U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk Ministers will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of ...

THE YOUNG SOCIALISTS, the youth wing of Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party, do not have any MPs in parliament, but they know how to make a stir. On November 30th the country held a referendum on ...

Switzerland, long a haven for the ultra-rich, voted to reject a hefty tax on large inheritances on Sunday. But the debate around it shook the country's affluent residents, an expert told CNBC before ...

Just two-thirds of parents age 55 or older with at least $500,000 in investable assets haven't shared with their grown children what they'll inherit or if they'll inherit anything at all, according to ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Benjamin Lee Guinness was the most successful businessman in Ireland, ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...

Lawyers have revealed the top three reasons families go to war over inheritance as worsening delays in the probate system put pressure on those left behind and hoping for a share of a legacy. With ...

Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of instant messaging app Telegram, plans to leave his fortune to the more than 100 children he has fathered. The Russian-born tech tycoon has revealed that his estate ...

Inheritance and estate taxes, often referred to as "death taxes," vary significantly across the United States. Federal estate taxes apply only to the wealthy, with estates exceeding $13.61 million in ...

“Inheritance,” a locally filmed drama about two estranged sisters who reunite to bury their father, opens in theaters May 9. Directed by Emily Moss Wilson, it was shot entirely on Bainbridge Island in ...