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Inheritance Tax SEO
SEO for inheritance tax (IHT) planning content — nil-rate band, residence nil-rate band, BPR/APR reliefs, discounted gift trusts, family investment companies, and YMYL IHT content requirements for IFA websites.
Definition
Inheritance tax SEO covers content strategy and technical SEO for IFA and estate planning firms producing IHT planning content. Key content areas: (1) **Basic IHT planning**: "inheritance tax advice [area]", "IHT planning [city]" — covering the nil-rate band (£325,000 per person), residence nil-rate band (£175,000 on family home passing to direct descendants), spousal exemption, and charitable giving reliefs; (2) **Business property relief (BPR)**: "business property relief IHT" — 50% or 100% relief on qualifying business assets; (3) **Agricultural property relief (APR)**: "farm inheritance tax" — relief on qualifying agricultural property for farming families; (4) **Mitigation strategies**: discounted gift trusts, family investment companies (FICs), lifetime gifting strategies, whole-of-life insurance in trust — increasingly in demand following 2024 Budget IHT changes affecting pensions and agricultural land; (5) **Estate planning**: integration of IHT planning with will writing, LPA, and trust creation — often cross-referral with solicitors. Content currency is critical following the October 2024 Budget: pension assets entering the IHT estate from April 2027, and APR/BPR changes — content must reflect current post-Budget rules with dateModified Article schema.
Why it matters for SEO
IHT planning is a high-growth area following successive Budget changes that have brought more estates within the IHT threshold. High-intent, high-value queries attract well-resourced competitors (solicitors, wealth managers, accountancy firms) — IFA websites with detailed, author-attributed, post-Budget accurate IHT content can establish specialist authority.
How DeepSEOAnalysis checks this
DeepSEOAnalysis audits IHT content pages for Article schema dateModified freshness, author attribution completeness, and checks for the standard investment risk warning presence on IHT investment content.
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