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Citizens of Nicaragua and Vanuatu have visa free travel in the EU for three months. Anyone seriously think they are going to make the tens of millions of Brits who help bankroll the tourist industry in the Med apply for visas for their two week holiday in Corfu or Benidorm. Brits also get visa...

My husband passed away recently and he was in receipt of both an Irish and UK state pension. I live in the UK - we are both Irish citizens - but I never worked in Ireland but he did for around 11 years. He received about 240 euro a week in Irish state pension - including around 110 euro as an...

Gipimann thanks for your kind words. Apologies for prying but how much did your mother receive each week compared to what your father was getting? Did she get half his basic pension - or the full amount or something different?

My husband sadly passed away recently and I have a question about my entitlement to an Irish widows contributory pension. I am a UK resident and an Irish citizen but never worked in Ireland so did not qualify for an Irish state pension. My husband worked in Ireland and benefitted from the pre...

I am a beneficiary of my aunt's will and I am considering disclaiming my share for personal and tax reasons. There are two other beneficiaries who would in effect receive my share - via the residue. I was just wondering how late in the process you can disclaim your share of a will in Ireland...

I have a related inquiry. Say you are a UK resident and inherit a property in Ireland - paying CAT etc - and then place the proceeds from the sale in an Irish bank account. You then transfer the money from your Irish account to your UK account and give some/all of the money to a child who also...

Thanks for the advice. I assume I would need to complete an application form for the widows pension - or is it automatically paid if was getting the qualified adult pension? I assume it is not means tested i.e. isnt affected by my small UK pension.

My husband has been in receipt of an Irish (contributory) state pension for over 20 years and as part of that he receives an element called 'increase for a qualified adult' which equates to around one third of his monthly pension of 238 euros. This is paid in respect I believe of me as his...

Yes - that is correct. Only a gift to you would fall under group B - your partner/children are treated no differently than any one not related at all to your aunt i.e. group C. The beneficiaries would obviously be named on the draft - if you aren't you wont be. Obviously given the low group C...

Legally you have as much right to the house as they do under section 67 (3) and (4) of the 1965 Succession act. '(3) If an intestate dies leaving issue and no spouse, his estate shall be distributed among the issue in accordance with subsection (4). (4) If all the issue are in equal degree of...

I was just curious as to what happens if you never apply for probate and the house remains in the name of the deceased indefinitely. It obviously cannot be sold or rented out - but presumably you potentially avoid/delay having to pay any CAT due as well if it remains empty particularly where the...

CAT would only be payable by 31 October this year if probate is granted by 31 August. Otherwise you have until 31 October the following year – assuming its granted by 31 August 2018. Another quirk of the system. Get probate on 1 September you have 14 months to pay get it on 31 August only 2...

As your parent was not resident in Denmark and the property is not in Denmark then I would assume based on PWC advice (I cannot post the link) you would not be liable to Danish estate (inheritance tax). But you would potentially be liable to Irish CAT of 33% on any sum exceeeding 310,000 euro as...

I think you will need to seek the advice of a solicitor as given the CA24 affidavit has been submitted and probate granted and self assessment deadlines past it is arguably too late to disclaim 3 years after the event? Firstly I am assuming that the other beneficiaries were all your brothers...

I was wondering what the deadlines for the Cork office were? 11 months from application to probate as above just seems crazy! This potentially delays CAT payments for the Government. How complicated can it be?

And also bear in mind that the nephew will only get a maximum 31,000 tax free from the estate assuming no previous group B inheritances - and then pay 33% CAT on the excess. So it may be worth asking the nephew first - as this could put him in financial difficulties if the property might be hard...

The succession act takes no account of whether you even met the relative you inherit from – let alone cared for them in their last few days. No will – the next of kin inherits in this order Spouse/civil partner Children or grandchildren if unmarried Parents if childless and unmarried...

I just have a quick question around the calculation of CAT when you have prior benefits in the same threshold. I inherited 40,000 euro from an aunt about 12 years ago when the tax free limit for group B was 45,644 euro. So I was not required to pay CAT. I have now inherited a share of a house...