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It is well known that you don’t have to pay Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) on the property you occupy as your own home, but what if you don’t occupy it immediately after buying [...]

The good news is that the government has confirmed that the massive increase in probate fees which has been an on-again, off-again spectre hanging over the administration of estates, has been [...]

Interesting comment by Lady Hale on Radio 5 this morning. She said that, when the judges of the Supreme Court get together to discuss their decision before the judgement is written “we [...]

Just a quick post to update on a couple of recent cases which are of interest to Plantagenet clients. First, a case on Wills and Inheritance which turned on a question we are often asked: what [...]

The Office of Tax Simplification (“OTS”) after publishing their first paper, which focussed mainly on the process by which Inheritance Tax (“IHT”) is administered, has now [...]

For the history on this, see our previous blog posts on “Probate Fees” and “Probate Fees – Again” last year. You would think that, when the government has floated [...]

Yes, it’s that time again, not the Autumn Statement but the actual Budget in its new Autumn slot. We will be covering the main points on Twitter, with in-depth articles on anything [...]

You know that annually updated chart in our “What We Do” section on Inheritance Tax? Well, it needs updating. The Treasury has just released results for the last year and receipts are [...]

The Chancellor did not make much of a fuss of it in the Autumn Budget speech. In the printed Budget Report it only merits one short paragraph. However, the change in Capital Gains Taxation  which [...]

Clients are often surprised when they leave a gift to a foreign charity in their Will and are told that, under the UK Inheritance Tax regime, they will not get tax relief for the gift. This is a [...]