved?

bkkguy