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Inheritance Tax

Inheritance Tax

How to calculate inheritance tax and our free IHT calculator

By Damien Fahy
3 min Read 19 Jan 2023
What is inheritance tax and how does it work? In the UK there has been some form of inheritance tax...

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Inheritance tax explained

By Liam Fahy
4 min Read 11 Jan 2023
Inheritance tax explained Inheritance tax (IHT) is paid if a deceased person's total estate and certain gifts are worth more...

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Inheritance tax (IHT) taper relief on gifts explained

By Damien Fahy
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This is a popular question and often causes confusion. So I thought I'd lay out a brief explanation of how...

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