But the government is making it harder and harder to do that. Anything you've given away 10 years before your death etc....
Anyone looking for a "doer-upper"?
Aug 12, 2013
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Some time ago then?....
Well least not around these parts...
But that makes you a thief! You should be spending that money for the benefit of "society" (Whatever that is)
I don't think many see care homes as a cash cow.
And the offspring's responsibility to look after parents in their old age?
Nothing wrong with that. And if you can avoid inheritance tax at the same time then even better.
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Well you can always shove them into a s*it care home if they do not give you their house:-)
Hah. You must be joking. Some of the most rapacious bastards I've ever met were the owners of care homes. Admittedly, they weren't all like that, but many were.
But if you look at the accounts and work out the ROI, it's tiny
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You actually believe the published accounts? They are constructed to reduce the tax bill(s) as much as possible without breaking the law and for no other purpose.
They may not sail as close to the wind as the mega international corporations (Starbucks et al) but the care home companies are still multi-million pound businesses and saving a couple of percent here and there is a significant amount of money.
Maybe now - but twenty years ago it certainly wasn't. Really easy to pick up big old houses for relative peanuts and turn them into 12 or
20 bedded units. Staffing/running costs kept as low as possible, natch. I even knew of one owner who trousered the residents' Xmas bonuses. FFS, that man was a total slimeball.Join the Discussion
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