On this week’s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, the conversation revolves around effective financial planning for one’s eventual death.

Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Matthew Hutton, author of Your Last Gift: Getting Your Affairs in Order, to discuss practical advice on how to navigate the inheritance tax, write a will, choose an executor, manage digital assets and ensure one’s heirs avoid delays when it comes to accessing money after your death. 

LISTENER NOTE: We added in more clarification around the Intestacy Rules and how they operate in an updated version of the episode. 

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-29/death-admin-don-t-leave-your-family-a-nightmare-when-you-die

Matthew Hutton's book: https://www.yourlastgiftbook.com/

On this week&rsquo;s personal finance edition of Merryn Talks Money, the conversation revolves around effective financial planning for one&rsquo;s eventual death. Merryn Somerset Webb sits down with Matthew Hutton, author of&nbsp;Your Last Gift: Getting Your Affairs in Order, to discuss practical advice on how to navigate the inheritance tax,&nbsp;write a will, choose an executor, manage digital assets and ensure one&rsquo;s heirs avoid delays when it comes to accessing money after your death.&nbsp; LISTENER NOTE: We added in more clarification around the Intestacy Rules and how they operate in an updated version of the episode.&nbsp; Read more: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-29/death-admin-don-t-leave-your-family-a-nightmare-when-you-die">https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-29/death-admin-don-t-leave-your-family-a-nightmare-when-you-die</a> Matthew Hutton's book: <a href="https://www.yourlastgiftbook.com/">https://www.yourlastgiftbook.com/</a>

Merryn Talks Money with Bloomberg senior columnist Merryn Somerset Webb is your key to understanding how markets work – and how you can make them work for you. Every episode features a relaxed but in-depth conversation with a fund manager, a strategist, a Bloomberg expert or just someone Merryn finds particularly interesting in any given week. Listen in for the kind of insights and explanations everyone can use to help them make better saving and investing choices.

Merryn Talks Money with Bloomberg senior columnist Merryn Somerset Webb is your key to understanding how markets work – and how you can make them work for you. Every episode features a relaxed but in-depth conversation with a fund manager, a strategist, a Bloomberg expert or just someone Merryn finds particularly interesting in any given week. Listen in for the kind of insights and explanations everyone can use to help them make better saving and investing choices.

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Don't Leave Your Family a Nightmare When You Die

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