{"id":9698,"date":"2021-06-01T10:59:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T09:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=9698"},"modified":"2021-06-01T09:53:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T08:53:27","slug":"sunak-minded-to-hike-inheritance-tax-to-help-pay-uks-covid-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/sunak-minded-to-hike-inheritance-tax-to-help-pay-uks-covid-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunak \u2018minded\u2019 to hike inheritance tax to help pay UK\u2019s Covid bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>New research found many families are ill-prepared for inheritance issues and this may harm recipients down the line.<\/p>\n<p><strong>According to analysis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>30% of people who know their parents have a will, don\u2019t know where to find it.<\/li>\n<li>17% say their parents have a lasting power of attorney in place.<\/li>\n<li>9% have a register of assets (details of accounts, investments, pensions and insurance policies) to make it easier for those they leave behind to untangle their finances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, new research found many families are ill-prepared for inheritance issues and this may harm recipients down the line.<\/p>\n<h3>We Can Help<\/h3>\n<p>We are Maplebrook Wills<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0Limited, an established UK franchise network, and we\u2019re seeking motivated, enthusiastic people to run their own businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Our franchise holders provide will writing services to the public. Will writing is a recession-proof industry in which it is surprisingly easy to\u00a0develop a business\u00a0bringing in significant revenue every year whilst also providing a vital service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New research found many families are ill-prepared for inheritance issues and this may harm recipients down the line. According to analysis: 30% of people who know their parents have a will, don\u2019t know where to find it. 17% say their parents have a lasting power of attorney in place. 9% have a register of assets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,240],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-maplebrook-wills","category-accountancy-and-finance-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/151026223_1549035238613715_4684531230168885784_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}