Inheritance tax and The Acceptance-in- Lieu scheme (“AIL”)
As a general rule the assets of a deceased person over the value of the nil rate band (currently £325,000) are chargeable at 40% inheritance tax. However, since 1910 the UK government has encouraged those administering estates, responsible for ensuring…
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Scottish holiday accommodation loses BPR despite service provision
A legatee who inherited her father’s furnished holiday accommodation business failed to persuade the First-tier Tax Tribunal that it was ‘relevant business property’ for the purposes of business property relief under the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (IHTA). The property was…
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Lockdown & Wills: The Latest
Lockdown has prompted the government to update the 183-year-old rules on witnessing wills. But some solicitors think reform is unnecessary and risks creating a contentious probate spike. Wills have stubbornly resisted the digital world. While many legal documents, including deeds…
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What issues does Covid-19 raise for Estate Planning in 2020?
Massive public spending during the Covid-19 crisis means the government will almost certainly increase taxes in the short to medium term. Additional austerity seems implausible and government borrowing is already stretched. The government will be emboldened in its revenue-raising task…
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Covid 19, Wills & Tax Planning
Covid 19, Wills & Tax Planning Ian Bond TEP, chair of the Law Society’s wills and equity committee, recently stated to the Daily Telegraph that levels of requests for will drafting are now up 30 per cent. That corresponds to what I have…
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Inheritance Tax in the New Era
Inheritance Tax in the New Era: 2020 When Sajid Javid, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, hinted at the 2019 Conservative Party conference that scrapping inheritance tax ‘was on his mind’ he was merely taking his place in a long…
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Tony Benn’s estate reduces estates inheritance tax by £210,000 – Planning Tip.
The archive of the late Tony Benn has been donated to the British Library under the acceptance in lieu scheme, allowing his family to reduce a substantial inheritance tax bill. The enormous collection, comprising several hundred thousand documents and recordings…
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Tony Benn’s estate reduces inheritance tax by £210,000 – Planning Tip.
The archive of the late Tony Benn has been donated to the British Library under the acceptance in lieu scheme, allowing his family to reduce a substantial inheritance tax bill. The enormous collection, comprising several hundred thousand documents and recordings…
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An eye opener on Wills – A few facts
New research by Royal London reveals that 5.4 million adults without a will do not know how to begin if they were to write one. 5.4 million adults without a will would not know where to begin if they were…
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Should you be worried about the PROBATE FEE hike?
The government has recently announced substantial increases in the fee to obtain the grant needed to take control of a deceased’s estate. The new fees, payable to the probate registry and due to take effect in April 2019, amounts to…
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