Many taxes, such as those on income, wealth and inheritance, are either too narrow or overly costly to administer, making ...

A trail of suspicious wills led to an organised gang committing fraud and stealing millions from dead people's estates.

Swiss voters will weigh in on three initiatives on 30 November 2025, the Federal Council announced on Tuesday. The proposals concern the introduction of universal civil service, a hefty inheritance ta ...

EDIT campaigners have warned that inheritance tax laws in Ireland are discriminating against childless citizens, including ...

Modern plans offer flexibility and control, allowing people to downsize their equity, not their home. A retirement interest-only (RIO) mortgage could be ideal. Ms Lowe would borrow the lump sum she ...

A Telegraph Money reader has written into the national newspaper after losing their mother back in September 2022.

Plenty of boomers say they are open to passing down an early inheritance, but financial planners say their adult kids don't ...

Inheritance tax can be overpaid for a variety of reasons, but one of the most common is that a property is valued at more ...

Wall Street bulls drove stocks higher amid easing Middle East tensions and balanced comments from Federal Reserve Chair ...

At the Autumn Budget Reeves increased the main rates of CGT that apply to assets (other than residential property and carried ...

The latter is scaring away many foreign residents whose estates would be lower taxed elsewhere. Italy has attracted many former UK non-doms with an offer of being able to shelter overseas assets for ...

In terms of South African legislation, those who inherit from a deceased estate are not liable to pay tax on the inheritance.