Number of families seeking inheritance tax advice rises

According to deVere United Kingdom, since the Government announced earlier this year that the threshold [assets of £325,000 or £650,000 for married couples] from which IHT is charged at 40% would be frozen until 2018, 73% of all clients are now focusing on inheritance planning. Mitch Hopkinson, head of East Midlands at deVere United Kingdom, said: "Since the Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the IHT threshold would remain frozen, it really has become a major issue for the majority of our clients - not just the high net worth individuals for whom it was originally intended when it ...