Successful inheritance tax (IHT) planning ensures your estate is distributed according to your wishes while minimising the tax payable. Key to this is making and regularly updating your Will. Lifetime gifting, Will planning and structuring asset ownership all play crucial roles in managing IHT exposure. In the next two articles we'll highlight some of the measures you can take to ensure you mitigate your IHT liability so that you have more to spend on or leave to the people, places or things that are dear to you. 

UK land and property tax planning focuses on managing the tax implications of owning, letting or selling property in the most efficient way possible. From rental income and allowable expenses to capital gains on sale and inheritance tax considerations, the rules can be complex and vary depending on whether the property is residential, commercial or mixed-use. 

In this series of articles, you'll find tax planning tools and advice in respect of steps you can take now to mitigate your tax liabilities. Capital Gains Tax (CGT) can significantly impact the return you make when selling investments, property or other valuable assets, but with careful planning, it’s possible to reduce or even eliminate the tax you pay.

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) can significantly impact the return you make when selling investments, property or other valuable assets, but with careful planning, it’s possible to reduce or even eliminate the tax you pay. 

The end of this tax year may feel many months away yet, but a little bit of tax planning can go a long way when it comes to mitigating your tax liabilities. With this in mind, over the next series of articles, we’re going to be highlighting some of the tax planning measures you might wish to consider over the coming months. 

Inheritance tax (IHT) is often described as the most disliked tax in the UK. After a lifetime of paying income tax, capital gains tax and other levies, many are dismayed to learn that the government may take a significant portion of their estate upon death.

When considering your financial affairs, few topics are as emotive and complex as Inheritance Tax and estate planning. Yet, proper planning in this area is vital to ensure your wealth is passed on according to your wishes, rather than being significantly diminished by tax liabilities or unintended legal consequences.

One of the benefits of wealth can be the acquisition and holding of art and antiques. Collections may be acquired in your lifetime or inherited within a family. They may range from old masters through to contemporary art, but you may be surprised to learn that you need an art accountant, and that tax may be due on the disposal or inheritance of such items. So, in this article we highlight some of the tax implications of your art or antiques collection. 

In this final article in our series about the marginal rate of tax and tax rates, we take a look at Capital Gains Tax, Inheritance Tax and tax in respect of property. You can read the rest of the articles in the series here:  What is the Marginal Rate of Tax