by BTWC Ltd | Sep 22, 2015 | Estate Planning Insights
The Telegraph has reported this week that thousands of families may need to review their wills if they want to benefit for the Governments new inheritance tax allowance. It is stated that homes left to children through a discretionary trust will not benefit from the...
by BTWC Ltd | Aug 20, 2015 | Estate Planning Insights
We all have clients who lead very busy lives – all juggling their time and resources to meet the immediate needs of their lifestyles. Often, it can be hard to support the client in identifying that now is the time to stop, take stock and review their current...
by BTWC Ltd | Jul 22, 2015 | Estate Planning Insights
The BBC has reported that the Governments flagship policy to cap care costs in England will be delayed until 2020. Cost were proposed to be limited to £72,000 for the over 65’s and younger adults with disabilities from April 2016, but this was, of course, with...
by BTWC Ltd | Jul 14, 2015 | Estate Planning Insights
As we all start to digest the detail from the recent summer budget announcements, the much anticipated changes to inheritance tax thresholds was finally confirmed. At present, inheritance tax is payable at 40% on the value of an estate in excess of the tax free...
by BTWC Ltd | Jun 30, 2015 | Estate Planning Insights
Brussels IV Regulation No. 650/2012 You may be aware that under the new EU regulation, effective 17 August 2015, a testator may choose whether the law applicable to their succession should be that of their habitual residence or that of their nationality, even if that...
