The Labour government has announced a significant climbdown on its policy of inheritance tax for farmers following a major backlash. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) ...
Government proposals to tax inherited farmland have been watered down, with the planned threshold increasing from £1m to £2.5m. The climbdown follows months of protests by farmers and concern from ...
Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...
Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Chip Stapleton is a Series 7 and Series 66 license holder, CFA Level 1 exam holder, and ...
If you inherit an IRAs, you may need to take required minimum distributions (RMDs). Spouses may delay RMDs or opt for life expectancy payouts; others face stricter timelines. Non-spouse heirs ay need ...