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              Inheritance

              • Saturday, 11 January, 2025
                Personal Finance
                The race to stop ‘predatory marriage’ in old age

                Cases have grown since the pandemic — with relatives complaining they have been cut out of a loved one’s will

                An illustration of a wedding ring casting a shadow where the diamond is transformed into menacing eyes
              • Friday, 10 January, 2025
                Claer Barrett
                For richer, for poorer: the changing finances of divorce

                Budget changes make navigating the economic dynamics of relationships more taxing

                Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
              • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
                Personal Finance
                Ten things to tick off your financial to-do list in 2025

                From money-saving work perks to investments and tax planning, resolve to get your finances in shape this new year

                Illustration of a piggy bank and a pencil on an open spiral notebook with a checklist drawn on the page, set on a plain blue background
              • Friday, 27 December, 2024
                The FT ViewThe editorial board
                The great wealth transfer

                Big inheritances are set to transform economies, markets and society

                Multi-generational family members enjoy Christmas dinner around a table
              • Friday, 27 December, 2024
                UK tax
                Lawyers question Starmer’s ‘misleading’ £3mn farm tax claim

                Headline inheritance duty exemption is difficult to achieve and may involve splitting ownership of the land

                British farmers hold placards saying ‘Starmer the farmer harmer’ and Stop family farms tax’ during a rally in London
              • Wednesday, 11 December, 2024
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                How can I ensure my business runs smoothly after my death?

                I would like to pass my business to my eldest son

              • Friday, 6 December, 2024
                UK tax
                UK’s largest estates pay an average of £9mn in inheritance tax

                Wealthiest estates face prospect of higher rates of liability following the Budget

              • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                Will my loved ones have to pay tax on my pension when I die?

                I’m worried about the new rules that mean my pension is subject to inheritance tax

              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
                Can my brother and I resolve our financial dispute out of court?

                We are currently fighting over our late mother’s will - and it’s getting nasty between us

              • Wednesday, 27 November, 2024
                FT WealthClare Maurice
                Not planning for death can be an expensive business

                Where there’s no will there’s no way to avoid causing postmortem trouble

                A conceptual graphic showing multiple hands tearing a legal or official document
              • Sunday, 24 November, 2024
                UK wealth managers warn Reeves over plan to levy inheritance tax on pensions

                AJ Bell boss tells chancellor that ‘complex and costly’ Budget proposal will ‘undermine’ retirement savings system

                A pedestrian holding an umbrella walks in the rain across Westminster Bridge in London with the Houses of Parliament in the background
              • Saturday, 23 November, 2024
                UK tax
                Brits retiring abroad could avoid UK inheritance tax under new loophole

                Budget measure allows anyone staying abroad for 10 years to avoid death duties on global wealth

                Elderly British tourists relaxing on the beach in Spain
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                The Big Question
                The Big Question: Should farmers have to pay inheritance tax?

                The government says the levy targets landowners seeking to shelter wealth, but food producers say it will hit them hard

                FT montage of a tractor and ‘No farmers, No food’ protest banners with a large question mark between them
              • Friday, 22 November, 2024
                Moira O'Neill
                Quick fixes to lower your inheritance tax liability

                Act before pension pots are swept up by the tax net

                Illustration of an elderly woman and her house inside an hourglass
              • Friday, 15 November, 2024
                Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
                Do I need inheritance tax insurance?

                Budget changes prompt wave of interest in life cover to avoid families scrambling to pay tax bills

                Illustration of a hand gripping an hourglass with money falling out the bottom
              • Saturday, 9 November, 2024
                UK tax
                UK landed estates warn Budget tax changes will ‘kill off’ business

                Owners of historic houses hit out at changes to inheritance tax and national insurance

                Knowsley Hall
              • Friday, 8 November, 2024
                Moira O'Neill
                The great post-Budget pensions rethink

                But there are several tools you can use to cut an IHT bill

                Commuters walk along the concourse at London Waterloo station
              • Sunday, 3 November, 2024
                Tom Bradshaw
                British farmers have nothing left to give

                The Budget’s new IHT measures demonstrate a profound misunderstanding of how our agriculture works

                Hills and farmland in rural mid Wales.
              • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                Budget Q&A: Readers’ questions answered

                Experts respond to queries about measures announced in the autumn Budget

              • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
                News in-depthUK agriculture
                Farmers lose sleep over Budget inheritance tax crackdown

                Reforms will put emphasis on early succession planning for agricultural estates

                Nick Hutton
              • Saturday, 2 November, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                Autumn Budget 2024: where will you feel the pinch?

                FT reporters review this week’s £40bn tax-raising measures

                An illustration of Rachel Reeves surrounded by pound notes in the shape of autumn leaves
              • Friday, 1 November, 2024
                Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
                Meet ‘Generation Windfall’: coming to an estate agent near you

                Fears of tax rises at the Budget have sent the Bank of Mum and Dad into overdrive

              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                Family businesses
                Inheritance tax changes sound ‘death knell’ for family businesses, say owners

                Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ first Budget has caused alarm

                Cafes and shops on Warwick Street in Worthing, West Sussex
              • Thursday, 31 October, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                UK savings plans overhauled with planned pension tax changes

                Advisers race to rethink approach after Rachel Reeves pledges to bring retirement pots under inheritance levy regime

                A photo illustratuon showing the dictionary definition of pension fund and British pound coins
              • Wednesday, 30 October, 2024
                UK Autumn Budget 2024
                Closure of UK inheritance tax ‘loophole’ to penalise estates of wealthy pensioners

                Experts say big tax bills could result from Rachel Reeves’ move in the Budget

                Commuters walk during the morning rush hour near the Bank of England in the City of London
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