Transferring inheritance from the UK
#1
Transferring inheritance from the UK
I've had a look through previous posts but can't find any info similar to my position.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
I've had a look through previous posts but can't find any info similar to my position.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
I have transferred money from Barclays > UKForex > My local CU without any issues whatsoever.
It may be that using a specialist foreign exchange agent like UKForex helps because they have branches in both countries and the 'transatlantic' part of the transfer happens internally to the exchange agent's banking system, so to the bank in the US it appears to come from somewhere in the US. But that's speculation on my part.
I would however highly recommend UKForex who have been nothing short of awesome with all the transfers I've made.
b) The transfer of money is not a taxable event. If you are sure that you don't owe any inheritance tax, then you are good to go.
Last edited by BritishGuy36; Mar 17th 2011 at 4:15 pm.
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
There is no Federal inheritance tax. The Federal estate tax is imposed on the estate, so that will not affect a UK estate.
A few states impose an inheritance tax (tax on the recipient), but California is not one of them.
I transfer money using xe.com. I transfer from my Barclays account to xe. xe then pays direct to my US bank account using ACH.
A few states impose an inheritance tax (tax on the recipient), but California is not one of them.
I transfer money using xe.com. I transfer from my Barclays account to xe. xe then pays direct to my US bank account using ACH.
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
I've had a look through previous posts but can't find any info similar to my position.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
There is a company online called fairfx which i use in which to change my currency, exchange rate is much higher than any bank, building society or travel agency.
A dollar card is similar to a Debit card, (Mastercard) just top up the card.
If $36,000 is too large a sum for a Dollar card they have other accounts to transfer larger sums, as i looked into transferring larger sums for the future and it can be done.
first you may have to open a bank account in which to put your money in.
Then go online with Fairfx enquire which is best account to complete the transfer
#6
Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
There is a company online called fairfx which i use in which to change my currency, exchange rate is much higher than any bank, building society or travel agency.
A dollar card is similar to a Debit card, (Mastercard) just top up the card.
If $36,000 is too large a sum for a Dollar card they have other accounts to transfer larger sums, as i looked into transferring larger sums for the future and it can be done.
first you may have to open a bank account in which to put your money in.
Then go online with Fairfx enquire which is best account to complete the transfer
A dollar card is similar to a Debit card, (Mastercard) just top up the card.
If $36,000 is too large a sum for a Dollar card they have other accounts to transfer larger sums, as i looked into transferring larger sums for the future and it can be done.
first you may have to open a bank account in which to put your money in.
Then go online with Fairfx enquire which is best account to complete the transfer
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
I have had several replies from members who is grateful for this information!
IF YOU DO NOT WANT THIS ADVICE ABOUT TRANSERRING CURRENCY,
YOU HAVE NO IFORMATION TO GIVE!
FIND SOMETHING BETTER TO DO!
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
There is no need to post the same thing over and over again, it looks like spam. Thanks.
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
moderator or not he should be glad someone has the information to provide,
the members seeking this advice.
It may have been given to several different people as maybe no one else seems to have heard of the company.
You seek the amount of people that required this advice
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMPANY!
EVEN THOUGH I WISH I HAD!
THIS IS NOT SPAM!
IT IS ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ASKED FOR IT!
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Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
I've had a look through previous posts but can't find any info similar to my position.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
I have inherited a share of the proceeds of a house sale, my share is pretty modest, about $36,000, so well below any inheritance tax threshold.
Can anyone suggest a way to transfer the funds from my UK account to my US account? We have an account with a credit union, so they do not accept international electronic transfers.
Will I have to pay any tax (either in the US or the UK) on this money? How would I declare it at tax time next year?
Many thanks.
It's strange that that your Credit Union doesn't accept electronic transfers, the CU that we had could 'wire' money to my UK bank, so I'm sure that they would have accepted money coming the other way.
Last edited by pTeronaut; May 4th 2011 at 10:11 pm.
#12
Re: Transferring inheritance from the UK
moderator or not he should be glad someone has the information to provide,
the members seeking this advice.
It may have been given to several different people as maybe no one else seems to have heard of the company.
You seek the amount of people that required this advice
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMPANY!
EVEN THOUGH I WISH I HAD!
THIS IS NOT SPAM!
IT IS ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ASKED FOR IT!
the members seeking this advice.
It may have been given to several different people as maybe no one else seems to have heard of the company.
You seek the amount of people that required this advice
I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE COMPANY!
EVEN THOUGH I WISH I HAD!
THIS IS NOT SPAM!
IT IS ADVICE TO THOSE WHO ASKED FOR IT!
You though, were replying to dead threads that were months old, posting exactly the same information you were already giving, which was not relevant to what the original posters were asking for. It came across as very spammy.