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Act early to avoid IHT

The inheritance-tax (IHT) grab continues to intensify. The combination of frozen tax thresholds and soaring property prices saw HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) take £5.5bn in IHT between April 2021 and February 2022 – around £700m more than in the same period last year. With the basic IHT threshold set to remain at £325,000 until at

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