Almost half 49 per cent of stepparents in the UK plan to exclude their stepchildren from their will or deny them a fair inheritance according to the latest research from Tower Street Finance The survey
Probate delays are still causing real issues for families waiting to receive an inheritance The new online systems and centralisation of probate offices which one would imagine were designed to speed things up have far
Despite splitting up with George Michael over a decade ago and being left out of his will former partner Kenny Goss has persevered in attempting to claim cash from his £97m estate After a bitter
Inheritance disputes are hitting the headlines and it s not surprising when you read the salutary tale of one devastated daughter Three days after her mother s death she discovered a secret marriage The bride
Inheritance lending specialist Tower Street Finance has launched a dispute funding product with a £30m funding line for its panel of inheritance dispute lawyers The product which has been developed in conjunction with its launch
People born in the 1980s can expect inheritance windfalls to represent 16 per cent of their lifetime income that s double the figure for those born in the 1960s 9 per cent The findings from
Four in ten bereaved people have reported a decline in mental health caused by the stress of administering a death and financial institutions are one of the main causes of delay according to the first
Recent research by PwC found that reducing costs has leapt from being last in a long list of priorities for legal firms to number four ahead of critical challenges including reducing cyber threats This might
One of the advantages of Tower Street Finance being FCA regulated as a direct lender rather than a broker is that it has control over the products it offers Both Inheritance Advance and IHT Loan
The chicken and egg dilemma is also one that s faced by people who have an Inheritance Tax bill but don t have the funds to pay it until they get their inheritance But they
Around 200 000 executors and beneficiaries of estates will no longer have to complete inheritance tax IHT forms because of changes announced in the Government s first Tax Day Tax Day is a newly introduced
Tower Street Finance currently has two products Inheritance Advance which allows beneficiaries to get access to an inheritance sooner and IHT Loan which helps executor clients unlock estates by paying the inheritance tax bill Both
Londoners are set to bear the brunt of a stealth inheritance tax IHT rise announced by the Chancellor in his budget last week because of property values in the capital The nil rate band and
A stark statistic that brought the first month of 2021 to an end was that January saw the highest mortality rate in England since 2002 primarily caused by the Covid 19 pandemic Data from the
It s just ten months since Tower Street Finance received authorisation from the FCA for its first product Inheritance Advance Then hot on its heels Inheritance Tax Loan launched in November Both products are unique
Inheritance lending specialist Tower Street Finance has pledged to raise £10 000 for Cruse Bereavement Care as its official charity partner during 2021 Fundraising activities by the Harrogate based Tower Street Finance team include potential
Probate delays are now so bad that registries are only responding to questions about applications they ve had for eight weeks This is according to a senior associate at Wilsons a private wealth law firm
Leading probate and estate administrator Kings Court Trust has partnered with Tower Street Finance to offer financial products that make it easier and quicker to access inheritance Tower Street Finance offers two unique regulated loan
Since Tower Street Finance launched its two flagship products Inheritance Advance and IHT Loan it has formed many successful partnerships with probate administrators solicitors and financial services providers who were quick to see the benefits
Four in 10 people fear the Government will increase the current 40 per cent Inheritance Tax IHT rate to help cover the cost of the Covid 19 pandemic The findings from research by Tower Street
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