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The home loan scheme (or, as it is sometimes known, the ‘double trust’ scheme) became a popular way of avoiding inheritance tax on the family home in the early 2000s.

If you are appointed as a trustee, it is important to understand clearly the position you have accepted. 

Funded unapproved retirement benefit schemes (FURBS) and funded employer-financed retirement benefit schemes (EFRBS) are unapproved pension schemes that were funded with employer contributions

If you are appointed as an executor when the appointment is unexpected or you have not carried out the role before, it is likely you will have a lot of questions.

In July 2019, the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) released its second report on simplifying the design of inheritance tax (see  bit.ly/3qe8jsA).

Has my form IHT421 been issued?

There are no special rules that apply to arrangements to fund education costs for family members – which is just as well really, when the general settlements legislation applies anyway.

This article concerns a case which considered the Limitation Act 1980, which applies only in England and Wales.

Historically, trusts have been the ‘go to’ for passing wealth between generations as they provide a well-trodden and very flexible path for separating the legal and beneficial owners

Woodlands are currently potentially more profitable than they have been previously, possibly more so than they have been in ‘living memory’.