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Britain’s biggest family-run construction plant hire company is warning it could be one of many in the industry forced to sell or shut down due to the Government’s inheritance tax raid.

Two decades of property inflation has lifted families to millionaire status who never would have expected to get there, and that means many more are now hit by inheritance tax. New rules will save ...

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a question about how to split a late sibling's $1.5 estate between ...

Young people must balance cultural norms – sometimes insisted on by their elders – with the necessities of providing for the next generation in highly land-constrained settings Changes in inheritance ...

“Marital trusts are significant in estate planning for high-net-worth individuals, serving as a tool to minimize the estate tax burden by ... and the inheritance intended for children from ...

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Simple Form 1040 returns only (no schedules except for earned income tax credit, child tax credit and student loan interest). TurboTax reports that 37% of files qualify for the free edition.

Known informally as the death duty, inheritance tax is charged at 40pc. Individual estates come with a “nil-rate band” of £325,000, which escapes the charge, and another £175,000 – the ...

Together, horizontal and vertical equity form the cornerstone of fair taxation, ensuring that taxpayers contribute according to their means, while preventing unfair treatment based on arbitrary ...