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What We Offer in Estate Planning Services

We provide comprehensive estate planning services designed to secure your assets and ensure your wishes are fulfilled. Our approach includes creating clear wills, setting up trusts, and advising on powers of attorney to protect your interests. We also assist with minimising inheritance tax and organising your estate to ease future legal processes.

Our services include:

  • Will drafting and updating
  • Trust establishment
  • Lasting powers of attorney
  • Inheritance tax planning
  • Asset protection strategies
  • Probate guidance

Why Use estate planning and inheritance tax services

Control over your assets

Estate planning helps you decide who inherits your possessions and how they are managed, ensuring your wishes are respected.

Financial security for loved ones

Managing inheritance tax reduces costs for beneficiaries, allowing them to receive more of your estate as you intended.

Peace of mind

A clear, personalised estate plan provides confidence that your affairs are organised, letting you live without worry.

Estate Planning Services

Pension Planning

Planning your pension is important to ensure a comfortable and secure retirement. Pension planning helps you build a reliable income, understand tax advantages, and make informed decisions about your savings. With the right strategy, you can enjoy peace of mind knowing your future is financially supported.

  • Start saving early for security
  • Maximise pension tax benefits
  • Plan withdrawals flexibly at retirement

Gifting strategies

Making gifts during your lifetime is a valuable gifting strategy to help reduce inheritance tax. We guide you through allowances, the seven-year rule, and how to pass on wealth while keeping your financial security intact. Our advice ensures you make the most of exemptions and exemptions, making gifting simple and tax-aware.

  • Reduce inheritance tax liability
  • Maximise annual exemptions
  • Protect your financial future

Trusts and wills

Setting up trusts and wills is a vital part of estate planning that ensures your assets are protected and passed on as you wish. Trusts help manage and safeguard your wealth for beneficiaries, while wills clearly state how your estate should be distributed, reducing the risk of family disputes. Let our team guide you through creating these important documents for peace of mind.

  • Protect your assets for beneficiaries
  • Control how your wealth is distributed
  • Reduce potential family disput

Tax-Efficient Investments for Your Estate Planning

Choosing tax-efficient investments can help grow your wealth while reducing inheritance tax liabilities. At PHS Associates, we guide you on selecting options like Business Relief investments and AIM-listed shares, aligning your investment goals with your estate planning needs. Take steps now to protect your legacy and provide a secure financial future for your loved ones with expert advice tailored to you.

  • Grow wealth with tax reliefs
  • Reduce inheritance tax exposure
  • Align investments with estate goals

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Frequently asked questions

Estate planning is organising your assets and wishes to ensure they are managed and passed on according to your preferences after death.

Anyone wanting to protect their wealth, reduce inheritance tax risks, or ensure their beneficiaries receive assets smoothly should consider estate planning.

IHT is a tax on the value of a deceased person’s estate above certain thresholds, currently charged at 40% on the amount above those thresholds.

The standard nil-rate band is £325,000. If you leave your home to children or grandchildren, the threshold can increase to £500,000 with the residence nil-rate band.

Inheritance tax can be reduced by careful planning using exemptions, reliefs like Business Relief, trusts, and making gifts during your lifetime.

No, assets transferred between spouses or civil partners are generally exempt from inheritance tax, and unused allowances can be transferred too.

Property, savings, investments, pensions (from April 2027), life insurance, and personal belongings are included when calculating estate value.

Using trusts, making lifetime gifts, investing in Business Relief qualifying assets, and using your exemptions can reduce IHT liability.

A trust is a legal arrangement where trustees hold assets for beneficiaries to control how and when they receive the inheritan.

An additional inheritance tax allowance for passing on your home to direct descendants, currently up to £175,000, increasing the total tax-free allowance.

IHT must generally be paid within six months of the deceased’s death to avoid interest and penalties from HMRC.

Yes, good estate planning also considers income tax, capital gains tax, and stamp duty land tax to optimise your overall tax position.

Experts help navigate complex rules, ensure compliance, maximise available reliefs, and tailor plans to your unique financial and family situation.

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