IHT

WAY’s technical manager, Mark Benson, looks at the certainties and the future possibilities arising from the blue and yellow blend and presents his own manifesto

Julie Hutchison assesses a recent case study and discusses the options for mitigating IHT

Vanessa Owen discusses the inheritance tax implications of using equity release

The CEO of Rolls-Royce has sold nearly half his shares ahead of an expected capital gains tax (CGT) rise which has prompted open rebellion from grassroots Tories.

The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) will apologise to candidates who took an exam with an "error" in a question on inheritance tax (IHT) worth more than a tenth of the overall marks.

Advisers have been left angry and anxious about their prospects of passing a CII exam because of an apparent ambiguous question worth more than a tenth of the overall marks.

Advisers are split over the impact of the Tory u-turn on a planned rise in the inheritance tax (IHT) threshold, which was a casualty of the Con-Lib coalition negotiations.

Property values may have increased by 106% in the past decade but inheritance tax thresholds have not. Jonathan Gain of Stellar Asset Management looks at why IHT planning should be a high priority for clients of all ages

Capital Gains Tax(CGT) is set to rise on so called 'non-business' assets under the new Coalition Government to help reduce income tax for low earners.

Tory plans to raise the nil-rate inheritance tax (IHT) band to £1m are unlikely to survive a Lib Dem-Conservative coalition, warns Legal & General (L&G).