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When you die, the assets that you leave behind are known as your estate – things like your possessions, savings and investments, and property. If your estate is valued above a certain threshold, inheritance tax may be charged on it. The normal rate of inheritance tax is 40% in 2020, as it has been for many years.
With the average house price alone in the UK being about £230,000, you’d be forgiven for thinking the Treasury will make some serious gains from your demise. But there are wide-ranging mitigations that may protect a good deal of your estate from inheritance tax.
If you give away your home to your children (including adopted, foster or stepchildren) or grandchildren your threshold can increase to £500,000.
If you’re married or in a civil partnership and your estate is worth less than your threshold, any unused threshold can be added to your partner’s threshold when you die. This means their threshold can be as much as £1 million.
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