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Article: Family Finance.(Features)
- Article from:
- Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2009
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Byline: TONY HETHERINGTON
Q: I lost my wife last year, and as her estate was below the starting point for inheritance tax, her tax-free allowance will be credited to my estate when I die. Since then, I have unexpectedly been left a large sum by a relative. Together with our house, this takes me into the inheritance tax bracket. Now I have heard that the government may change the law to stop me using my wife's tax-free allowance, ...