Inherited Property
Articles about inherited property, in plain English.
German tax reaching your Indian inheritance
Indian families in Germany are often surprised that an Indian house, which never leaves India, can matter to a German tax filing. The reason is that German inheritance rules follow people, not only property.
Inherited PropertyHandling an inherited Indian property from abroad
A parent has died, there is a property in India, and you are eight thousand kilometres away with limited leave. This is one of the most common situations we handle, and almost all of it can be done without you flying back repeatedly.
Inherited PropertyLegal heir or succession certificate?
Families are sent back and forth between offices because they applied for the wrong one. The names sound interchangeable and the difference is rarely explained, so here it is plainly.
Inherited PropertySelling inherited property: what is your cost?
When you inherit property, you inherit the previous owner's cost along with it. You do not start from zero. So if your father bought the house in 1985, his cost becomes your cost for computing your gain.
Inherited PropertyOne inherited property, two different valuations
India gives you no fresh start on inheritance. You inherit the previous owner's cost along with the property. Nothing resets on the day they died. If the family acquired the property before April 2001, you can use its market value on 1 April 2001 instead of the original price.
Inherited PropertyA daughter's share in family property
Daughters have an equal share in Hindu joint family property as sons, a right established by a 2005 amendment to the Hindu Succession Act, 1956. This right applies by birth, regardless of whether the father was alive before the 2005 amendment, as confirmed by the Supreme Court in 2020.
Inherited PropertyDo you actually need probate for a property?
Families are often told they must get probate, and often told the opposite, usually by relatives who dealt with a property in a different city. Both can be right, because the rule genuinely changes depending on where the property is and who left the will.
Inherited PropertyInherited property: which date do you value it on?
An inherited property can be valued on several dates, and each one answers a different question. They are not interchangeable.
Inherited PropertyGetting a property into your name after a death
Most families deal with the funeral, the bank accounts and the paperwork they were told about, then leave the property records untouched for years. That gap is where the real trouble starts, usually at the worst possible moment.
Inherited PropertyHow to divide one house between siblings fairly
A house cannot be cut into three. So one heir keeps it and pays the others, or it is sold and the money is split. Both routes need one thing first, and it is the thing families argue about most.
Inherited PropertyYou have inherited a house. Here is what to do first
Losing a parent and inheriting their home brings paperwork nobody prepares you for. This is the calm, step by step version.
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