Pension scams: Britons warned over criminals offering inheritance tax loopholes
Fraudsters exploit confusion or anxiety over new IHT rules by offering a ‘safe haven’ for savings potsThe caller pitches a great deal. Shift the moneysaved in your pension and reinvest...
By Shane Hickey · The Guardian World
Fraudsters exploit confusion or anxiety over new IHT rules by offering a ‘safe haven’ for savings pots The caller pitches a great deal. Shift the moneysaved in your pension and reinvest it in a scheme overseas where you can avoid it being caught under next year’s changes to the UK’s inheritance tax (IHT) system . From April next year, any money left in a defined contribution pension after your death, which is most workplace and all private pensions, will be pulled into the IHT net. Continue reading...