What should I do with a property in the French Alps in my divorce? HEATHER ROGERS replies

by pm_admin | Apr 17, 2025 | Article, Capital Gains Tax, Family and Divorce

This article first appeared on This is Money– please click to view it. My wife is in the process of divorcing me. As well as the family home here in the UK, we also jointly own an apartment in the French Alps. It is owned outright with no mortgage. Can you please...

Should I give half my £900k house to my son who lives with me to avoid IHT?

by pm_admin | Jan 24, 2025 | Article, Capital Gains Tax, Family and Divorce, Inheritance tax, Wills and Probate

This article first appeared on This is Money– please click to view it. I’m 71 years old and live in a property worth about £900,000 with my adult son. I also have a daughter who lives in her own property. I’m keen to keep my inheritance tax liability to a...

Is it better to leave my pensions to my spouse or children to avoid inheritance tax?

by pm_admin | Jan 9, 2025 | Article, Family and Divorce, Inheritance tax, Wills and Probate

This article first appeared on This is Money – please click to view. I have a question regarding the 40 per cent tax on estates over £1million that will start to include pension pot residues from April 2027. What do you think will be the situation if the first spouse...

I had to abandon my family home with my children and now face a massive CGT bill

by pm_admin | Nov 15, 2024 | Article, Capital Gains Tax, Family and Divorce

This article first appeared on This is Money– please click to view it. I bought the marital home with my husband in 2000. During this time a vast amount of refurb and an extension were undertaken between 2000 and 2011. Unfortunately in 2011 I made the difficult...

My partner’s ex is hiding earnings to avoid child maintenance – what can we do? Heather Rogers replies

by pm_admin | Apr 16, 2024 | Article, Family and Divorce

This article first appeared on This is Money – please click to view. My partner’s ex-husband is a self-employed tradesman who pays little or no child maintenance. The Child Maintenance Service are so poor that they write endless letters but do nothing else as...

Will I be stung for capital gains tax on sale of £425k family home because I moved out during my divorce? HEATHER ROGERS replies

by pm_admin | Jan 18, 2023 | Article, Capital Gains Tax, Family and Divorce

This article first appeared on This is Money – please click to view I have recently been through a divorce, and our matrimonial home is almost at the completion stage of sale. I have been keeping up my half of the mortgage payments, although my ex has stopped...