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Major changes to Inheritance Tax rules mean your pension pots could be raided even if you haven't reached retirement age yet. Under current rules, there is no Inheritance Tax to pay if you inherit a ...
Rachel Reeves could be set to introduce more changes to Inheritance Tax, a report claims, including a possible cap on lifetime gifting. Under current rules, if someone lives for more than seven years ...
Inheritance tax rules could get even tighter in the coming months as chancellor Rachel Reeves is reportedly planning a crackdown on the value of financial gifts individuals can make during their ...
The Treasury will need to take in more than £50bn in new taxes at the next Budget in the Autumn to avoid breaking the government’s fiscal rules. Rachel Reeves is exploring measures to extract more ...
Inheritance tax will apply to pension pots even if workers die before retirement age as Rachel Reeves scrambles to fill a financial black hole, according to reports. The Chancellor announced last year ...
10:38, Wed, Aug 13, 2025 Updated: 10:40, Wed, Aug 13, 2025 Families could face yet more inheritance tax changes amid claims that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering another raid on estates in her ...
Elizabeth Hurley may have amassed a substantial amount of earnings during her time in the spotlight, but it appears her son Damian might not be set to inherit it. The 60-year-old stars in the new ...
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RACHEL Reeves is rumoured to have set her sights on changes to inheritance tax as a way to fill the £50billion blackhole in finances. Parents could be stopped from making unlimited tax-free gifts to ...
When the phone call comes, and you learn you’ve been left an inheritance, the moment is often bittersweet. Beyond the numbers are memories, gratitude, and sometimes even uncertainty or guilt. How ...
Inheritance tax receipts are on track to reach £9billion by the end of the tax year, as monthly figures reach a new record high. The latest HM Revenue & Customs figures show that inheritance tax (IHT) ...
11:19, Fri, Aug 22, 2025 Updated: 11:30, Fri, Aug 22, 2025 Social media commentators have described an LBC journalist's suggestion that inheritance tax should be hiked to 100% as "insane". Lewis ...