Families increasingly face inheritance tax despite their attempts to sidestep the divisive 40pc charge. Over the last three years, families have lost £650m to death duties after falling foul of the so ...

The number of families that will lose a key inheritance tax allowance is set to quadruple by the end of the decade, analysis ...

Frozen tax thresholds and pensions falling within the scope of inheritance tax will drag thousands more estates into losing ...

New rules make further multiple trust or ‘Rysaffe’ planning as well as ‘order of gifting’ redundant. This change is likely to increase the likelihood of periodic and exit charges and will affect most ...

In the wake of last week’s Budget, families that once felt assured their wealth was safe from the taxman may soon find themselves dragged into the inheritance tax (IHT) net. Thanks to a combination of ...

A number of changes to Inheritance Tax (IHT) were announced as part of the Budget measures. We have covered each of the main measures below. It should be noted that these changes are not coming into ...

We would all do well to fully understand the changes that have already been made to transferable nil-rate bands, instead of speculating about potential changes to inheritance tax, advises Scott ...

The nil-rate band (NRB) sets the threshold at which inheritance tax (IHT) becomes payable. Any part of an estate that exceeds the available NRB is taxed at 40%. Since the 2009/10 tax year, the NRB has ...