{"id":493921,"date":"2026-05-20T10:05:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/493921\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:05:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T10:05:15","slug":"five-crucial-errors-with-dreaded-iht-scottish-daily-express-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/493921\/","title":{"rendered":"Five crucial errors with dreaded IHT | Scottish Daily Express &#8211; newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 magName svelte-1tmct67\">Scottish Daily Express<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 issueName svelte-1tmct67\">May 20, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortDesc svelte-1tmct67\">More families are looking to avoid common mistakes with inheritance tax by taking expert advice. Here, Ian Dyall of Evelyn Partners explores ways to steer clear of potentially costly blunders<\/p>\n<p class=\"author svelte-1tmct67\">&#8211;\u00a0Edited by HARVEY JONES<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"prefImg svelte-1tmct67\" id=\"pref-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/FIVE-CRUCIAL-ERRORS-WITH-DREADED-IHT.jpg\" alt=\"Five crucial errors with dreaded IHT\" loading=\"eager\"\/> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\"><strong>ON THE HOUSE Beware of handing home to your kids<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">thousands more families face being drawn into the inheritance tax (IHT) net due to the long-term freeze on thresholds and plans to bring unused pensions into estates from next April.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">Ian Dyall, head of estate planning at wealth manager Evelyn Partners, said growing numbers are seeking help: \u201cIHT rules are complex and confusing. The danger is that in trying to side-step IHT, families come a bit of a cropper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">Dyall highlighted five common DIY planning mistakes that can leave loved ones facing hefty, avoidable tax bills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\"><b>FAILING TO KEEP WILLS UPDATED<\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/GB\/Reach-Publishing-Services-Limited\/Scottish-Daily-Express\/Newspaper\/\" alt=\"cover-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779271515_299_1.jpg\"  alt=\"Scottish Daily Express\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mgd__lhd__cover__logo mgd__lhd__gold svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/static\/icons\/MG_Icon.svg\" alt=\"Magzter Gold Title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">This story is from the May 20, 2026 edition of Scottish Daily Express.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/magztergold\/checkout?plan=2\" id=\"subscribe-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b class=\"bold svelte-1tmct67\">SUBSCRIBE NOW<\/b> <\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__ft svelte-1tmct67\">Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/login\/email\" class=\"signin svelte-1tmct67\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scottish Daily Express | May 20, 2026 More families are looking to avoid common mistakes with inheritance tax&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":286386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[177],"tags":[143542,143539,79,143546,18,143537,143536,19,143545,17,361,143540,143533,143538,143532,143544,143534,143543,143541,143535,234,235],"class_list":["post-493921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-android-magazine","tag-best-magazine","tag-business","tag-digital-magazines","tag-eire","tag-free-magazine","tag-free-magazines","tag-ie","tag-ipad-magazine","tag-ireland","tag-magazine","tag-magazine-subscription","tag-magazines","tag-magazines-for-smartphones","tag-magzter","tag-online-digital-magazine","tag-online-magazine","tag-online-pdf-magazine","tag-pdf-for-smartphones","tag-pdf-magazine","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116606345534853975","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/286386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}