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Money Box: Money Box Live: How to Avoid Inheritance Tax

03/10/2018

Money Box Live: How to Avoid Inheritance Tax

BBC Radio 4 - Money Box, Money Box Live: How to Avoid Inheritance Tax

What are the legal ways to reduce the inheritance tax due on your assets when you die?

Whether by donating to charity or giving away cash from surplus income, we discuss the legal ways to reduce the amount of inheritance tax due on your assets when you die.

How can you legally reduce the inheritance tax your loved ones have to pay when you die?
If you have accumulated substantial wealth during your life, inheritance tax can cost family and friends hundreds of thousands of pounds after your death.  But there are legal ways to avoid being hit with a hefty IHT bill.   Whether by donating to charity or giving away cash from surplus income, you can reduce the amount of inheritance tax due on your property, savings and other assets.  

But how does inheritance tax work and who is liable to pay it?  What must your estate be worth before the 40% charge kicks in?  And if you're married or in a civil partnership,  what are the rules?   

£5.2 billion of IHT was paid last year, a record high.  And yet, it’s still only a relatively small number of people whose estates are liable to so-called death duties.  But many feel they’ve spent a lifetime earning the money and want to pass on as much as they can to their nearest and dearest.  So how do you ensure you don’t pay unnecessary amounts of Inheritance Tax?   Adam Shaw and guests will be taking your questions and comments.  

To join in the conversation, email moneybox@bbc.co.uk, Tweet @moneybox or call the programme on 03 700 100 444 - lines are open from 1pm on Wednesday 3 October.

Guests: 
Claire Walsh, Chartered Financial Planner and Personal Finance Director, Schroders 
Nicola Plant, Partner, Thomson Snell & Passmore Solicitors

Presenter: Adam Shaw
Producer: Sally Abrahams

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