IHT
Best Practice | 13 Mar 18
Comedian Dodd bows out with another tax dodge
The final joke was on the UK taxman, as Liverpudlian comedian Sir Ken Dodd married his partner of more than 40 years just days before his final curtain, ringfencing his fortune from IHT.
Investment | 21 Feb 18
Researchers launch IHT portfolio index
Portfolios targeting inheritance tax mitigation have a new benchmark.
Best Practice | 21 Feb 18
Simplified IHT rules could go live in 2019
The UK’s Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) will publish a report on the processes and complexities around inheritance tax (IHT) in autumn 2018, opening the door to the possibility that IHT could be simplified within the next two years.
Best Practice | 20 Feb 18
Three adviser wish lists for future IHT overhaul in UK
Inheritance tax rules are yet again set to change in a bid by the UK chancellor Philip Hammond to simplify the process.
Best Practice | 9 Feb 18
One in 25 expecting a million pound inheritance – survey
One person in 25 in the UK expects to inherit an estate over a million pounds, according to research from Canada Life.