Simone Alting brings a wealth of experience to Schwartz International. Growing up in her native Germany, she rounded out her formal education there with a law degree before coming to the US 20 years ago. With her LLM (Tax) and CPA credential, she’s an integral part of the SI’s global tax and advisory team. Please enjoy her article Practitioner’s Beware, focusing on the intricate US/German issues related to usufruct. Usufruct Article Global-Tax-Weekly_November by Simone Alting