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Probate - super efficient 2025
For anyone wondering how long this can take - this is my experience :smile: 13 Aug online probate application submitted 14 Aug documents sent in post 21 Aug official notification of documents recd 24 Aug Probate granted Just 11 days !
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Possible Executor of an Insolvent Parent
Hi All This is a conundrum! I hope someone can help with. My father has passed away leaving a fair old mess behind. If he has an estate of about 300,000 but has a HMRC bill of 750,000+ What might happen I wonder, will HMRC go after the estate and take all what it can? Leaving a zero balance and deficit? We have not done…
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Wording of Will
A relative is making a Will. He has no dependants so it should be fairly simple. His daughter has always relied on the support of the benefits system and this is unlikely to change. He doesn't wish to entirely disinherit but also doesn't want to leave her in a position whereby leaving her a gift affects the benefits she is…
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Inheritance tax and marriage
A hypothetical question...I understand that an individual has an IHT allowance of £325,000 and if they are married and then die (or their partner dies) the survivor can inherit the dead partner's allowance, thus giving them an effective allowance of £650,000. And yes, the allowance can be greater if direct children…
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I Think I Need to Appoint a Firm of Solicitors as Executors for My Will.....
I've procrastinated long enough and I really need to get a will written. But...... I'm going to need to appoint a firm of solicitors to be my executors. Although I've read some horrendous stories about solictors being executors, ie expensive fees, long drawn out timescales etc etc however I don't think I have a viable…
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Independent Executor Bank Account
To date I have handled estate expenses via a personal non-interest bearing bank account in my name. I expect Probate to be granted shortly and a significant sum will be deposited. Ideally I'd like to move the funds to an interest bearing account which would be completely distinct from my own finances. That way I can show…
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Gifts and the seven year rule
I am thinking of leaving a subsiantial gift to my grand chilgren, and I would like to keep this a secret until they are 25 years old, when I will probably be dead. I do not want to tell anybody about this, (as I want them to have a nice surprise), and just leave a note with my will telling my executor where the gifts can…
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Posthumous inheritance and subsequent IHT
Pls can I ask a question. This isn’t for me but for a friend and I couldn’t find the answer online so hope you can help. If they didn’t use all of the £650k on their last parent’s death and then posthumously that parent inherited a property and assets which then came to them (following that parent’s will), would they now…
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Post Death Interest Trust
Good afternoon, I am hoping that someone with knowledge of Will trusts may be able be to offer some provisional guidance. My Mother in Law has left 50% of her property in a PDIT for her 3 children. Husband has been left a life interest and the Will stipulates the following..... i) ("the Occupant") may live in my house and…
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Probate - apply to whole estate?
I've searched the forums and can't find the answer so please feel free to point me in the right direction if you know there is already a post about this! My Best friends father has recently passed away. He did leave a will so that's fine. His total estate is under £40k. He had a couple of life insurances, both with the…
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Understanding a Will
My father-in-law passed away three years ago. The estate went through probate. The executor has never acted on the instructions in the will. Can you see any reason why the clause above should not have been paid? The only other beneficial is his wife (the executor).
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Any need for a will in a very simple setup?
I've spent quite a bit of time reading through the reasons for why one needs a will and, though they all make a lot of sense, most of them apply to lives more complicated than ours.For a married couple with no children (and none by former partners, no overseas property, etc etc), are there actually any benefits if we'd…
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Tax on Interest
Hi - I'd be grateful for your help. I was Executor of my Dad's estate & his savings were in various NS&I products. Since the value was over £85k I set up a Direct Saver with them to transfer the funds as they were released. I referred to it as the Executor Account throughout the process but it was in my name. The account…
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Probate Needed?
Hi, my Dad passed away in 2021 and left his half of the house in trust. This is to be split between various family members on my mothers passing. Should we have gone through probate? All other monies were in joint names with my mum. Thanks in advance ☺️
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HMRC confirmation of amount of IHT due
We submitted the IHT400 over 4 weeks ago. The online forms automatically use the figures given to give a value as does the simple inheritance tax calculation on pg12. However I also ticked the box at the top of page 12 under Working out the Inheritance Tax . It states If you’re filling in this form yourself without the…
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Will being contested
I’ll try and keep this as short but detailed as possible I have 1 brother, 2 sisters. My mum passed away in jan 2023 and my dad passed away in feb 2024. My mum and dad left the entire estate to me, my youngest sister got in trouble with the law and drugs, the other two were never interested, never visited them and mum and…
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best process for transfer of car keeper?
advice on this scenario would be most welcome for hassle reduction. car registered keeper is deceased, executors/beneficiaries want to keep car at least for a short time. Insurance ok as is a second car on a living person's policy, although will advise insurers. V5c available. I recall from last time that using 'tell us…
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Dividing an estate in two where there is more cash than property value
Apologies, this is a bit of a post bump, but didn't get a lot of response last time and interested to hear any views before proceeding. I'm the executor dealing with my mum's estate. She had a house she owned outright and and cash/investments worth a bit more than the value of the house. There are two beneficiaries, myself…
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Inheritance tax allowance
Can somebody please advise me? If a widow with no children or grandchildren, who inherited her late husband's IHT allowance, then dies, leaving her estate to nieces and nephews, what will her IHT allowance be? I'm assuming £325,000?
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Money in the event you both die at the same time?
Just a curiosity / what if question really. OH & I don't have any wills in place. No kids either. Basis of this was, Googling seemed to say that if I die then it all goes to OH & vice versa but with us very soon going in one of those big birds in the sky it made me wonder - what if it falls out of the sky & we die at the…
