United Kingdom: Inheritance Tax

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Family Limited Partnerships For US/UK Families (Video)
Family limited partnerships offer US-UK families a flexible alternative to trusts for wealth transfer, particularly following the UK's April 2025 inheritance tax changes. This structure provides tax-efficient gifting opportunities while introducing younger generations to wealth stewardship, though careful planning is required to navigate cross-border tax implications and US estate tax restrictions.
United Kingdom Family
WL
Withers LLP
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Family Investment Companies: A Flexible Tool For Private Clients
Family investment companies are gaining traction as wealth planning vehicles in the UK, offering potential tax advantages and succession planning benefits through carefully structured share classes. However, their effectiveness depends heavily on asset profiles, family objectives, and international considerations, with complex technical rules requiring careful navigation to avoid potential pitfalls.
United Kingdom Family
WL
Withers LLP
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Introducing Family Investment Companies (Video)
Family investment companies (FICs) are increasingly being used as succession planning vehicles as an alternative to traditional trusts. This video explores how FICs enable families to transfer wealth to future generations while maintaining control, examining the tax efficiency, governance structures, and practical considerations that determine whether a FIC is the right choice for a family's circumstances.
United Kingdom Wealth Mgt
WL
Withers LLP
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Introducing Family Limited Partnerships (Video)
Family Limited Partnerships (FLPs) offer families a sophisticated approach to succession planning by enabling the transfer of wealth to future generations while maintaining control over assets. This structure provides an alternative to traditional trusts, particularly beneficial for families navigating complex tax environments or seeking enhanced asset protection. Discover how FLPs can support long-term wealth preservation through strategic division of economic interests and management rights.
United Kingdom Wealth Mgt
WL
Withers LLP
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The Changing Landscape Of UK Trust Administration
The UK's trust environment has evolved significantly over the past two decades, with increasingly complex reporting requirements and tax legislation transforming what was once straightforward wealth preservation into a compliance-intensive undertaking. Modern trustees face challenges ranging from HMRC enquiries and beneficiary disputes to mandatory Trust Registration Service declarations and international reporting obligations under CRS and FATCA. Proper administration from the outset can mean the differenc
United Kingdom Tax
GGI Global Alliance
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New Inheritance Tax Rules For Pension Death Benefits: What Trustees Need To Know About Information-Sharing
The UK government has introduced sweeping reforms to inheritance tax treatment of pension death benefits, fundamentally changing how registered pension schemes interact with estates from April 2027. New draft regulations establish comprehensive information-sharing requirements between schemes, personal representatives, and HMRC, creating tight deadlines and complex coordination challenges that trustees must prepare for now.
United Kingdom Tax
MB
Mayer Brown
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Pensions Weekly Update – 13 May 2026
This weekly update examines the newly enacted Pension Schemes Act 2026 and The Pensions Regulator's latest annual funding statement, which reveals that approximately 90% of defined benefit schemes are now in surplus on a technical provisions basis. The summary also covers emerging evidence on DC consolidation economies of scale, TPR's five-year corporate strategy consultation, and new HMRC guidance on inheritance tax treatment of unused pension pots.
United Kingdom Employment
SP
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
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