Posts from May 2020
Trustee compliance on the increase
In 2017 HMRC introduced the online Trust Register in order to capture information from trustees about their the trusts which they...
29/05/20Courts uphold first-time trustee's £1.6m tax bill - how can you avoid the same fate?
Trusts are a popular estate planning tool used to hold and protect all kinds of possessions, from property to life insurance and even...
26/05/20Little-known tax exemption for front-line emergency workers
There has long existed an exemption from inheritance tax for members of the armed forces whose deaths result from injuries sustained on...
06/05/20Floods not forgotten
By Helen Hutchison, Residential Property partner The floods in November 2019 seem forever ago. The world has changed so much in 2020, but...
01/05/20Five ways the residential property market is improving
Bleak headlines concerning the residential property market are abundant, but at Irwin Mitchell we focus on the positives. Here are five...
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