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By Author: Ron Bateman
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Writing a will was traditionally an expensive business, but that was before will writing ceased to be the exclusive domain of solicitors and banks. The advent of will writing firms not only brought the price down, it introduced the added convenience of a home visit.

The good news is that the percentage of the population who will die with a will is steadily increasing - and that's particularly good news for the family left behind, because they'll be spared the problems of‘intestacy' (that's the legal term for dying without a will).

So what are the options available to those who haven't yet got round to making their Last Will and Testament? If it's an estate of low value, and your wishes are uncomplicated, you could buy a will form from the Post office and do it yourself. That would cost you under £10, but remember, you're not getting any advice and the responsibility for things going wrong is yours alone. You can also make a will online. This involves answering a simple questionnaire, but again, this process should only be used if your needs and wishes are simple and straightforward.

By far the ...
... best solution is to have a face-to-face meeting with an experienced adviser who can talk you through all the pitfalls of inheritance tax, guardianship of young children, home ownership, executors, probate, deliberate exclusions and much more. You will probably need advice if you're a business owner, or if you're in a second marriage, or if you have a disabled beneficiary. A will writer in Northern Ireland came up with an ingenious solution to his client's problem.

A widow of 84 had an estate worth four million pounds. Her sole beneficiary was her daughter, Helen, who was expecting to lose about one and a half million in tax. The will writer interviewed the daughter and learned that she was unmarried but had a partner, Billy, whom she'd been with for 25 years. Do you trust him? asked the will writer. Trust him? Of course I trust him.

He's the father of my four children. After explaining his proposal to Helen and Billy, the will writer then had a meeting with Helen's mother. Before I take your instructions to make a will, he said, You have to understand that if you leave everything to Helen, she'll have to pay a fortune to the government in tax. So I'm going to recommend that you marry Billy, because there's no inheritance tax between spouses. You leave everything to Billy, tax-free. After you die, he marries Helen. How do you like the sound of that? Fine, said the old lady. I've always liked Billy.

So when you do eventually get round to making a will, it pays to get expert advice. It could even be a pleasurable experience.

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