Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Italy

Good morning,

I will try to clarify the situation in short.

As far as the Probate is concerned, your lawyer is right, you can trust him, since in reference to Italian assets, and within twelve months after the death of the testator, the heirs should submit the Italian probate to the competent authority, that is to say the Agenzia delle Entrate. The competent branch of the Agenzia delle Entrate will be established according to the last domicile of the departed. And it is in such a context that the heirs are called to pay the taxation connected with the inheritance.

Such taxation will be calculated according to the relationship of the deceased with the heirs and the total value of the properties involved in the succession.

After completing the probate procedure, it will be possible to re-register the immovable assets in the name of the heirs (the Italian legal procedure defined as �Voltura�).

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