A client inherited £2million from her mother’s estate. In order to save inheritance tax, we prepared a deed of variation of her mother’s Will. This varied her mother’s Will to re-direct the money that she would have received. Instead of the money passing to daughter, it was re-directed by the deed of variation to her children and grandchildren which saved inheritance tax for the future generations.
Deed of variation to vary a Will for inheritance tax planning
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