The Budget Rumour Machine is not the shambles it was last year. Before Rachel’s Swansong all sorts...
Tag archive for: Inheritance Tax
Life insurance and IHT – it is a good idea
If you’re worried about Inheritance Tax, what you can do to stop many ‘000’s going in tax and not...
7/10 have no idea how big their IHT bill will be
When someone talks to us for the first time, they will have a problem which they hope we can solve...
2:3 of over 55s don’t understand pensions and IHT
Two thirds of over-55s don’t know that or understand how pensions will come into the IHT net next...
“HMRC scraps plans to tax pensions after death”
A couple of other Statement Highlights (in my world, anyway). A welcome ‘nothing happened’ on the...
“IFS: scrapping inheritance tax hands £1mn to richest 1%”
To say that Inheritance Tax is all in the mind would be an exaggeration, but it is true to say...
“Are Brits too reliant on inheritance for their retirement plans?”
The answer is, in many cases, probably yes, and as less and less of the next generations have or...
Inheritance Tax is in need of reform
Yes, Inheritance Tax is in need of reform, but then so is most of our ridiculously complex tax...
“Inheritance tax regime must move with the times”
In my experience, some worry too much about Inheritance Tax, others not enough. Most married...
“‘For richer or poorer? Advising cohabiting couples”
The reasons cohabitors give for not marrying is the cost of weddings and divorces, especially...
“Inheritance tax receipts hit £5.5bn”
OK, this won’t make even a tiddly dent on the Government’s cashflow needs - they borrowed another...
“MPs call for inheritance tax to be cut in radical overhaul”
‘Radical overhauls’ of various bits of the tax rules are proposed as often as their...
“UK chancellor hints at inheritance tax cut”
Would it be too cynical (unlike me, I know) to say that we’ve heard all this before? Maggie (kids...
“Calls for UK residence nil rate band removal despite IHT take dropping 12%”
You may remember, in the days when election manifestos involved more than one issue, the...
“Inheritance tax loopholes allow super-rich to pay half as much”
No surprises here. It’s the ‘squeezed middle’ who always have the biggest tax bills, alive or...