Variaciones posteriores a la muerte
Podemos ayudarle a preparar una escritura de modificación que permita a los beneficiarios de una herencia modificar los términos del testamento o las normas de sucesión intestada y redirigir parte o la totalidad de su participación en la herencia a otras personas. Siempre que se haga en los dos años siguientes al fallecimiento, la modificación surtirá efecto a efectos del impuesto de sucesiones como si sus disposiciones se hubieran incluido en el propio testamento.
A variation may be useful for tax planning purposes to enable adult children inheriting their parents’ assets to pass all or part of their inheritance to their own children without this being treated as a lifetime gift and potentially using up their own inheritance tax allowance. Some beneficiaries may wish to consider making a deed of variation to minimise inheritance tax by making gifts to charities that are exempt from tax.
Deeds of variation can also be used to address an imbalance between beneficiaries and to make provision for a disappointed beneficiary considering making a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 in exchange for giving up their right to do.