February 29, 2016 Public Service

Firm's lawyers and licensed tax accounts submit a report for "Research on Countermeasures Against Inheritance Tax Avoidance in Foreign Countries" commissioned by the Ministry of Finance

The firm's lawyers and licensed tax accountants (namely, Atsushi Oishi, Makoto Sakai, Akihiro Yamada, Hiroshi Oyama, Yu Takahashi, Takahiro Iijima and Yuki Sameshima) conducted research on inheritance tax and other taxation system on foundations in Germany (family foundations) and trusts in the United Kingdom (discretionary trusts) and submitted a report summarizing the results of their research and their suggestions for Japanese law for "Research on Countermeasures Against Inheritance Tax Avoidance in Foreign Countries" conducted as a research project commissioned by the Ministry of Finance.