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Elizabeth Hurley may have amassed a substantial amount of earnings during her time in the spotlight, but it appears her son Damian might not be set to inherit it. The 60-year-old stars in the new ...
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Retirees are being warned to think carefully about withdrawing more cash from their pension pots purely to reduce the size of their estate for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes – because there could be ...
To be able to explain some of the issues around pensions and IHT To be able to identify some ways to mitigate the challenges around pensions and IHT To be able to explain the use of loan and gift ...
Rachel Reeves should water down her inheritance tax raid on family farms to protect workers, according to a think tank that championed the controversial Labour policy. The Centre for the Analysis of ...
A new online petition is calling on the UK Government to overhaul existing inheritance regulations surrounding State Pension payments. Currently, only spouses and civil partners are entitled to ...
The threat of another inheritance tax raid could goad growing numbers of people into making generous gifts to loved ones before the taxman can swipe their family wealth. A race is already under way to ...
Farmers have warned that this year could be their worst ever harvest after a summer of drought. Heatwaves across parts of the country have left growers fearing a record-low yield for their crop and ...
From April 2026, Aim shares will not qualify for the full 100 per cent business relief anymore. Instead, only half their value will be exempt from inheritance tax. That is a major change, not a small ...
07:00, Thu, Aug 21, 2025 Updated: 07:42, Thu, Aug 21, 2025 That was only a warning shot. A sign that Labour was coming after pensioners. Or “boomers”, as resentful left-wingers call them. This was ...
Unless you’re reading this from the deck of your superyacht, you probably don’t have to worry about federal estate taxes. In 2024, only estates worth $13.61 million or more ($27.22 million or more for ...
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