Including pensions in an estate for inheritance tax purposes marks one of the most significant reforms since the transferable ...

The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that the proportion of estates paying IHT will double to 10% by 2030.

The government’s decision to allow agricultural inheritance tax allowances to be transferred between spouses has emerged as a ...

Building your wealth requires smart investing. But if you plan to pass assets on to heirs, you also need to understand how tax laws impact your legacy. In 2025, several key changes to estate and ...

Under the current rules, most trading businesses passed on after death qualify for 100% relief from inheritance tax. This has ...

More tightening of the rules around inheritance tax – especially around gifting – could potentially be coming in the Budget.

Unmarried or unregistered couples have also been warned they still have no inheritance rights under the intestacy rules ...

Households can get a £3m inheritance without paying any Inheritance Tax on it following a Budget announcement on Wednesday.

Charlotte Coombs, Legal Director in Birketts LLP’s Private Client Advisory team, assesses the growing uncertainty ahead of ...

More than half of households blasted death duties as unfair, more so than capital gains tax, alcohol duty and income tax.