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What is inheritance tax and who is required to pay it in the UK?
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That is the risk-averse move to do. Lock in on that now. Who should be considering this and who shouldn't? That's not a bad rule of thumb, is it? Has this totally shaken up all the type of inheritance tax planning that you do with clients and throwing it all up in the air? And then you have to make sure you take the money out, or the rate won't be that good. Hello, I'm Martin Lewis, and this is the cunningly named The Martin Lewis podcast. I do wonder what that's gonna be about. And as I'm taking a Wii break for the summer, welcome to a Special Best Bits Podcast, selected and put together by the one and only podcast producer Simon. I'm interested to see myself what's gonna be in it. It's being chosen from our big topics pods.
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Today's main topic is inheritance tax. Talk us through the basics then.
Okay. Many fear inheritance tax. When I do polls on this, you know, it's 40-50% of people are petrified by inheritance tax, but it is worth stating only 5-6% of estates pay it. And even once pensions are included in inheritance tax from April 2027, the estimates I've seen is that I'll be pushing that up to still less than double figures percent of estates pay it. Now it is worth noting that's probably slightly underestimating its impact. Because as we'll talk about later, if you're married you can leave everything to your spouse. So one of the couple's estates probably wouldn't have any inheritance tax to pay and the other would. So but even if you doubled the numbers, then you're talking, you know, ten to twelve percent of estates pay it and with the pensions up to twenty percent pay it.
It is still a minority and that's worth starting. One of the key factors in inheritance tax is whether you are married or not. Now for marriage I also include civil partnership. If you're single or just cohabiting, even if you've lived with someone for 30 years and don't have any kids, there are very different rules. So let's start off with the rules for those people who aren't married. Now, single could mean cohabiting with someone on a long-term partner. Single all my definition of single is is you are not currently married or in a civil partnership. So the classic rule, if your estate, which is all the assets that you have, property, business, shares, savings, everything that you own, is under £325,000 as a single person, there is no inheritance tax to pay.
So, if that's you, inheritance tax isn't an issue.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is inheritance tax and who is required to pay it in the UK?
0:00–8:29
2
How does the basic inheritance‑tax allowance work for single people?
8:29–19:49
3
Why does marriage or civil partnership dramatically reduce inheritance tax?
19:49–28:34
4
How do the residential nil‑rate band and property allowances affect my estate?
28:34–39:18
5
Can I leave my home to a niece or other non‑lineal relative without inheritance tax?
39:18–51:38
6
What changes are coming in 2027 that will bring pensions into inheritance tax?
51:38–56:00
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