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It looks as though IHT will rise again

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30 March 2009 at 4:18PM in Over 50s MoneySaving

I think that the gov drip feeds information out to us and I believe that this is just the start.

http://www.citywire.co.uk/personal/-/news/money-property-and-tax/content.aspx?ID=334811&re=5078&ea=3040

I am well up for spending on holidays at the moment. We just don`t need `things` for the house etc. We have the basic safety -net savings in place for any uncertain time in the future and there is no point in just saving now to accumulate for the next generation.

I think this is going to be just the first of the big forthcoming tax increases

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It looks as though IHT will rise again

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