Tax planning

April – December 2025 saw Treasury net £6.6bn from estates

Last two Budgets have ‘caused a lot of uncertainty, a lot of disruption’

'People feel that they can trust what they see on social media'

Average property value exceeds £862,000

Finance Secretary Shona Robison delivers 2026/27 Budget speech

'The key is correctly identifying each category and modelling the two methods side by side'

Change takes effect from 6 April 2026

£5.8bn for first eight months of 2025/26

'Income tax rate changes, but not the ones we were expecting'

'It's a great pity HMRC couldn't have been a bit braver and taken the sensible approach'