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Inheritance Tax
How and when you have to pay Inheritance Tax - the exemptions and the role of the personal representative or executor
Inheritance Tax exemptions
Easy-to-follow explanations of potentially exempt transfers (PETs), tax-free gifts and exempt beneficiaries
Inheritance planning
Making a will, and inheritance planning, especially regarding property
Inheritance Tax on transfers into trusts
Inheritance Tax rules on transfers into trusts including an overview of exempt trusts
An introduction to UK family trusts
Understand the different types of UK family trust - what they are, when they're created and how to use them
Tax on income and gains from UK family trusts
Tax on private UK trusts and their beneficiaries - a basic guide
Inheritance Tax (IHT) - Transfer between spouses and civil partners of unused IHT nil rate band
The survivor of a marriage or civil partnership can benefit from double the inheritance tax allowance, in addition to the entitlement to full spouse relief
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