UHY Ross Brooke Chartered Accountants
We always stress to clients the importance of making a will. This is not only so that assets are left to beneficiaries of one’s own choosing, but also so that other important instructions can be carried out, such as who will administer the estate, who will act as guardian to
The average Inheritance Tax bill is estimated to rise to £239,000 this year. With rising house prices, and a freeze on thresholds until April 2028, around 30,000 families are predicted to be affected this year alone. Revenue from IHT to the Treasury for 2022/23 was over £7bn, and the total
Whether you are self-employed, a company director or an employee, pension contributions can be an extremely effective way of reducing your income tax or corporation tax liabilities. Not only that, but it obviously makes provision for your financial security in later life and can be a very important part of
Once all the food has been eaten, and it’s too cold to go outside, take the opportunity to put your affairs in order. You may already keep a list of all your assets, accounts, liabilities, insurances and so on, but you probably haven’t shared it with the people who will need to know that one day. Even if you have this list, do you update it regularly enough?
These may seem odd bedfellows but there is much that can be done to significantly reduce the tax burden, both now and in the future. Obtaining probate can be a mechanical exercise to obtain control over the deceased’s estate but opportunities exist that are often lost. By Michael Brooke Nil
by Rebecca Horne-Smith While Inheritance Tax is an inescapable and unwelcome burden on an increasing number of estates, if your estate includes a farm, there are some very helpful reliefs to be had. There are however significant hurdles to ensure that these can be claimed, and the correct decisions early
The average inheritance tax bill has increased by £57,000 in the last 3 years, with the average bill now costing estates around £266,000. Already over £3.5bn has been received by HMRC in the first 6 months of 2022*. Rising house prices and the allowance freeze means that ever-increasing numbers of
Whilst it is doubtful Mr Spock was ever an expert on the UK tax system, if he had been, he may have uttered that phrase in the context of the pension changes introduced by the Coalition government. Some would argue that the amendments to the tax treatment of pension funds on