Are You Subject to Dutch Inheritance Tax?

One of my most shocking discoveries in working with US clients in the Netherlands is how few of them realize that they are potentially subject to Dutch Inheritance Tax (Successiebelasting). Many US citizens living in the Netherlands (actually their heirs) would in...

Is a Foreign Mortgage Worth the Risk?

Anyone who has asked me knows I am no fan of investing in real estate in (Western) Europe at the moment. One of the biggest risks I see (aside from the fact that real estate prices have not “corrected” yet in many cities) is a little-known IRS law...