The IHT advantage of companies buying from pension schemes
4th April 2025
Posted in Articles, Business Property Relief by Andrew Marr
Until 5 April 2026 trading companies will generally benefit from a full inheritance tax (IHT) exemption due to the availability of…
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What options are there for AIM shares after the October budget?
31st January 2025
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
Acquiring AIM share portfolios has been a tempting inheritance tax (IHT) planning opportunity for many years. This is because once they…
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Death bed planning for business assets more relevant than ever!
24th January 2025
Posted in Articles, Business Property Relief, IHT by Andrew Marr
In previous Tax Bites we have discussed the benefits of inter-spouse transfers before the death of one of the spouses. Example…
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Does it make sense to gift ISAs as an IHT planning strategy
10th January 2025
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
Wealthy families often have significant wealth stored in ISAs which they have built up over their lifetime. Although ISAs are a…
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Who were the Budget’s inheritance tax (IHT) winners?
20th December 2024
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
The 30 October budget was for many people an IHT nightmare. Business and farm owners saw IHT reliefs which had previously…
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The new allure of EIS for members of pension schemes
29th November 2024
Posted in Articles by Forbes Dawson
It is now almost old news that from 6 April 2027, pension schemes will be subject to inheritance tax (IHT). After…
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Pension IHT advantages of going to Dubai to die
22nd November 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Despite the rather flippant title, we are tentatively considering a rather extreme tax planning option to combat the high effective tax…
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Can you recycle Business Relief?
16th February 2024
Posted in Articles, IHT by Forbes Dawson
Business Relief (BR) is a very valuable relief which can reduce inheritance tax (IHT) on death. Perhaps the most common asset…
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Failed PET revival for IHT
24th November 2023
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Gifts are generally outside of a person’s estate for inheritance tax (IHT) purposes if that person survives seven years from the…
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IHT cuts and can they be relied on?
20th November 2023
Posted in Articles, IHT by Andrew Marr
Rumours are flying about in the media around inheritance tax (IHT) cuts which are set to be announced by Jeremy Hunt…
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