Wills, Probate, and Inheritance Tax For Dummies

Includes advice on how to write your own will
Get your financial affairs in order and minimise inheritance tax
Planning and writing your own will doesn′t have to be a nightmare of expense and confusion. This jargon–free book gives you all the information you need to write a legally binding will and organise your estate properly. Covering all angles of inheritance, from taking care of your own affairs to administering probate for the first time, this reassuring guide helps you to minimise stress and keep your family′s tax bill down.
Discover how to:
Help your family pay less inheritance tax
Make the right probate choices
Set up a trust for your children
Troubleshoot and change your will
Decide when you need to call an expert

Spis treści:
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You’re Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organised
Part I: Planning Your Will
Part II: Writing Your Will
Part III: Managing Probate
Part IV: Taxing Times: Inheritance Planning
Part V: The Part of Tens
Icons Used In This Book
Where to Go From Here
Part I: Planning Your Will
Chapter 1: Preparing for the Inevitable
Chapter 2: Recognising the Benefits of Making a Will
Chapter 3: Totting Up the Value of Your Estate
Chapter 4: Deciding Who Gets What
Chapter 5: Leaving Your Home in Your Will
Part II: Writing Your Will
Chapter 6: Choosing the Right People to Follow Your Wishes
Chapter 7: Getting It in Writing: Drawing Up Your Will
Chapter 8: Fine–Tuning Your Will
Chapter 9: Ringing the Changes: When and How to Change a Will
Chapter 10: Making Clear Your Funeral Wishes
Part III: Managing Probate
Chapter 11: What to Do When Someone Dies
Chapter 12: Pro–what? The Basics of the Probate Process
Chapter 13: Dealing with the Estate: First Steps
Chapter 14: Distributing the Estate
Part IV: Taxing Times: Inheritance Planning
Chapter 15: Introducing Inheritance Tax
Chapter 16: Simple Steps to Reduce Inheritance Tax
Chapter 17: Rolling Out the Big Guns: Understanding Trusts
Chapter 18: Using Trusts to Help Your Family
Chapter 19: Taking Care of Business: Inheritance Tax
and Your Firm
Part V: The Part of Tens
Chapter 20: Ten Items to Keep with Your Will
Chapter 21: Ten Problem Wills to Avoid
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Getting Your Estate
into Tax–Saving Shape
Appendix
Index


Nota biograficzna:

Julian Knight is the Personal Finance Editor at The Independent on Sunday. He previously worked as a personal finance reporter for BBC News.

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Includes advice on how to write your own will
Get your financial affairs in order and minimise inheritance tax
Planning and writing your own will doesn′t have to be a nightmare of expense and confusion. This jargon–free book gives you all the information you need to write a legally binding will and organise your estate properly. Covering all angles of inheritance, from taking care of your own affairs to administering probate for the first time, this reassuring guide helps you to minimise stress and keep your family′s tax bill down.
Discover how to:
Help your family pay less inheritance tax
Make the right probate choices
Set up a trust for your children
Troubleshoot and change your will
Decide when you need to call an expert