by C4rt3r80ndw1ll5@ | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles
When you are busy running your own business, estate planning is often the last thing on your mind.With the pressure of work and your to-do list growing, it’s understandable why you want the will-writing process to be over and done with as quickly as possible. However,...
by C4rt3r80ndw1ll5@ | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles
As the saying goes, nothing in this world is certain, except death and taxes. Although this is true, there is a definite (and legal) way you can avoid the latter.Inheritance tax (IHT) commands one of the highest tax rates in the UK, with assets in excess of £325,000...
by C4rt3r80ndw1ll5@ | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles
Owning a business comes with a lot of responsibilities, and updating your will is one of them. Although everyone should have an up-to-date will, it’s vital for business owners like yourself to prepare for the unforeseen future by revising your will at every milestone....
by C4rt3r80ndw1ll5@ | Feb 21, 2019 | Articles
With the effects of inflation and investment growth, as many as 800,000 homes in Britain are now worth at least a million pounds. This means more people are likely to fall into the Inheritance Tax (IHT) net and they may not even know it. The problem is you have...
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by C4rt3r80ndw1ll5@ | Jan 16, 2019 | Articles
Late last year a case was brought in front of a Judge by a recently deceased father’s son. The son (‘Claimant’) had presented a view that his father’s (the ‘Deceased’) Will was invalid due to lack of testamentary (mental) capacity. The Claimant had worked on the...
by C4rt3r80ndw1ll5@ | Jan 3, 2019 | Articles
If you own a business – whether it’s a partnership or you’re a sole trader – it’s important to factor in what could happen to the business in the event of your death.Perhaps you haven’t got around to writing your will or you’re leaving it until you get older, thinking...
