Introduction 1
Part I: Planning Your Will 7
Chapter 1: Preparing for the Inevitable 9
Chapter 2: Recognising the Benefits of Making a Will 19
Chapter 3: Totting Up the Value of Your Estate 35
Chapter 4: Deciding Who Gets What 51
Chapter 5: Leaving Your Home in Your Will 63
Part II: Writing Your Will 75
Chapter 6: Choosing the Right People to Follow Your Wishes 77
Chapter 7: Getting It in Writing: Drawing Up Your Will 93
Chapter 8: Fine-Tuning Your Will 103
Chapter 9: Ringing the Changes: When and How to Change a Will 119
Chapter 10: Making Clear Your Funeral Wishes 135
Part III: Managing Probate 143
Chapter 11: What To Do When Someone Dies 145
Chapter 12: Pro-what? The Basics of the Probate Process 153
Chapter 13: Dealing with the Estate: First Steps 163
Chapter 14: Distributing the Estate 175
Part IV: Taxing Times: Inheritance Planning 197
Chapter 15: Introducing Inheritance Tax 199
Chapter 16: Simple Steps to Reduce Inheritance Tax 207
Chapter 17: Rolling Out the Big Guns: Understanding Trusts 223
Chapter 18: Using Trusts to Help Your Family 241
Chapter 19: Taking Care of Business: Inheritance Tax and Your Firm 251
Part V: The Part of Tens 261
Chapter 20: Ten Items to Keep with Your Will 263
Chapter 21: Ten Problem Wills to Avoid 269
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Getting Your Estate into Tax-Saving Shape 275
Appendix 283
Index 287
