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Maybe problems of an executor
My husband has been appointed executor of a relatives will. Problem is this family member has debts mainly to a bank but they have been frozen. The family member is not paying towards the debt but the bank is sending statements of the debt but is not perusing the debt as the relative is in no financial position to pay. I…
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IHT 400 household goods
Hi, I have inherited through survivorship, my brothers residence. I am obliged to sell in order to pay IHT. The question I have is about household goods/furniture. The furniture in the house is old and tatty, such that a charity would not accept it. I want to get a house clearance to have it removed for the upcoming sale.…
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Lost / Draft Will
Is anyone able to advise on the following, please? My elderly uncle recently suffered a serious health event and requested that his Will is written and LPA competed. He has nominated one beneficiary in his Will and asked for a specified member of the family to act as his attorney. a solicitor was instructed to arrange…
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Inheritance and Executors
Hi First timer so be nice! Mum wants to give me and wife a substantial gift as we've been her sole carers for 20+ years. Her estate (inc house etc) would not be liable for inheritance tax. She DOESN'T want my brothers to know about said gift, but the three of us are all executors (and beneficiaries) of her will. If she…
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Letters of Administration and address change for Personal Representative
If any of you have obtained Letters of Administration (because the person died intestate), naming you as the Personal Representative, and you have subsequently moved house, meaning that your new address doesn't match the one against your name on the LoA, have you encountered any problems when dealing with various…
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Part of a house in a trust
Hi all, I feel like a complete novice despite being middle-aged. To keep it brief: my mother passed away and left me half of her house in her will, specifying that it should be placed in a trust. Since then, her husband has become unwell and now resides in a care home. To cover the care home costs, I need to sell the…
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No will, inheritance query
Trying to get clarity for a friend whos elderly mum has died. Husband died years ago. Estate below Inheritance tax threshold. 2 living children, 1 child who died a couple of years ago. Government website says estate divided equally between living children under intestacy rules. It then appears to contradict this if the…
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My partner died and my son needs a trust account as he is the sole ben
Hi, My partner died suddenly without a will so I have to follow the rules of intestacy for probate. My 6 year old son will be the sole beneficiary of my partners savings (luckily we owned our house as joint tenants) but as he is young I have been advised I need to find an account that he can't touch until he is 18 and has…
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Cheque made out to the estate of deceased person
I have been sent a cheque from a life insurance policy in respect of my late husband. I am the sole beneficiary of the estate and there is no liability for inheritance tax, I am also an executor. The cheque is made out to the estate of ........ Can I pay this in to my bank account, his accounts have been closed.
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When to post notice in Gazette?
I've not managed to find anything definitive about when to place notice in Gazette - some places say after grant of probate. Is there any reason I cant/shouldnt do it before probate - seems like the sooner done the better? Thanks
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Sell shares quickly?
Just received probate today and getting up to speed with how to distribute an estate. Believe the estate will have its own capital gains allowance of £3000 for this year to 5th April (and for the next 2 yrs). The estate contains some shares with a gain of about £1000 that I think it would be advisable to get sold before…
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Probate and Inheritance Tax - What forms required
Mother passed away 2011, Father recently 1/25 House will be left to myself (Son) and sister Estate will be around £750000 which includes £30000 gifts and £20000 in bank Is this regarded as exempt estate (Mums unused £325000 plus Dads £325000 plus Dads £175000 = £825000) which excedes value of estate What forms if any will…
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Gift with reservation
My MIL gifted her house to get 2 children in 2012 and died in 2024. Probate has gone through but the house wasn’t included. We have since been advised that the gift has failed as she didn’t pay any market value rent, should this have gone through probate as there could now potentially be a big CGT bill to pay. The probate…
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Think I got probate values wrong - implications?!
Three years ago I acted as executor for my father's Will. I calculated his IHT figures and his estate was well below IHT limits so didn't complete an IHT return but I did need to get probate to obtain money from one of the banks that was in his name. My parents were tenants in common 50:50. Mum is still alive and all banks…
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Is This Transfer Legal? Surely not...
So, my father passed away in December. Without going into all the gory details, a family member who must have had access to his internet banking transferred £5,000 to her own personal account the day after he died. Maybe unfortunately, this individual had also managed to get herself in his will as one of the three listed…
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Inheritance tax allowance
Hi, My aunts husband died in 1969 can she still get his personal inheritance tax allowance at todays rate or is there a time limit on it. He would have 100% as he used none.
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Online probate application
Does anyone know how long online probate applications are really taking at the moment ? I have looked online and getting anything from 4 weeks to 16 weeks. Just trying to get an idea. Thanks
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IHT forms
Good morning, Could someone advise which forms I need to fill in regarding inheritance tax on behalf of my partner, His father recently passed, who owned a house and a good some of money, my partner is an only child, by our calculations there is no inheritance tax to pay when using NRB, obviously we need to apply for…
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Inheritance Tax -Joint Bank Account
Hi everyone, Please be gentle, as recently lost my dad and I'm still reeling from it. My dad passed away 5 weeks ago, he hadn't set anything up in terms of wills or anything, but I had a joint bank account with him which was all his money. He often liked me to do online shopping for him so that's why we had it, and I never…
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IHT 403
I’m trying to fill in IHT 403 - specifically the annual income/expenditure at the end to show there is sufficient money for regular gifts out of income. I can get most of the information from bank statements. Under income there is a box for ‘income tax to be deducted’ - does this mean I have to find the gross pension…
