You may wish to consider further inheritance tax opportunities available through making gifts in your lifetime so as to reduce the value of your estate on your death.There are various ways in which these gifts could be carried out, either by way of outright gifts or into settlements for members of your family.

We can help you to consider the most appropriate settlement to use and other related issues, for example, who should act as a trustee of the settlement to administer and manage the trust fund.We can also advise you on the related inheritance tax and capital gains tax effects of this step.