Full details are yet to be published. For now, the following points and questions arise: Who is eligible to claim the FIG basis of taxation? An individual must have been non-UK resident for a period ...

The UK government is set to defend its inheritance tax raid on agricultural assets and family firms in the High Court this ...

Farmers and business owners launch a High Court challenge against UK inheritance tax reforms, arguing the government failed ...

British expatriates with substantial UK pension funds face a major change in the coming years. From April 2027, UK pensions will become subject to inheritance tax (IHT), a reform that could ...

Britain has one of the harshest inheritance tax regimes in the Western world, research claims. Rachel Reeves is being urged to scrap the levy after a new report found the UK’s system is “far more ...

UK households have been warned over an inheritance tax move which has led to "frozen bank accounts". According to experts, there's been a 134% rise in year-long probate cases over the last three years ...

The alternatives for the UK chancellor are either unworkable or will lose Labour votes, so here’s what she should try, says Faiza Shaheen of Tax Justice UK ...

LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - British finance minister Rachel Reeves will increase the amount of money raised from inheritance tax at her Oct. 30 budget, the BBC reported on Friday without providing ...

Modest estates saddled with highest effective rates as Labour fashions a two-tier death tax system Mattie is a senior money reporter covering pensions, tax and savings. He was previously an editor at ...

Increasing numbers of homes are pushing families into paying inheritance tax. A combination of rising house prices and tax thresholds pushing more estates into the inheritance tax trap – an issue ...

12:00, Wed, Feb 25, 2026 Updated: 19:04, Mon, Mar 2, 2026 The clock is ticking on two significant inheritance tax reforms – one’s just weeks away, the other following in 2027. From April 2026, ...