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Paying off parents mortgage

Myself and siblings are "clubbing together " to pay off parents mortgage of 70K, what tax implications would be involved for us or them ?

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  • Sea_Shell
    Sea_Shell Posts: 10,266 Forumite
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    Is it an out and out gift?

    No strings attached?
    No expectance of inheritance?

    What size are you and your siblings estates before this gift?
    How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 3.24% of current retirement "pot" (as at end December 2025)
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