Tax Planning and Protecting your Assets

When you have made a tax efficient will, any further tax mitigation must be by gifting and actions taken during your lifetime. We can work with your accountant or other professional advisors and advise on schemes or trusts which may avoid or reduce your Inheritance Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax liability.

You may also be concerned about the possibility of having to use your life savings and selling your home to pay nursing or residential care home fees in the future. Statistics show that some 40,000 people in the UK are forced to sell their homes every year and this is likely to increase. We can advise and help on this issue.

By gifting to trusts in your will, you can place a ‘wrapper’ around some or all of your assets and prevent them from being taken into account for some purposes such as, a divorce settlement and means tested care provision. They can also ensure that your assets are eventually inherited by your children rather than your spouse’s new spouse should you die first.

Trusts can also be used to manage assets for the benefit of someone who may not be able to manage them themselves due to perhaps physical or mental incapacity.

We can advise on the most suitable trust for your circumstances, set it up and if required, administer it on your behalf.