Based on an asset analysis, BAAKN works with you to develop an integrated estate and succession plan — fully tailored to your wishes, concerns, and needs.
When choosing between marriage or cohabitation, it is important not only to follow your heart but also to understand the financial and legal implications.
BAAKN helps you make a well-considered decision and guides you in drafting or amending cohabitation or marriage contracts.
When there are children from a previous relationship, preventing conflicts is crucial.
BAAKN ensures the balance you seek between protecting the new partner and safeguarding the rights of the children.
It can be advisable to transfer part of your assets to your loved ones during your lifetime.
This allows you to significantly reduce inheritance taxes.
BAAKN guides you through this process — for example, by setting up a correct and favourable donation (as an advance or outside the inheritance share), with or without a usufruct reservation, and by determining any conditions or obligations attached to such a donation.
To transfer your family business to the next generation, Belgian law provides a favourable tax regime. The donation of shares in a family company can, under certain conditions, be exempted from gift tax. To benefit from this tax advantage, it is essential to ensure that these conditions are strictly met.
BAAKN supports you (and your accountant) in this type of (fiscal) asset planning.
In Belgium, it is permitted to make arrangements regarding a future inheritance through an inheritance agreement. Comprehensive inheritance agreements record arrangements about gifts or benefits previously granted to one child. Specific inheritance agreements, on the other hand, set out concrete arrangements for matters such as a generation skip or the allocation of inheritance rights for a life partner.
BAAKN drafts all clauses fully tailored to your situation.
In Belgium, you are generally free to dispose of your assets through a will. However, your children and spouse are entitled to a legally protected share of the inheritance, which they may choose to claim. BAAKN assists you in drafting a legally sound will that can also offer tax benefits. A power of attorney, on the other hand, allows competent persons to manage your interests and assets if you become unable to act yourself.
BAAKN ensures that this mandate is carefully drafted and tailored to your specific situation.
BAAKN guides you step by step in developing a customised asset and succession plan. Contact us today and discover how you can optimally prepare your family and assets for the future.
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Filip Williotstraat 9
2600 Antwerp
Sint-Amandsesteenweg 76
2880 Bornem
