1. How long do you have to pay inheritance tax You get just six months, kicking off from the last day of the month after a loved one's death, to add up their assets, calculate what is owed and hand ...

This could result in (or add to) your estate being charged inheritance tax. In most cases this will be paid from your estate ...

Government plans to slap inheritance tax on pensions are already galvanising families into action to protect estates before ...

Bereaved families will soon be lumbered with daunting new bureaucracy that will cause misery, extra costs and the risk of heavy fines, money experts are warning. The avalanche of red tape is being ...

More middle-income families are being caught out by inheritance tax not because they are wealthy, but because they are ...

Death duty investigators netted the Treasury £285m last year as Labour promised a further clamp down on tax dodgers. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) raked in an extra £31m from taxpayers it suspected of ...