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The beneficiary: “Donna” is a 55-year-old former marketing strategist with grown children who lives in Toronto with her dog, “Rusty.” Donna lost her father a decade ago.

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America’s adult children say they are ready to manage that inheritance now. Their parents might disagree. A report from Fidelity Investments sheds new light on an estate-planning generation gap. Aging ...

U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk Ministers will increase the threshold for taxing inherited farmland from £1m to £2.5m after months of ...

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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate Television is expanding its young adult content, optioning Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ bestselling book series The Inheritance Games for development as a scripted series. The project ...

An inheritance won’t affect your Medicare eligibility or benefits, but the extra income could raise some premiums or affect your eligibility for income-based programs. Medicare rules can be complex.

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