The greatest gift to leave your family? A lump sum to pay off inheritance tax – The Irish Times
While the parent-to-child tax-free threshold on inheritance did increase to €400,000 in 2024, the sharp rise in property…
Steve Webb: Six things Andy Burnham must do to fix pensions
The next few weeks are likely to see a huge shake-up at the top of government, with new…
The high-risk scramble to avoid Reeves’s pension death tax
Spending to beat the taxman Inheritance tax is levied at a rate of 40pc, but many of those…
Pensions were meant to be spent. This is why I think inheritance tax on them works
When I first heard that the Government was bringing pensions into the scope of inheritance tax (IHT), like…
Government bags £336m from failed inheritance tax gifts
Gifts with reservation of benefit are declared by the estate’s executors, whose job it is to tell HMRC…
The investment the wealthy are making to cut inheritance tax bills
As of next year, pensions won’t automatically escape the clutches of the taxman when there is a death.…
Inheritance tax raid to target ‘families with substantial pension savings’
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published additional guidance on forthcoming inheritance tax reforms that will incorporate the…
Boston voted harder for Brexit than anywhere else, 10 years on what have they got for it?
EXCLUSIVE: Boston voted harder for Brexit than anywhere in Britain, yet a decade on, its farmers have lost…
Inheritance tax enquiries surge to six-year high after crackdown
Wednesday 17 June 2026 2:41 pm Tax authority probes into households’ inheritance tax returns have surged to a…
Quarter of Gen Z relying on inheritance to fund their retirement
The change, announced at last year’s Budget, is expected to cost the wealthiest half of pensioners £680 on…
I’m 71 and inheritance tax on pensions has scuppered my retirement plans
For years, people have been able to build up retirement pots safe in the knowledge that when they…
Inheritance tax late penalties surge by a third
Wealth managers have warned there is a “clear risk” that even more families will be hit with fines…