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Tax issues are confusing and not something most of us like to think about in our spare time. Let’s be honest, you would have to pretty bored to be thinking about it at the weekend.

Download our guide to avoiding leaving your partner with a lovely big inheritance tax bill to remember you by - Inheritance tax & LivingTogether (333 KB).

But there are important differences in how married couples and couples that live together are treated for tax purposes. Depending on your circumstances, there may be things you can do to minimise the amount of tax you or your partner will have to pay, particularly after one of you dies.

Brush up your knowledge with our Tax Quiz.


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