Inheritance Tax Receipts Rise on back of a Lack of Effective Planning
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) received £1.5bn in inheritance tax (IHT) receipts between April and June 2021, a 33% increase from the same period in 2020. The government has commented that higher receipts in 2021 are likely to be…
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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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THE THREE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INHERITANCE TAX
You only need to be aware of three things when it comes to inheritance tax: That inheritance tax receipts will at least double in the decade to 2030. That there is a widespread lack of awareness surrounding inheritance tax…
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Is Your Will Good Enough?: 1975 Act Claims Against Estates by Adult Children
In recent years claims bought by adult children have seen varying levels of success (the door having been opened by the case of Illot v Mitson [2017]). However, the reality is that claims by adult children under the 1975 Act…
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Inheritance Tax & Covid-19
Welcome to February! According to the latest HMRC figures published, inheritance tax receipts hit a five-year high in the final quarter of 2020. Receipts steadily rose from August onwards and peaked at a five-year high in October 2020. While this…
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Tax Schemes & ‘Tales of the Unexpected’
There were reputedly 30,000 “home loan” or “double trust” schemes implemented in the late 20th and early 21st centuries and as people die these schemes have been increasingly challenged by HMRC since about 2011. The ‘home loan’ arrangement in the case…
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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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Trustees Granted Additional Powers For Inheritance Tax Planning
The High Court has agreed to grant additional powers to the trustees of a family settlement for the purposes of Inheritance Tax planning in the case of Cotterell & Anor v Allendale & Anor [2020] EWHC 2234. Trustee Act 1925 s…
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Inheritance Tax, Crucial Reliefs & Covid 19
Many thousands of people in the UK have lost their lives during the Covid-19 pandemic and about 5% of those deaths will probably result in an inheritance tax charge. Inheritance tax is charged on the estate of a deceased…
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Time to Secure Crucial Business Reliefs before they Fade Away?
Business Property Relief and Agricultural Property Relief are both ways of passing on assets without needing to pay Inheritance Tax. The reliefs can currently achieve up to a 100% tax saving, meaning assets that fall into these categories – such…
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