by johnireland | Estate Planning Essentials
Your Digital Life Needs an Estate Plan Too The average UK adult has over 100 online accounts. Fewer than 15 per cent of Wills mention digital assets at all. The result: families locked out of email, cryptocurrency lost behind forgotten passwords, and subscriptions...
by johnireland | Estate Planning Essentials
The Problem Around 54 per cent of UK adults do not have a valid will. When someone dies without one, the intestacy rules decide who inherits — and the outcome rarely matches what the deceased would have wanted. Who Gets What Under Intestacy If you are married with...
by johnireland | Articles
The Scale of the Problem Despite decades of public awareness campaigns, an estimated 54 per cent of UK adults still do not have a valid will. When someone dies without one — known as dying “intestate” — their estate is distributed according to a rigid set...
by johnireland | Articles
Your Online Life Does Not Disappear When You Do When someone dies, their family must deal with far more than a house, a bank account, and a pension. The average UK adult now has over 100 online accounts — from email and social media to streaming services, cloud...
by johnireland | Tax Talk
The Gift Allowances Most Families Never Use Fewer than one in five families take full advantage of the gift exemptions available to them — and the result is thousands of pounds in unnecessary inheritance tax every year. Here is what you can give away tax-free right...
