by johnireland | Tax Talk
The Headline HMRC collected £8.5 billion in inheritance tax during the 2025-26 tax year — the highest figure ever recorded. The Office for Budget Responsibility projects receipts will exceed £14 billion annually by the end of the decade. Why It Is Happening The...
by johnireland | Articles
Most Families Never Use Their Gift Allowances — And Pay More IHT Because of It Every year, thousands of UK families pay more inheritance tax than they need to — not because they lack planning options, but because they never use the gift exemptions already available to...
by johnireland | Articles
A New Record — and No Sign of Slowing Down In the twelve months to March 2026, HM Revenue & Customs collected £8.5 billion in inheritance tax (IHT). That figure is £200 million more than the previous year and marks the highest annual IHT haul in the history of the...
by johnireland | Wellness Corner
Why We Avoid It Talking about death, money, and inheritance is uncomfortable. We worry about conflict, mortality, and not having the right answers. So we postpone — and the cost of postponement grows quietly in the background. What Silence Costs Financial: Avoidable...
by johnireland | Articles
The Conversation That Nobody Wants to Have There is a particular category of conversation that most families avoid. It concerns money, inheritance, care in old age, what happens after death, and who gets what. These conversations are emotionally loaded, potentially...
