IHT freeze: Advisers say mitigation is 'all in the planning'

Thresholds are widely predicted to be frozen for a further two years in the Autumn Statement later this morning. Thresholds were frozen until 2025/26 by then-chancellor Rishi Sunak. The point at which people pay IHT has been the same since 2009 - £325,00 for a single person but with transferable bands between spouses and residential property reliefs, most married couples will have a total threshold of £1m. Thera Wealth Management owner Philip Dragoumis said: "Stealth taxes, or tax allowances not increasing in line with inflation, are a way to raise revenue without significant politica...