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Can I give my money away?

Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this, these forums are huge.

Am I correct to believe that I can give away about 300k to family members without paying any tax? This is all savings that I have already payed tax on. As far as I could tell it's ok up to about 325k.

Thank you

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  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,189 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    There is no tax on gifts in the UK for either the giver or recipient.



    If you are going to die in the next seven years, the recipients should look at the inheritance tax consequences of gifts though.
    Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 2023
  • lisyloo
    lisyloo Posts: 30,094 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    We don’t know you age or health, but if you later require long term residential care then you could find this is classed as deliberate deprivation and also could find your in an awful home away from family.

    Of course you might have loads left, we don’t know.
  • getmore4less
    getmore4less Posts: 46,882 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper I've helped Parliament
    Many people seem misinterpret the rules and think theres IHT for 7 years.

    This is just the same IHT that would have been paid if the money had been kept.
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