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IHT rules remain unclear to consumers, research finds

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  • 11 September 2019
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Some 40% of people do not know how much money can be passed on free of inheritance tax (IHT), research from Zurich has found.

Statistics from the provider also showed 36% of over 55s did not know how much they would be able to pass on. It said making sense of the complicated IHT rulebook was "tricky" and challenging in the...

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