A website to help IFAs develop their Inheritance Tax (IHT) business has been launched by Scottish Provident International Life Assurance.
As the price of houses rise, more and more people are being caught out by IHT, with figures from the Inland Revenue suggesting the number of families caught by IHT has risen by more than 90% over the last seven years, with a total of £2.9bn paid to the Revenue in 2004. Scottish Provident, a subsidiary of Abbey International, have devised a website to help IFAs make the most of the opportunity presented by the increase in the number of people affected by IHT. The website offers an IHT calculator that shows the impact and benefits of nil rate band planning, along with an interactive ‘reaso...
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