IHT rate reduction through charitable legacies
The rules for securing a 10% reduction in the IHT rate, from 40% to 36%, provided a charitable legacy of at least 10% of the estate is made on death
Home loan IHT avoidance scheme succeeds on appeal
A recent tax case in which the use of a home loan scheme to avoid inheritance tax (IHT) on a property was found to be valid by the Upper Tax Tribunal