All news on the topic: Inheritance tax

The standard inheritance tax rate in the UK is 40% on estates valued over £325,000

BC Softwear millionaire Michael Parker Is refusing to throw in the towel in a High Court battle with son Thomas Parker-Bowyer over a £2.5m seven-bedroom Bedfordshire mansion

Jeremy Hunt said he was scrapping non-dom tax loopholes in the Budget - but exemption from inheritance tax isn't part of the changes introduced today

Sir Keir Starmer branded the budget 'the last desperate act of a party that has failed' - saying the Conservatives 'give with one hand and take even more with the other'

Inheritance tax is normally paid when the value of your estate is above £325,000 - although there are cases where this can be higher, or nothing needs to be paid at all

More than 100 members of the One Nation group of Tory MPs have called on Jeremy Hunt to abandon cuts to inheritance tax and focus on childcare, stamp duty and first time buyers

Rita Rea's three brothers claimed she had 'coerced' their mother into writing a will in 2015 that ensured her £1million London home would be given to her daughter only

A man's told how his one-year-old son's future inheritance of millions from his in-laws has left him feeling 'worthless' with nothing to offer that can compare

Laura Suter, director of personal finance at AJ Bell, has highlighted ten things you need to be aware of before the end of the current tax year, the last day of which is April 5

On a recent episode of This Morning, Martin answered a question from a viewer named Rachel who was looking for guidance on how to manage the inheritance from the sale of their late parents' house

A woman has been accused by her family of overreacting after she revealed she wanted to break up with her partner of 15 years because she discovered he had changed his will and left her nothing

Marlene Englehorn, 31, has set up a citizens group to decide how to spend her £21.5million inheritance from grandmother Traudl Engelhorn-Vechiatto, who died in September 2022

The Prime Minister hinted that pre-election tax cut giveaways will be made on the back of 'difficult decisions to control welfare' which could mean benefit cuts for families

You would think the NatWest chairman would have a better understanding of the housing market after his barmy claim that it is not that difficult to get on the housing ladder

Labour has launched a new online tool allowing people to calculate how much tax they pay, and plans to hammer Rishi Sunak with it ahead of the general election

The analysis by the Trades Union Congress shows unsecured debt, which includes personal loans, credit cards, and overdrafts, is set to increase by £1,400 on average

The PM is considering scrapping inheritance tax for the richest families in a bid to turn voters to his party, while Michael Gove has said there could be help for first-time buyers

Jozef Domanski was just 14 years old when he was taken by the Nazis to work on farms in Germany in 1940 - he never went back to Poland, or saw his family in person again

The Chancellor’s big fiscal speech had been widely expected to be a pre-election pitch - laying out a banquet of eye-catching tax cuts to tempt the public to vote Tory

What time is the Autumn Statement 2023? Will the state pension increase, how will income tax and National Insurance rates change and will benefits such as Universal Credit rise?

When a woman's grandmother died, she received not only an inheritance that should have been shared among other family members but also a letter from the grave explaining why she was one of the main beneficiaries but not her father or brother

The Autumn Statement is predicted to include tax cuts, says Fleet Street Fox. What a lovely idea, except for the maths

Amid the cost of living crisis, the rent on a flat Jeremy Hunt lets out has gone through the roof - with an 18% increase that was more than double the inflation rate

Slashing inheritance tax would heighten the deepening inequality between the have-nots and have-yachts, says Kevin Maguire, adding that Tories have fleeced ordinary workers

Jeremy Hunt was shown a question on the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg asking: 'Why change inheritance tax when you have the lower paid struggling to pay their bills?'