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Exploitive solicitor fees for simple, low value probate?
Any advice for me please. Over £7000 is being taken from my late father’s estate to cover solicitors fees (the entirety of his savings). £1800 was charged for e-mail correspondence to myself. Other charges are for work repeated due to mistakes and interestingly to cover postage for letters received (£179 for 8 letters). I…
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IHT and High court of justice grant applications years after death untanglment.
What are the pitfalls presented by the probate office and then HMRC if you submit PA1A/PA1P applications 5 years or 10 years+ after death? It is an expected estate for IHT purposes but I lack the full paperwork to prove it (liquid assets). CGT will be unavoidable. Interested to hear from those who can describe their own…
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Estranged executor
My mum died in 2021, and most of her estate has been sorted out. We have become aware of a small number of shares she owned (BT), and I am beginning the process of selling them. We three children are beneficiaries of the estate, and all three of us are executors. The problem is that my brother is now sadly estranged from…
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Estates petition
Evening all, I was wondering if anyone and everyone could sign this petition and share it? https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/751937 It's a petition to hopefully help estate beneficiaries, if they ever get stuck with the executor from hell.
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Estimating Property Values For PA1A Probate/LOA Application?
Would be grateful for thoughts on estimating property values for an estate. My father passed away recently without making a will. He is married to my mother and I have one brother. He owns a house with my mother as joint tenants (value of his half of house - £225,000) and owned a rental property in his sole name (value…
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7 Year Gift Rules
Parent has only ever made one cash gift in the last 7 years. This was £5000 to her daughter in August 2025. She (parent) passed away in December 2025. An IHT400 is required for the estate as there is IHT to be paid. As no gifts were made in 2024 can the allowance for that year be carried forward to 2025? If so, does this…
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Payment of DDs for utilities on deceased bank account
Hopefully someone can help .. Parent passed recently and we will need to go through probate etc that may take some time. Part of the estate is the house that will require heating / lighting etc. Can we leave the DDs running against the deceased’s bank account ? Or if the bank account becomes frozen how do we pay from the…
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Friends Will -inheritance query
My friend passed away a few months ago beforehand she told me she had left me a little something in her will - One of her close family members who is selling her house said "we wont be using solicitors " Obviously im keen to know what she has left me but I haven't heard anything. How and when would I be informed ?
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IHT400, RNRB & transferable NRB
My father died recently & my mother passed away in 2018 and as far as I know everything in her will went to him. I'm currently completing the full IHT400 as I will need to use his RNRB and my mother's transferable NRB. Do I need to complete IHT402 if the transferable NRB is managed by the Probate application? I'm assuming…
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IHT403 - £3,000 carry over and earlier gifts
Hey all, Am puzzling through IHT403 with my siblings and I have some questions. Sorry for the long one, have hopefully laid it out clearly. Just a note now given the years involved below - my mum died 2 years and 11 months after giving us all substantial gifts from selling her house, so taper relief doesn't apply. Small…
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How to present IHT Forms, schedules and supporting docs?
Think I'm finally there and ready to submit this thick wad of IHT documents to HMRC. I've googled conflicting advice on how best to send it back. Some advice says absolutely no staples or paperclips as its all scanned on receipt and will present problems and cause delays. Other advice says staple/paperclip forms/schedules…
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Will making & Poa recommendations.
Good morning, I would like to do a will. I have also seen a programme on Power of attorney which makes sense. Unfortunately, the more I am searching the more 'we are the best' is popping up. Can anyone advise & recommend please. - Thank you in advance.
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Proposal for probate application fees to increase by 75% from 13 July 2026
For those in the process of preparing a probate application, please note the £300 fee is due to rise to £526 after 13 July 2026 - see article below https://www.tozers.co.uk/insight/articles/probate-fees-set-to-increase-by-75-what-executors-need-to-know/ For small estates that breach the £5,000 threshold where an…
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Filling in C1 Form, More help needed please. Not sure what to do.
Hi, First time on any forum. Trying to navigate filling in a C1 form. I’ve noticed that there is an mis spelling of an executors house name on the Will. They do have a numerical house number and road name also. Do I need to do anything about it? Will be very grateful for any help.
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Exempt excepted estate - how exact the value should be for probate
I am waiting for the balance of an indexed linked saving certificate from NS&I before I can apply for probate for my husband. It is more than two months now since I reported the death but I still wait for a reply. We got an updated value from husband's NS&I account before he passed. Can I use that value for probate as it…
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Co-executor dispute – can executor legal costs be paid from estate before completion?
England & Wales. I'm one of two co-executors of an estate. Probate was granted around 18 months ago, but the administration is still ongoing due to disagreements between the executors. The estate includes a property and cash assets. However, matters remain unresolved and progress has been slow. So far I have spent over…
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My husband died on the 31st December 25 I have not been able to have his Premium Bonds sent to me .
My husband died and as I couldn't cope with everything I put everything in our solicitors hands. Unfortunately they have had no joy in getting them for me so I rang NS&I today June 23rd 26, they were of no help and said they had sent a letter to my solicitors last week so the letter should get to the solicitors Friday of…
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Critical illness payment received after death
There is a payout from a critical illness insurance claim after date of death of my spouse. When I do probate online, do I need to include the amount anywhere? Thanks.
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Baffled - do I need to complete IHT400 for first spouses death?
Firstly apologies - I'm sure this has been asked before, but I've searched and can't obviously find it. I'm struggling to work out if I need to complete form IHT400 (plus any relevant schedules). My Dad died last month, and I'm Executor. He left personal chattels to mum - value £24k. His 50% share of the marital home…
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IHT405 Question 11F
I've come across a few posts on this subject but I still can't work out whether to fill in this box and if I do what effect it might have. Estate is around £900k with full £1M IHT allowance available - so no IHT to pay. The house is valued at around £575k and will be put on the market as soon as probate is granted. I have…
