Will he/won’t he abolish Inheritance Tax? The Pre-Budget rumour is still out there, perhaps...
IHT
“IHT to be ‘battleground policy’ in general election as receipts continue to grow”
Just when you thought Inheritance Tax was to become yesterday’s news, it’s back as, apparently and...
“Donating to charity via a will could see beneficiaries profit”
Including gifts to charity in your will is a nice thing to do, but it’s often only for those...
“Raising IHT threshold could cost government £6bn”
Well, the lesson of this week in politics must be to expect the unexpected. Or, alternative...
“Talking to clients about cohabitation, intestacy and inheritance”
You’d be surprised at how many we meet who’ve never ‘got around’ to getting married, sometimes...
“Top Tories want to cut Stamp Duty or abolish Inheritance Tax after by-election thumpings, reports”
I have to say my first reaction to this was anger, that these ‘Top Tories’ would think that enough...
“Treasury collects £2.6bn in 13 weeks as IHT receipts rise”
Any government’s enthusiasm for controlling inflation must be tempered by its benefits to the...
“HMRC rakes in record high of £7.1bn in IHT receipts”
This is hardly a surprise, of course. A decade and a bit of rising house and asset prices, while...
“Unmarried couples over 70 at risk of large IHT bills as cohabiting rises”
A younger generation not so bothered about being married, even with children, are now older; and...
“Top Rabbi arrested amid probe into Roman Abramovich’s Portuguese citizenship”
What a fantastic, un-make-up-able headline; there has to be a film or TV series in it, don’t you...
“Budget 2020: Relief for higher-rate taxpayers as no changes to pension tax relief system”
I guess Rishi had other things on his mind, but, once again, the only Budget changes to pensions...
“IFS calls for end to ‘ludicrous’ pension taxes”
Here’s an idea for our current Chancellor. Yes, by all means cap pension tax relief at 20%. But...
“A quarter of estates that pay ‘deeply unfair’ IHT are investigated by HMRC: Quilter”
Who knows where our tax laws will go under the new brooms of Boris and The Saj. I suspect they...
“Pensioners sit on savings and avoid drawdown”
If you have other savings and there might be Inheritance Tax to pay when you’re gone, most...