{
  "id": 12835533,
  "title": "How inheritance tax works - and what families MUST know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/how-inheritance-tax-works-and-what-families-must-know",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:23:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/pensions/article-12360455/How-inheritance-tax-calculated-grieving-families-know-levy.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The 40% inheritance tax rate is drastically high - but only applies if you have amassed enough assets for your loved ones to become liable on some chunk of them.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}