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If you’re an older saver coping with tax planning for a large, traditional IRA—or even a smaller one—you might have overlooked a useful tool. It’s called a disclaimer. In essence, it’s a strategic ...

A commonly recommended way to reduce inheritance tax (IHT) is to make lifetime gifts. In simple terms, if you survive for seven years after the gift is given, it’s usually excluded from your estate ...

Estate planning in blended families means leaving nothing to chance A new marriage often revokes a previous will. Photo: Getty “The Succession Act is like the bible when it comes to probate and wills ...

You may have heard that you should try to avoid eating too many simple sugars, but what does that mean? What are simple sugars? Are simple sugars carbohydrates? To answer both questions: simple sugars ...

It’s recently been accused of turning ‘woke’ – but the institution has been gay since the beginning, argues this deeply researched book When it emerged that the National Trust had put vegan scones on ...

While Grim Reaper guides you to the afterlife, Uncle Sam will be escorting your heirs to the IRS. Death can be a tax-triggering event, with two in particular you should be aware of: the estate tax and ...

Pension savers are being encouraged to switch beneficiaries on their pension paperwork now to protect their retirement pot from inheritance tax for the next 16 months. When someone starts saving into ...

America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...