More families are being dragged into paying inheritance tax — and many are fighting back by using a quick and easy legal trick that could save their loved ones thousands. With tax thresholds frozen ...

Pension savers are being encouraged to switch beneficiaries on their pension paperwork now to protect their retirement pot from inheritance tax for the next 16 months. When someone starts saving into ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television is expanding its young adult content, optioning Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ bestselling book series The Inheritance Games for development as a scripted series. The project ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Thousands of families are overpaying inheritance tax on life insurance policies, according to new ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

Benjamin Franklin referred to death and taxes as "the only certainties in life." And the inheritance tax touches on both. It's a levy on money, property or other assets a person leaves to others after ...

An inheritance often is seen as a financial windfall, but there are times when people may want to consider saying thanks, but no thanks. Receiving a sizable gift, if not structured properly, can have ...