Beyond the general discomfort of talking about death, the topic of inheritance brings in a whole other set of sticky issues.

Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts reached £5.7billion between April and November 2024, according to the latest HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures. The total represents a £600million increase compared ...

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The case centred on a family inheritance dispute in which the claimant daughter was awarded a lump sum, including £16,750 ‘as a reasonable CFA mark-up and costs’. However the daughter’s CFA ...

Recently, a 19-year-old man turned to the AITA section of Reddit to share his dilemma after receiving an inheritance from his absentee biological father who had been absent from his life for years.

Michael Gymer died in December 2020 aged 83, just six months after his 81-year-old wife Julie passed, with whom he had fathered three children. However, just prior to his death, the trio of ...

Where a business is able to do so, a dividend covering the cost of the [inheritance tax] bill can be paid. But this comes with an additional tax cost of 39.5 per cent – effectively double-taxing ...

That's because inheritance rules in Scotland differ from those in other parts of the United Kingdom. The law distinguishes between heritable property – land and buildings – and moveable ...

Britons could still be hit by Labour's "death tax" raid despite attempts by families to avoid paying any inheritance charge, experts are warning. Research suggests that more than 200,000 households ...

Rachel Reeves’s inheritance tax raid on family businesses and farms will backfire by costing the Treasury over £1bn more than it makes, economists have said. A drop in investment caused by the ...