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Nil rate band discretionary trust - tax due after death?

Blue12_2 · 2012-04-24 17:42:56

My father set up a nil rate band discretionary trust to mitigate IHT. He died in 2003 and since then zero tax returns have been submitted by the solicitors each year on behalf of my mother, who was the trustee. She died a few months ago, and I am now winding up her estate with the assistance of a solicitor. However, the…

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Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,474 Forumite

26 April 2012 at 9:18PM

The OP might find it worth dispensing with the services of the current solicitor, and finding one who is STEP qualified. Once they've found the original terms of the trust, probably.

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