CHENNAI: Subhashini alias Sasvibala, a 36-year-old television actor from Sri Lanka, died by suicide at her rented apartment in Iyyappanthangal near Porur in Chennai on Sunday night. Police said the ...

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 ...

It’s a question many remarried couples face: If one spouse passes away, what happens to the inheritance if there are children from a previous marriage? Imagine Tammy, 55, and her husband Bill, 60.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. South Korea is weighing plans to base inheritance tax on book value instead of market value in order to curb ...

Forget the “California Dream” — for the next generation of Golden State residents, the new reality is more like a royal succession. New property data reveals a bombshell shift in California’s housing ...

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When most families think about estate planning, they focus on taxes. How do we help minimize estate taxes? How do we pay the least amount of income taxes? How do we transfer assets in the most ...

Maryland holds a unique position in the American tax structure as the only state in the U.S. that levies both an estate tax and an additional inheritance tax.. For residents and their heirs, this dual ...

Inheritance is one of the last reliable ways for younger Californians to own their first home. About 18% of all property transfers in the state last year, representing nearly 60,000 homes, were made ...