Illustration of UK succession tax showing a weighing scale with a family home on one side and £325,000 with HMRC coins on the other, symbolising the inheritance tax threshold.

Succession Tax Explained: What It Means for Your Estate

Right, let’s address the elephant in the room straightaway: there’s technically no such thing as “succession tax” in the UK. Not officially, anyway. What we’re actually talking about when someone mentions succession tax is Inheritance Tax (IHT) – though you’ll occasionally hear old-timers refer to it as “death duty,” which sounds properly Victorian but hasn’t been the […]

“The 40% Bite” — Visual Metaphor Scene: A house icon shaped like a pie chart 40% slice cut out (in red) Remaining 60% in neutral tones Title overlay: “Inheritance Tax Explained”

Inherent Tax vs Inheritance Tax: What’s the Difference?

Here’s a confession: if you’ve been Googling “inherent tax” in a panic at 2am because someone mentioned it at a dinner party and you nodded along knowingly—you’re not alone. Plot twist? There’s no such thing as inherent tax. But there’s absolutely such a thing as inheritance tax, and that’s what people actually mean when they fumble […]