Not often (ever) do I weep at the theater, and laugh, reflect, hold my breath in suspense, laugh some more, and weep again all in the same show, with a leisurely lunch sandwiched between emotional ...

Taxman queries appraisals as more households are dragged into death duty net Maya Wilson Autzen covers property and council tax at The Telegraph. She was previously a sub-editor at The Daily Mail. She ...

The heir to the billion-pound JCB fortune has warned that the government’s inheritance tax crackdown on family firms could force his father’s sprawling business empire overseas. Jo Bamford, whose ...

In my practice as a divorce attorney, I have found that money or financial stress is one of the most common causes of marital conflict and divorce. In some relationships, one partner has substantially ...

SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli said the new Division 296 legislation, which targets about 90,000 Australians with superannuation balances over $3m and officially kicks off on July 1, creates an ...

Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts hit a record high in 2025/26 as families parted with £8.5 billion – and more estates are set to be dragged into paying the so-called “death tax”. Latest figures from ...

Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...

Over time the various lists of billionaires evolve but this year the primary origin of their tremendous wealth has suddenly changed. Now, more billionaires are fortune inheritors instead of creators, ...

Your inheritance may not be as safe as you think. As the largest-ever intergenerational wealth transfer unfolds, family lawyers are sounding the alarm about a costly misconception: many assume their ...

When US researchers compared inheritors with those who received different windfalls such as legal settlements or lottery wins, they uncovered something interesting. Those who inherited money were 24 ...