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Inheritance Tax and Trusts Post-Finance Act 2006

Estate planning in the light of the Finance Act 2006. Read more

The Finance Bill, Inheritance Tax, Wills and Trusts

The Finance Bill has now been published and we have a clearer idea of the likely effect of the changes outlined in the Budget press release. The proposed new rules, which will take effect as from budget day – 22nd March – turn upside down many of the established principles that have governed capital taxation for a generation, if not longer. Read more.

Becoming a Trustee.

Much has been written and said about the powers and duties of trustees and the law can be complicated. This note does not pretend to do more than answer some commonly asked questions and in so doing give a brief sketch of what being a trustee involves. Read more.