GRiD influences government decision to clarify IHT exemption for standalone death in service benefits: good news for employers and employees

Press release 16 March 2026. GRiD is pleased that the government has listened to its concerns and confirmed that benefits payable from stand-alone registered group life pension schemes will be exempt from the new inheritance tax changes. This aligns with the treatment of retirement benefit schemes that provide death-in-service benefits. GRiD highlighted that an earlier […]