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Split Trusts

Family protection policies

These trusts are often used for family protection policies with critical illness or terminal illness benefits in addition to life cover. Split Trusts can be Bare Trusts, Discretionary Trusts or Flexible Trusts with default beneficiaries. When using this type of trust, the settlor/life assured carves out the right to receive any critical illness or terminal illness benefit from the outset, so there aren’t any gift with reservation issues.
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Lasting Power of Attorney

Allowing someone to make decisions for you, or act on your behalf

A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) enables individuals to take control of decisions that affect them, even in the event that they can’t make those decisions for themselves. Without them, loved ones could be forced to endure a costly and lengthy process to obtain authority to act for an individual who has lost mental capacity.
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Business Relief

A key solution to significantly reducing a potential future Inheritance Tax bill

If you have business owner status, or have shares of a business, this will be reflected in the value of your estate. Business Relief is a valuable Inheritance Tax relief for business owners, whether making a lifetime transfer or on death. Business relief is either 50% or 100% on an estate’s business assets. The exact relief amount will depend on the nature of the assets.
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Preserving wealth for future generations

Factors likely to have a lasting and positive impact on wealth

Whether you have earned your wealth, inherited it or made shrewd investments, you will want to ensure that as little of it as possible ends up in the hands of HM Revenue & Customs.
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Millennials willing to forgo inheritance

Harder to support bigger financial commitments of older generation parents

Many people want to do what they can to ensure they maximise the amount they leave to their family and minimise Inheritance Tax, but working out how much you can afford to give away during your lifetime isn’t easy.
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Chancellor retains state pension triple lock

State pension is set for a record-breaking increase from April 2023

If you’re currently receiving or have been looking into the State Pension, then you’ve probably heard of the ‘triple lock’. But what is it?
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Don’t miss the ISA deadline

Use your tax-efficient allowance or lose it forever!

Time is running out to take advantage of this year’s Individual Savings Account (ISA) allowances. You get one ISA allowance per tax year. So use it or lose it soon, when the tax year ends on 5 April.
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‘Phased retirement’

Pre-retirees starting their plans but will rising living costs halt their plans?

Retiring early is a dream for many people and it is achievable for people who have been able to plan, save into a pension over a long period and taken financial advice to help them plan their finances. However, it can become a financial problem if retirement is forced upon people before they have had time to prepare.
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No ‘one-size-fits-all’ protection solution

Helping you feel confident your family’s finances are secure

With a New Year comes resolutions. Everyone should make a resolution to review their protection and estate plans. A solid plan will help you feel confident your family’s finances are secure.
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Taxing times

Time for a tax health check?

With the current tax year having begun on 6 April 2022, the clock is ticking and it is important to utilise all the tax reliefs and allowances available to you before 5 April 2023 in order to minimise any potential liabilities.
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137 High Street
Gorleston, Great Yarmouth
Norfolk NR31 6QX

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Regulatory information

D O'Kane Financial Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. FCA financial services reg no. 623871.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is an agency for arbitrating on unresolved complaints between regulated firms and their clients. Full details of the FOS can be found on their website at www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

Registered Office Address: 137 High Street, Gorleston, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk NR31 6QX. Company Registration Number: 08932631.