IHT
United Kingdom | 31 Oct 14
Non doms urged to protect assets in case
Old Mutual Wealth is urging advisers with non-domiciled clients in the UK to take steps to protect their assets from IHT, in case changes to the domicile rules come into effect.
United Kingdom | 15 Oct 14
Experts cameron aim to shoehorn IHT nil rate hike
UK prime minister David Cameron has raised the prospect of increasing the nil rate band for inheritance tax in the government’s final Budget before the next general election, which has been welcomed by international life industry tax experts.
Tax & Regulation | 12 Aug 14
HMRC denies plans to charge IHT before death
HM Revenue & Customs has denied claims it plans to collect IHT from an estate before the individual has died.
Tax & Regulation | 31 Jul 14
IHT receipts leap as experts warn
Inheritance tax paid to the UK Government jumped by nearly 10% in the last year, as the amount levied from estates reached £3.4bn.
Tax & Regulation | 21 Jul 14
UK to waste 500m on inefficient IHT planning
More than half a billion pounds is set to be wasted this year in inheritance tax as individuals fail to place their life protection policies “under trust”.