With a background in financial journalism across national titles, Ruby loves helping people take control of their money and specialises in pensions, tax, banking and benefits. If you plan to pass on ...

This could result in (or add to) your estate being charged inheritance tax. In most cases this will be paid from your estate — reducing what your beneficiaries receive — but if the estate can't pay, ...

Inheritance tax is a deeply unpopular levy charged on your estate when you die – but there are some tax-free allowances that can reduce what you owe up to a certain threshold. While the main allowance ...

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Government plans to slap inheritance taxon pensions are already galvanising families into action to protect estates before ...

Trusts are surging in popularity as a way to avoid inheritance tax, according to new government figures and financial ...

Simply sign up to the UK tax myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Fewer farmers will start paying inheritance tax from April after UK ministers were forced into a £130mn climbdown by a ...

13:19, Thu, Nov 27, 2025 Updated: 13:34, Thu, Nov 27, 2025 A special new rule to allow farmers to pass on up to £3m without paying a penny of Inheritance Tax on it has been unveiled by Chancellor ...