The opportunities advisers are tapping into following Budget tax 'chaos'

And why a fresh approach is being taken to VCTs

Professional Adviser
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Triple Point chief commercial officer of retail distribution Diana French and head of sales Jack Rose join PA’s Isabel Baxter and Sahar Nazir in the studio to talk about how advisers are responding to continued tax landscape uncertainty.

French and Rose discuss solutions advisers may look to following further clarity on big Budget inheritance tax (IHT) changes, including pensions being brought into IHT scope from April 2027. They also discuss how advisers are looking to VCTs for tax-efficient income sources and why there's no "one-size-fits-all" solution.

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