Neoshoegal
08-19-2008, 01:47 PM
My uncle died last year and was kind enough to leave something to his nieces (myself, my 2 sisters and 1 cousin).
After months of faffing about by the notary (that's the way it goes in Belgium) I have just been told how much we're each getting and how much the Belgian state is getting in inheritance tax.
Belgian state get €9500 from each of our shares
We each get €6000
:mad: In other words, more than half of our inheritance goes to the state. Greedy gits (pardon my french). Over here, we would have gotten the full amount :cloud9:
Oh well, still very happy with what we are getting, but just not happy to have to give so much to the government. :sad2:
After months of faffing about by the notary (that's the way it goes in Belgium) I have just been told how much we're each getting and how much the Belgian state is getting in inheritance tax.
Belgian state get €9500 from each of our shares
We each get €6000
:mad: In other words, more than half of our inheritance goes to the state. Greedy gits (pardon my french). Over here, we would have gotten the full amount :cloud9:
Oh well, still very happy with what we are getting, but just not happy to have to give so much to the government. :sad2: