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Executors of someone UK domiciled whose surviving spouse or civil partner is, or has been, non-domiciled may need to explore the deceased’s financial history for much more than the last seven years

The introduction of Pension Freedoms brought about the widening of the range of potential beneficiaries on death in the form of the beneficiaries’ drawdown, and the removal of any cap on income wit

The British press has been full of headlines on inheritance tax this year, targeting in particular the baby boomer generation who have fortuitously increased their estates over their lifetime, larg

The Trusts and Estates Agent Advisory Group meets regularly through the year to discuss practical matters to do with trusts and estates.

In January 2018, Chancellor Philip Hammond asked the Office of Tax Simplification to review inheritance tax. The key part of his letter said:

The stated objective of the transposition is to ensure that the UK’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) regime is kept up to date, effective and proportionate.

In April ATT representatives attended one of the early workshops in HMRC’s latest Master Customer Journey (MCJ) project – the experience of a first time trustee.

Last year, HMRC launched a wide-ranging consultation on the taxation of trusts.

HMRC’s ‘The Taxation of Trusts: a Review’ issued on 7 November 2018 set out the three principles that the government said should underpin the taxation of trusts: transparency, fairness and neutrali

There is something about inheritance tax (IHT) which makes it particularly unpopular. Is it because many people worry about the ‘form-filling’ which usually comes at a particularly difficult time?