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STEP Advanced Certificate in Wills and Executries: Law and Practice (Scotland)

CLTI, Online
Length
4 months
Price
950 GBP excl. VAT
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Length
4 months
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Course description

The STEP Advanced Certificate in Wills and Executries: Law and Practice (Scotland) will give you the enhanced knowledge and skills required to deliver holistic advice in Scotland. 

  • Gain an unrivalled understanding of best practice and take your client-facing skills to the next level. 
  • Grow your professional network and interact with like-minded professionals. 
  • Earn an industry-recognised certification and obtain 30 Diploma-level credits towards STEP membership.

This Advanced Certificate is awarded in association with Alliance Manchester Business School, the University of Manchester, and can be taken as part of theSTEP Diploma. 

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  • Blended
  • Online
  • English

Suitability - Who should attend?

This course is suitable for: 

  • legal and trust professionals 
  • support staff and paralegals 
  • accountants and banking professionals 
  • tax advisers 
  • independent financial advisers 
  • executorship administrators 

You will need 60 STEP entry-level credits to enrol onto this course or be a member of STEP. See STEP's Qualifications and Membership to understand how to apply. 

Outcome / Qualification etc.

Through this course, you will: 

  • gain expertise in trust classification, types, and validity, advising on their taxation and modern tax planning applications 
  • understand legal complexities in trust deeds, trustee roles, and responsibilities 
  • learn the legal formalities of will preparation, analyse existing wills, and advise on tax-effective wills 
  • navigate tax implications and legal considerations for lifetime gifts and gifts in contemplation of death 
  • understand executor roles and advise on legal estate management, including probate and intestacy issues 
  • learn to minimise taxation issues in wealth transfer, specifically inheritance tax and capital gains tax 
  • develop skills in constructing and interpreting trust and estate accounts

Course delivery details

This course runs twice a year in January and July. 

A flexible, part-time, four-month course, comprising: 

  • online guided study, including self-assessment questions 
  • two, full-day, online workshops  

This course is assessed by a five-hour open-book examination.  

Once you have successfully completed this course, you will gain 30 Diploma-level credits towards STEP membership and be awarded the STEP Advanced Certificate in Wills and Executries: Law and Practice (Scotland). 

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Fort Dunlop, 6th Floor, Fort Parkway
B24 9FE Birmingham

CLTI

CLTI provides training and qualifications to professionals working in the private client, wealth management, and investment funds industry across the globe. We are the primary education partner for STEP, the global professional association for practitioners specialising in family inheritance and...

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