More families are setting up trusts to avoid paying inheritance tax, figures from HMRC suggest. Around 121,000 trusts were registered in the 2024-25 tax year, up from 115,000 the year before, taking ...

My husband and I have been together for 25 years. We have two children, a son and a daughter, and we are looking forward to upgrading from our current home. We’re in our 50s and will probably get $1 ...

This cultural and political opposition to inheritance may be increasingly popular, but it is poisonous. Inheritance is how societies compound the achievements of past generations, preserving ...

Australians risk losing a huge amount in superannuation inheritance due to little-known tax rules. Older generations will transfer trillions of dollars in wealth to younger generations in the coming ...

Dear Eric: My husband and I have been married 31 years. We each have two children of our own. They are all grown. His boys have different mothers; I raised one and helped with the younger one. As soon ...

A massive transfer of wealth is about to occur between generations in Australia. We’re asking readers to share their experience Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Over the ...

When you die, estate planners say, one of the finest gifts you can leave your heirs is a plan for avoiding probate. Probate is a legal process that distributes a dead person’s assets and settles their ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I’m divorcing in my late 60s and although I supported friends going through this when all our kids were young, ...

Eragon, Disney+‘s live-action adaptation of Christopher Paolini‘s popular YA book series The Inheritance Cycle, has taken a major step in the development process, firming up its creative team and ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Inheritance tax (IHT) receipts rose to a total of £7.1 billion in the first 10 months of the ...

The number of people using trusts to manage their money is rising, analysis shows. According to a Freedom of Information request by RBC Wealth Management, the Trust Registration Service received a ...