If you have decided not to accept an inheritance, you must expressly renounce the inheritance. The declaration of renunciation must be made either in person at an appointment before the probate court or before a notary.
Anyone who has become an heir must decide whether to accept or reject the inheritance. If you do not want to accept an inheritance, you can declare your rejection of the inheritance to a notary, have it certified and submit it to the probate court.
To clarify the tax account, taxpayers or their tax advisors can request account statements for individual tax types or for the entire tax account from the tax office for tax collection in Hamburg.
