Financial planner Depledge partners with law firm for IHT on pensions prep

Unspent pension pots come into scope in eight months

Isabel Baxter
clock • 3 min read

Financial planning firm Depledge Strategic Wealth Management has partnered with law firm Ansons Law to help clients prepare for the April 2027 inheritance tax on pensions changes.

cAs unspent pension pots come into scope in eight months, Ansons Law, headquartered in Cannock, Staffordshire, with offices across the Midlands, is working with Manchester-based financial planning firm Depledge to help their respective clients put the right legal and financial plans in place. Both organisations have said that they have seen a marked increase in estate and succession planning enquiries so far this year. About £100bn has until now passed between generations in the UK each year via property, savings and investments, according to HMRC data cited in a 2023 report by think ...

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