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Civil partnerships and tax

Barry Jefferd Accounting, Barry Jefferd, Inheritance Tax, Personal Taxation, Tax, Team Member January 6, 2020November 16, 2023Capital Gains Tax, CGT, estate, IHT, inheritance tax planning, ISA, marriage tax allowance, national insurance, NIC, nil-rate band, pension, tax planning, taxpayer 0 Comment

Mixed-sex couples in England and Wales have been able to register their intent to enter civil partnerships since 2 December 2019. This follows former Prime Minister, Theresa May’s announcement in October 2018, that the law would change. At time of

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Probate fee increases abandoned; How did we get here?

Barry Jefferd Barry Jefferd, HMRC, Inheritance Tax, Legislation, Personal Taxation, Probate, Tax, Team Member October 21, 2019November 16, 2023assets, bereaved, Brexit, estate administration, Government, HM Courts & Tribunals, IHT, probate, probate fees, Tax 0 Comment

The Government has announced, after much to-ing and fro-ing, indefinite delays and a lot of harsh criticism from industry professionals and concerned families, that the previously planned probate fee increases will be abandoned. Probate fee increases; The proposals Earlier

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Inheritance Tax and Estate planning: Why is it so important?

Barry Jefferd Accounting, Barry Jefferd, HMRC, Inheritance Tax, Legislation, Personal Taxation, Property Taxation, Tax, Team Member June 14, 2019November 16, 2023estate, IHT, inheritance tax, investment, nil-rate band, tax planning, trusts 0 Comment

UK Inheritance Tax (IHT) receipts are currently at an all time high, hitting a record £5.4bn in 2018/19, and only look set to grow again in the coming year. The nil-rate band (NRB), now in its tenth year of being

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