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No they are siblings. I am not sure of the type of ownership. They inherited the house in a will, equally.

John and Mary inherit a house jointly. Mary and her family live in the house and pay a small rent to John and also pay for house upkeep etc. They have a written agreement about all the details of this and agreed that after 7 years the agreement would end and Mary has the option to buy John out...

If I jointly own a property with someone else and I allow them to occupy it rent free, will I or they be liable for tax ?

She is named on the lease as 'The Landlord', there are no other names

It is not mentioned in the lease, but she did mention it verbally. Then she sent me the bank details for the deposit and rent to be sent, it was her dads account Yes Standing Order, correct

She lives and works in Dublin. Maybe she owes her father money and is paying him back this way

I have just got a My new landlord has asked that I pay my monthly rent not to her, but to her fathers bank account by direct debit. Is this particulary irregular or something thats not uncommon ?

I would second the above. The Family Home Protection Act she is likely referring to is to protect family homes in a spousal relationship. This situation is different, you are joint owners of a property and not married to each other.

Yes indeed

Yes thats basically what it is. What I dont know is if thats a gift to me or what for tax purposes

So I should be more specific. The tax owed on the estate is from a trust. Long story, but this trust was mismanged over years and the end result is that we owe a total trust tax including interest of about 140k. My brother is willing to pay the total trust tax owed, to clear the bill, in return...

My brother and I are set to inherit a house from our uncle who died. The house is very valuable and there will be a sizable tax bill, even after the threasholds. As my brother already lives there, he wishes to continue to. He has offered to pay my share of the tax bill (as I cant afford it) so...

Is the Trust now de facto wound up as the Trustee is deceased (the uncle), and OP is beneficiary owner. Or does the Trust become part of the uncles estate (but did not make it into uncles will) ?

If an estate owes a lot of tax that is payable by the estate, can the person inheriting pay that so that they get the asset in one piece? For example, your granny leaves you her only asset, her house in her will. Unfortunatly your Granny owes the Revenue a lot of tax that is payable from her...

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Is it legally possible to simply refuse to take an inheritance ? I imagine there must be situations where people inherit properties or items that come with massive tax bills and/or all sorts of hassle they may find it easier to just do without ?

I am sure its very common for properties to be inherited by children and then those properties are often sold and any tax owed is payed at that time. What happens in cases where wills are contested or court orders are sought to sell, or indeed prevent the sale of properties. Does the Revenue...

In non marital situations, so for example, two siblings inherit a property, one wants to sell up and the other doesnt. Can one party get a court to order a sale and how does one go about that ?

Ok, just asking !

So the Revenue cannot guarantee annonymity in all cases ?