A little-known perk of certain types of bonds can let your loved ones off the hook when it comes to inheritance tax – but two ...

Inheritance tax laws and exemption amounts vary among the six states. In Pennsylvania, for example, no inheritance tax is charged to a surviving spouse, a son or daughter age 21 or younger and ...

HMRC opened thousands more inheritance tax investigations in the last year as it cracked down on families suspected of ...

Under certain circumstances, overseas inheritance can pass tax-free to foreigners who are residents in the country.

A large chunk of an inheritance is likely to be in an Individual Retirement Account, and heirs can lose much of the money if they do not follow the complex rules for handling I.R.A.s.

Fears of misspent money, bad investments and creating spoiled offspring are causing high-net-worth parents to leave their ...