ylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoYou can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a willwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1329arrow-down17
arrow-up1322arrow-down1external-linkYou can't take it with you, but you can't leave it for someone else either: Valve says you aren't allowed to bequeath a Steam account in a willwww.pcgamer.comylai@lemmy.ml to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoIf you’re gonna do that, give the shit away before you die.
minus-squaredisgrunty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoAnd check your local inheritance laws. Some places will take pre-death gifts into account depending on how long the time between gift and death is. The UK, as an example, looks at gifts made up to 7 years before a person’s death. It’s messed up.
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoIn France there is a limit, about 30k every 15 years. It’s not messed up, it’s necessary if we want inheritance taxes to have any weight.
If you’re gonna do that, give the shit away before you die.
And check your local inheritance laws. Some places will take pre-death gifts into account depending on how long the time between gift and death is. The UK, as an example, looks at gifts made up to 7 years before a person’s death. It’s messed up.
In France there is a limit, about 30k every 15 years. It’s not messed up, it’s necessary if we want inheritance taxes to have any weight.