52 articles tagged with Estate Planning.
Gifts to UK charities are fully exempt from inheritance tax. Leave 10% or more of your net estate to charity and the IHT rate drops from 40% to 36%. How it works in 2026.
The nil-rate band is frozen at GBP 325,000 until 2030 while house prices rise. Here is how to use the NRB, RNRB, transferable allowances, and gifting rules to legally cut your inheritance tax bill.
Online will-writing services are cheaper and faster than a solicitor, but the Law Commission has flagged real concerns about validity and vulnerability. When a DIY digital will is fine, and when it genuinely isn't.
The average UK funeral now costs several thousand pounds, and support schemes like the Funeral Expenses Payment cover only a fraction. Practical options for reducing costs and accessing help when money is tight.
Cryptocurrency, NFTs and other digital assets form part of your taxable estate for Inheritance Tax just like any other asset — but without the right information, executors may never even find them. How to plan properly.
Step-children have no automatic inheritance rights under UK intestacy rules, and passing assets to a step-child instead of a biological child can raise different Inheritance Tax and residence nil-rate band issues. What blended families should check.
How a deed of variation lets beneficiaries redirect an inheritance within two years of death for Inheritance Tax purposes in 2026/27, and the conditions that must be met for it to work.
From April 2027, most unused pension funds will be brought within the scope of Inheritance Tax on death. What's changing, who's affected, and what to consider before then.
Parents can gift £5,000, grandparents £2,500 and anyone else £1,000 to a couple getting married completely free of Inheritance Tax — on top of the normal annual exemption. Here's exactly how the wedding gift exemption works and how to combine it with other allowances.
How Business Relief on AIM-listed shares can reduce Inheritance Tax after just two years of ownership in 2026 — qualifying conditions, the risks, and how AIM investing compares to gifting.
The difference between a bare trust and a discretionary trust for passing money to children in 2026/27 — control, tax treatment, and the age-18 access problem, compared side by side.
How Business Property Relief can shelter AIM-listed shares from Inheritance Tax in 2026/27 — the two-year holding rule, the risks, and how the new cap on 100% relief affects large portfolios.
