Estate planning

Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) has drafted a model clause for wills in response to government plans to reduce inheritance tax for charity donors.

The inheritance tax (IHT) threshold freeze has boosted government revenues from the tax by 14%, an accountancy firm said.

Gerry Brown discusses the benefits of IHT planning

Jeremy Pearson highlights the important role gift and loan trusts can play in an inheritance tax strategy

Prudential's Gerry Brown looks at how married couples can limit the IHT beneficiaries have to pay.

Friends Provident International has launched an online seminar looking at Inheritance Tax (IHT).

The use of life interest trusts can do much to protect a retiree's property should they need to go into care. Carla Brown takes a closer look

Neil MacGillivray outlines the value of by-pass trusts and explains why poor drafting of new legislation has resulted in lost opportunities

Vanessa Owen discusses the inheritance tax implications of using equity release