Passing on Wealth in an “Unfit” Inheritance Tax System

You may be aware that there is currently a Government consultation on inheritance tax simplification, that is seeking the views of the public on how best to reform the inheritance tax system. You may well have seen a plethora of articles in the national press and on television news in recent weeks with headlines like […]

Who in my family can benefit from my pension if I die?

Will my family be able to take full advantage of the new “Pension Freedoms” ? From my time working for a large pension provider in the UK, in the majority of cases, the answer is no. Since April 2015, following changes to the regulations, pension death benefits have become so much more flexible. One of […]