To make the inheritance process simpler, the government has withdrawn the mandatory clause to probate a Will. A validly executed Will can now be acted upon directly by heirs and institutions such as ...

Government plans to make inheritance tax due on pensions, plus other changes to IHT rules, have seen a leap in people enquiring about the use of trusts to protect their wealth. So what are trusts, and ...

Noted economist Prabhat Patnaik has flagged India’s sharply rising income and wealth inequality and advocated the introduction of a wealth tax and an inheritance tax to finance a set of ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

The fatal stabbings of filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife, the photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, have sparked widespread grieving. This tragedy, discovered on Dec. 14, 2025, is ...

The government has U-turned on its plans to launch an inheritance tax raid on farmers. After months of intense backlash and protests in Westminster, Labour has increased the threshold – the point at ...

Rachel Reeves has been urged to scrap an inheritance tax raid on family firms altogether after a massive U-turn. Businesses cheered Labour’s climbdown, which will see a rise in the threshold for death ...

Epigenetics is the study of molecular processes that influence the flow of information between a constant DNA sequence and variable gene expression patterns. This includes investigation of nuclear ...

If you inherit an IRAs, you may need to take required minimum distributions (RMDs). Spouses may delay RMDs or opt for life expectancy payouts; others face stricter timelines. Non-spouse heirs ay need ...