Wills, Trusts and Inheritance Tax[soundcloud id=213485469] Wills, trusts and inheritance tax - What is inheritance tax? If you receive a gift during a person’s lifetime of some form of benefit and you don’t pay for it or you don’t pay for it fully, you may be liable...
Capacity One of the most important functions of solicitors when making a will for somebody is to ensure that the person is capable of doing so, this is referred to as the person has the “capacity” to make a will. The law presumes a will to be valid unless it can be...
[soundcloud id=213467750] Succession Planning for Farmers – TippFM 30/06/15 In Budget 2015, tax incentives were introduced to encourage land transfer and more productive use of agricultural land. Were these significant? The changes in Budget 2015 have...
[soundcloud id='209397516'] How many of us make Wills? Recent Research showed that only 34% of people living in Ireland have made a will. The research also showed that only 51% of those aged between 45 and 64 years of age have a will, but 82% of those over age...
Lynch Solicitors recently contributed to an Article in the 2015 Irish Farm Machinery & Equipment Yearbook on will-making. The article looks at the importance of making wills and the extra importance of wills at certain stages of our lives. Farmers in particular...
Wills: Don’t put it on the long finger. The early bird catches the worm! MyLegacy, a coalition of over 80 Irish charities, commissioned research which was carried out by Amárach Research in August 2012 on behaviour and attitudes to will making in Ireland. The...
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