[Fredslist] Fwd: Japanese/US Tax Planning

[Peter Kettle]

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> I have come across someone whose father lives in Japan and the father is not a US Citizen. He wants to give her a million dollars to use for a purchase/renovation. The gift/estate tax for money sent outside of Japan (for funds over 10K) is 55%! So she is trying to find a way around this through estate planning. Does anyone know someone well versed in Japanese to US estate planning or tax law? She has a green card and lives here; her husband is a US Citizen.
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