A recent decision in the High Court has highlighted that heterosexual couples are being treated unfairly and discriminated against. One couple, Rebecca Steinfeld and Charles Keidan, have recently argued this and on 27 June, the Supreme Court agreed with them. The couple had argued that it was discriminatory for the law to deny them the […]
HMRC took a record £5.2 billion in IHT in 2017/18. IHT is calculated on the value of a person’s estate when they die. It would seem however that not all estates claim the allowances that can be claimed, meaning that more tax is paid than is due. These claimable allowances include: – an individual nil-rate […]
If you applied to register your power of attorney between 2013 and 2017, from 1 February this year you may be able to claim a refund of some of the fee that you paid, together with interest. You can claim a refund if you are the donor (the person making the power of attorney) or […]