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Protect your estate: strategies to reduce inheritance tax
You’ve worked hard for wealth, so why not protect it? Find out how you can protect your estate, lower your IHT liability and pass on more money to your loved ones. At a glance IHT is payable on the value of your estate on death (or second death in the case of...
What is the seven year rule in Inheritance Tax?
If you want to gift your family more than £3,000, you will need to survive for seven years after making the gift, otherwise it could potentially be liable for inheritance tax (IHT). Structuring your gifting over the longer term and making full use of your annual...