The soaring numbers of bereaved families who are being hit with inheritance bills have become something of a national scandal – yet the situation if anything is about to get a whole lot worse.
Thousands more estates that would not have attracted a bill will be trapped in the inheritance tax net from April next year, when pensions start to be included in estates for tax calculations.
It means thousands more families will be dragged into paying death duty for the first time at a flat rate of 40 per cent.
Further changes could also be on the cards if new Prime Minister
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