15 h. ago Traps you MUST avoid to protect your family from inheritance tax

Inheritance tax is widely loathed. It's a tax on death, property and the natural desire to pass wealth down the generations.

Politics

22 h. ago Five tourist traps to avoid getting scammed on your summer holiday

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry warns Brits about common scams against tourists

Politics

34 h. ago The traps you MUST avoid to protect your family wealth from inheritance tax

Inheritance tax is widely loathed. It's a tax on death, property and the natural desire to pass wealth down the generations.

Economics

4 d. ago Banker wins Supreme Court divorce battle over £80m he gave ex

Judges have issued their ruling on a bitter divorce battle over £80m retired sheep-farming tycoon and ex-CFO of UBS Clive Standish gave his wife to avoid inheritance tax

Economics

4 d. ago Banker wins top court battle in landmark £80m inheritance tax divorce row

Clive Standish, 72, had moved the multimillion-pound assets to his wife, Anna Standish, 57, in 2017

Economics

4 d. ago Father of boy, nine, and girl, seven, found in nappies on remote Italian farm 'hid the family away to protect them from COVID' and reveals why his children wore diapers in full interview

The nine-year-old boy and his seven-year-old sister had never been registered with a school or doctor and were completely unknown to the outside world.

Society

6 d. ago 'Protect your family. It's now war for life, so go hide with the police'

Kyle Bent has been jailed

Events

6 d. ago Inheritance tax – don’t think of this as double whammy of death and taxes at the same time

Tom Ham, Group CEO at Calton, considers the fine art and science of estate planning

Events

1 week ago Glastonbury founder Sir Michael Eavis 'could avoid £80m in inheritance tax' after making key change to festival

The event saw its pre-tax profits double to almost £6million last year with revenues reaching a stunning £68million after flogging 210,000 tickets for £300 each.

Economics

1 week ago Nigel Farage's Britannia Card plot to help billionaires avoid taxes mocked

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is planning to let wealthy business tycoons pay £250,000 for a so-called Britannia Card, which would excuse them from taxes on overseas earnings and inheritance tax

Economics

1 week ago Worried about inheritance tax on your pension? Don't let a scammer take advantage

A finance expert is warning savers to be wary of scammers offering easy 'solutions' to the tax change, which will happen in 2027.

Economics

2 w. ago Reform unveils plan to top up poorest workers from £250,000 fee on rich UK newcomers

Nigel Farage will outline Britannia Card policy that could give the low paid £600 to £1,000 extra a yearReform UK are to offer wealthy foreigners and returning British expats a bespoke tax regime in exchange for a one-off payment of £250,000 with all funds collected redistributed to Britain’s lowest-paid workers, the party claims,.The proposal, dubbed the Britannia Card, is due to be unveiled by party leader Nigel Farage later this week. It promises a 10-year residence permit and a return to the controversial “remittance basis” of taxation, allowing cardholders to shield overseas income from UK tax and avoid inheritance tax entirely. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Critical illness cover saved marathon runner Ryan

The Royal London policy was set up to financially protect the family if Ryan suffered a serious illness such a heart attack, cancer or stroke.

Politics

2 w. ago Aim boss makes plea to boost market’s appeal after inheritance tax blow

Marcus Stuttard is urging the Government to help boost ‘financial incentives’ for Aim shares and for British pension funds to back UK stocks.

Economics

2 w. ago Go viral for racist behavior, receive $750,000: inside the new extremist crowdfunding campaigns

The response to these online fundraisers signals the rise of more overt, public support for racist actionsShiloh Hendrix, a white woman based in Rochester, Minnesota, went viral after admitting in a video that she called a 5-year-old Black child the N-word while at a local park on 28 April.Though Hendrix was met with widespread condemnation and denouncement after the incident, she also raised over $750,000 on the crowdfunding website GiveSendGo, commonly used by extremists to fundraise for far-right causes. Many contributors to Hendrix’s campaign, which was created to “protect [Hendrix’s] family” after backlash, used racial slurs and Nazi symbols in their donation names. As of 1 June, over 30,000 people had donated to Hendrix’s fundraiser. The support and funding Hendrix received for her racist actions raised alarm bells for many, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which flagged the fundraiser as being used to “spread hateful talking points and legitimize their ideas”. Expe...

Economics

3 w. ago Finance expert warns people about writing their own ‘DIY will’ to save money

Ambiguous wording can lead to inheritance disputes and unintended tax implications.

Events

3 w. ago Savings, shares, houses and inheritance... this is how Rachel Reeves plans to mount a series of damaging tax raids on Middle England: DANIEL HANNAN

We are reduced to eating the seed corn. There is no other way to describe hiking taxes when they are already at a 70-year high.

Economics

4 w. ago 'Bitcoin Family' take drastic measures to protect themselves amid crypto kidnappings

A Dutch family that famously bet their entire lives on bitcoin has taken extreme measures to protect themselves and their digital assets amid an alarming string of high-profile crypto kidnappings.

Events

4 w. ago Thousands of families face Inheritance Tax probe as HMRC cracks down

The number of probes has risen by more than a third in just a year

Politics

4 w. ago Can we gift our daughter three of the bedrooms in our house to lower inheritance tax bill?

Inheritance tax is a minefield for us. We do not want to leave our daughter with a big tax bill after we die, but our house may be worth £1 million in 20 years.

Economics