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 ...

To make the inheritance process simpler, the government has withdrawn the mandatory clause to probate a Will. A validly executed Will can now be acted upon directly by heirs and institutions such as ...

Even a modest inheritance like $50,000 has the power to positively change your life over the long term—provided you use it wisely.

The largest generational wealth transfer in Canadian history is upon us, with baby boomer parents expected to pass $1 trillion in assets to their gen-X and millennial children by 2026. Yet despite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keir Starmer leaving 10 Downing Street. (Alamy) (Nexpher Images, Nexpher Images Limited) Ministers have watered down plans for an ...

What if overnight, your financial situation meaningfully changed? For some of us, this can and does happen, whether due to an inheritance, a generous gift or a successful investment. When cash like ...

Ministers have watered down plans for an inheritance tax increase for farmers, which sparked several protests in the capital last year. The government had initially proposed a 20% tax on inherited ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

What if you'd invested in Oracle (ORCL) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to ORCL for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today? With that in mind, ...

The government has today announced that the level of the Agricultural and Business Property Reliefs threshold will be increased from £1m to £2.5m when it is introduced in April 2026. This allows ...