Vanish. Weird question.

If it is just furniture and personal effects there is no problem.

Contact a solicitor and make a will.

Anything to do with this?

just give them your stuff. I’m not sure where the issue is.

Tax. You have quite a low threshold for people who are not related to you.

Legal issues relating to putting assets beyond reach of authorities, if that applies.

A Will would be the same though, no?

second hand household items are not exactly high value. but I suppose it depends on the OP’s possessions.

what if he sold the belongs. No tax implication there.

A will requires you to be actually dead though!

You can't give something to someone without their consent. Say it's a house - the other person would have to be actively involved in, and sign for, the transfer of ownership. You can give anything to anyone with their consent - the only issue would be the tax liabilities, as mentioned. As you're not married or closely related, she would be in Group C, so the threshold before Capital Acquisitions Tax would kick in is currently gifts of a value of more than €16,250.

So you can't just sign some document to hand the house over to your partner that she only finds out about after you disappear. Small stuff, in practice you could do that - leave a note that says "I'm off - you can have my guitar." I mean, she doesn't have to accept it, but it would be there for her to use or sell or give away, and no-one would bat an eyelid about it. But a house, a car, money in the bank, stocks, etc - you'd have to actively include here in the transfer of ownership.

Particularly if you own a home or have savings, unless you actively involve your partner in organising your affairs before you disappear, you're going to land her with a world of legal hassle. She won't be able to claim ownership, and you won't be able to give it - until a lengthy an costly legal process is exhausted.

Pretty sure presumed dead would suffice.

But the point I was making was that it’s the same in either case.

Sure and if he win the lotto and gave her 1m it would also be tax liable. But that’s irrelevant, like your scenario.

But OP didn’t say anything about giving the partner all his money. Neither did I.

I suggested he could sell them to her, rather than gift them.

I get the impression s/he wants to disappear without warning, and ensure that all goods/money left behind go to the partner.

Selling them to her would raise flags.

Well the context of the tread is that he was to leave them to her. I’m sure the OP was aware he could sell them to strangers and leg it.

I assumed he was disappearing with the partner knowing. But maybe not.

the sale would be a flag after the fact. But so too is the fact he disappeared. So kinda makes no difference to the people looking at that point.

I'm not sure if OP is coming back. But as above, I was assuming that the partner was fully aware of the situation and OP wasn't just going to go for cigarettes and milk and never come back.

Completely agree with you though. If it is the latter, the leaving your sofa and xbox to a partner is definition of a hollow gesture.

Sell all the stuff you want to her for a nominal sum, say €5. Write a receipt for her if you feel you must.

Wills and the like is only for passing on stuff after you die. Sounds like you just want to give her your stuff, which if it is just personal effects and accessories, I assume is not of any particularly great value.

If you are disappearing and not coming back, then why even bother. Just leave the junk behind, you are not coming back for it anyway so what does it matter.

Which is easily determined in the case of a car or house. There’s really no market rate for an old sofa and dining set. People often get rid for nothing.

To prevent repossession, as a guess.