Every year, thousands of people die without having made a will.

As a result, they miss out on the opportunity to make sure that assets and belongings are left to the right people, they lose the chance to say who will be responsible for any children they may have, and they may end up leaving their heirs with a large inheritance tax bill that could have easily been avoided.

The UK Inheritance Tax website has been created to provide you with information on making a will and avoiding or minimising inheritance tax.

We have teamed up with will-writers and inheritance tax planning specialists throughout the UK in order to try to make sure that an expert will-writing and estate planning service is only a few mouse clicks away.

If you have not made a will, or if it is a while since you last reviewed your will, then you really should talk to an expert and get things sorted out properly sooner rather than later. No-one likes to think too much about death, but it will happen to all of us eventually, and you are never too young to make a will (as long as you are over 18).

As Benjamin Franklin said, "There are only two certainties in life: death and taxes". We can't help you avoid death, but we can help you reduce the possibility of taxes after death with the help of the inheritance planning services that are offered by the estate planning consultants that we work with.

To find out more about how inheritance tax can be reduced or avoided altogether, please see our pages about inheritance tax and inheritance tax planning.

Or, to arrange a free no-obligation chat with an inheritance tax specialist, please complete our simple enquiry form and we will get someone to contact you.