Oko Nomimono
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US citizen passes away in Japan. Spouse, the sole beneficiary of a US-Minnesota executed will, is also a US citizen. Spouse goes through the Japanese legal process (very fast!) to succeed to the sitius assets (bank accounts, home, personal properties). The assets of the decedent in the USA (bank and brokerage accounts, no real properties) are also valued as part of the world-wide-estate and taxed in Japan inheritance tax return for the suriving spouse and sole beneficiary.
Now the widowed spouse is ready to come back to USA. Which state is suitable (no state inheritance taxes -- the estate is much under the federal estate tax limit) for her to return and deal with the financial assets (bank and brokerages) in the USA ?
Now the widowed spouse is ready to come back to USA. Which state is suitable (no state inheritance taxes -- the estate is much under the federal estate tax limit) for her to return and deal with the financial assets (bank and brokerages) in the USA ?