Inheritance tax forms should be overhauled to make them shorter and simpler as a first step to improving a burdensome system, say Government officials. Just 5 per cent of bereaved families pay ...
Inheritance tax (IHT) can be a complicated element of estate planning and there can be various forms to fill out for different setups. These forms are regularly updated and yesterday, HMRC updated a ...
Reducing your family's exposure to this 40 percent tax is more important than ever, following Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision to freeze the inheritance tax (IHT) threshold for five years. IHT bills ...
Thousands of grieving families are being forced to complete complicated paperwork to report the value of a loved one's estate to the taxman when they die – even when there is no inheritance tax (IHT) ...
Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts reached £5.8 billion in the first eight months of the 2025/26 tax year, according to data ...
It is often the case that, in the context of a separation and divorce, concerns are raised by one of the parties as to the other’s ability to make claims in respect of their received or prospective ...
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Inheritance news every morning. The public is being asked for the first time to give their opinion on inheritance tax in an official ...