Planning ahead ensures your hard-earned wealth benefits your family and loved ones when you’re gone. With careful preparation, you can reduce tax burdens and ensure your wishes are honoured.
Estate planning
Estate planning organises your assets to pass smoothly to your beneficiaries while minimising Inheritance Tax (IHT).
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Control the distribution of your wealth
Ensure your assets go to the people and causes that matter most to you
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Minimise tax
Effective planning could reduce the IHT paid by your estate
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Protect your legacy
Preserve more of your wealth for future generations.
Wills and trusts are essential tools for ensuring your wishes are carried out efficiently.
Efficient wealth transfer
Trusts can protect assets and help reduce tax liabilities
Clarity for your loved ones
A clear Will avoids confusion about your intentions
Safeguard vulnerable beneficiaries
Use trusts to manage funds for dependents or loved ones needing special care.
Intergenerational transfers
Passing wealth between generations keeps it in the family and supports your loved ones’ futures.
Support the next generation
Plan financial gifts or transfers to help your family thrive.
Use exemptions wisely
Take advantage of allowances like the annual gift exemption to reduce taxable estates.
Pass on assets tax-efficiently
Proper planning reduces IHT on wealth transferred during your lifetime or after.
Transferring your pension on death
Your pension can be passed to loved ones, but recent announcements could make this more complex.
Preserve unused pension funds – Pensions are valuable assets that can continue supporting your family
Understand new IHT rules – Unused pensions are to be subject to IHT from 2027, increasing the importance of careful planning
Maximise tax-free opportunities – Strategic planning can protect your pension for your beneficiaries.
Periodic reviews of your plan are essential to accommodate life’s changes and ensure your cashflow forecast remains on track. Common objectives include early retirement, maintaining a comfortable retirement income, funding later-life care, supporting younger generations and legacy planning.
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At RetireInvest, we have a wealth of experience in guiding clients through estate planning and wealth transfer. Our advice is designed to minimise tax and ensure your wishes are fulfilled. Ready to plan your legacy? Contact us today to speak with one of our expert advisers.