Estate Planning
Estate planning is looking into all your options and how you can protect the ones you love after you're gone. Estate planning details all your assets and how they'll be controlled, even in the event of you being incapacitated.
Estate Planning is about maximising your legacy
Our estate planners can make sure that you maximise the legacy you leave behind for your family and avoid costly tax bills, including potential inheritance tax issues.
We know that it can be difficult to understand and discuss these matters but we’re here to guide and support you and your decisions, and advise on how to make things a little easier for everyone.
What is inheritance tax?
Inheritance Tax is a tax imposed on the total estate of someone who has recently passed away. This includes any property, money or possessions the deceased owned when they died.
Why is it important to plan?
If you don’t fully map out what you want to happen to your estate when you are gone, then you run the risk of that decision being made by a third party, which could go against your wishes.
By planning in advance and ensuring all your requirements are clearly detailed, you’re creating a stable and legally established pathway to distributing your belongings/assets according to your instructions.
What can I include in an estate plan?
You can include anything in regards to your wishes, such as your Will, your funeral requirements, next of kin, power of attorney, dividing of the estate and anything you feel should be noted in the unfortunate event of you passing away or becoming incapacitated.
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20/02/2023
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26/01/2023
Lifetime have offered great customer service and impartial advice to help my family and I plan for the next 5-10 years to meet our financial and life goals. Paul has been very personable and explained products to both my wife and I who have varying degrees of knowledge on the financial products and he has been able to explain clearly to us so we have a full appreciation of the full product set. I feel lifetime have our personal interests at heart and often ask us to keep more cash aside to enjoy life whilst still reaching our goals. Great customer service, both personal and professional and a joy to deal with.
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10/01/2023
I felt that I should look into how to seek help in securing my financial position for my remaining years. I am 72. Lifetime have shown me the way to do this. They have given me the confidence to release part of my funds for them to reinvest with a view to keeping up with the rising cost of living. Kristain at Lifetime patiently guided me through the investment procedure and made sure I understood every step. I am looking forward to feeling more relaxed about my future now I have seen the projected figures drawn up by Lifetime’s experts and feel I am in safe hands.
Ann Dearman
06/12/2022
Kris Booth has been very helpful and explained all the aspects of our pension plan in a language that is easy to understand. He has also shown us how it will develop in the future and advised us on certain problems we may have with not having done a power of attorney when we did our wills. Nothing seems too much trouble for him, I’m glad I chose lifeline to deal with my pension after hearing some of the issues other people have.
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Michael Harper
06/12/2022
Kris and the team at Lifetime have been fantastic during the process of a full financial plan. I was at a stage personally where I needed to look at multiple areas- investing, saving, life cover and pensions. It was really useful to have a full financial review and develop a plan with Kris. Due to my location all meetings have been done remotely - this has not hampered the excellent level of service provided, still feeling personal and always giving all the time required. I would highly recommend
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07/11/2022
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28/09/2022
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12/09/2022
