Adopting an adult to leave them the inheritance: fraud to avoid paying taxes

The adoption of an adult in many cases has the purpose of tax savings at the time of the adopter’s succession, since the adoptee would benefit from a very meager tax burden when receiving the inheritance from his adopters. When the adopter or adopters die, the adopted daughter or son can inherit with significant tax reductions, depending on each region. Because for the treasury, it is not the same that the heirs are descendants than that they have no ties to the deceased or that they are more distant relatives, such as nephews.

Adopting an adult to leave them the inheritance: fraud to avoid paying taxes