1. The main ways to avoid Inheritance Tax are to spend your money while you are alive or give it away.<\/p>\n
2. Work out how much IHT might be due on your estate and regularly review it so you know what potential liability there is.<\/p>\n
3. Find out if the rules\u00a0which took effect from October 2007, which mean that married couples and registered civil partners can now make use of each other’s tax-free allowance without special tax planning, apply to you.<\/p>\n
4. If you set up special Wills to deal with IHT, review them to see if they are still relevant.<\/p>\n
5. Make full use of any\u00a0tax-free gifts\u00a0you can make whilst you are alive.<\/p>\n
6. Put\u00a0life insurance\u00a0policies under an appropriate trust.<\/p>\n
7. If there’s going to be a big IHT bill, think about taking out an insurance policy for your heirs to pay the bill.
\n8. Make a Will\u00a0if you don’t have one \u2013 otherwise the people you want to inherit may not.<\/p>\n
9. Anything you leave to charity is free of IHT, so it can be a useful way of reducing your potential IHT liability while benefiting a good cause.<\/p>\n
10. Never take steps that might leave you struggling for money while you are alive in order to save tax after you’ve died.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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