Four in five well-off people are convinced they know how inheritance tax works but most are kidding themselves, new research shows. Out of 3,000 people who earn above the £33,000 average annual salary ...

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Labour has got itself into a cleft stick. Having come to power on a pledge of not raising taxes on “working people”, in response to the opposition charge that it cares more about those who don’t work, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Sydney man who cut off part of his late brother’s ear before the funeral in the hope of using DNA evidence in a bitter inheritance ...

EXCLUSIVE: A potential cap on lifetime gifting would help prevent losses in death tax revenue as Brits find ways to shield their hard-earned wealth from IHT changes, an expert says. Rachel Reeves' ...

My husband and I, both 68, own our house worth £650,000, plus three flats which we rent out. The flats are worth about £150,000 each. We would like to transfer the flats (or two of them) into our two ...

AN Iranian woman is facing execution after allegedly killing 11 elderly husbands over 22 years in a chilling bid to inherit their wealth. Kulthum Akbari, 56, admitted to a serial murder spree that ...

Here’s an important tip: if you want to leave something in your will to someone who may still be a minor when you pass away, put it in some kind of trust. Set it up such that only they can access it, ...

Beyond the general discomfort of talking about death, the topic of inheritance brings in a whole other set of sticky issues. Research finds that parents’ and children’s expectations for bequests are ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Marguerita is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor ...