Inheritance tax estate report - still in review after 3 months

Rich2808

I submitted an inheritance tax estate report online back in early March for my father's estate for which I am executor. Its the online version of the IHT205 for estates where no IHT is due.

All the estate proceeds are going to my mother as his spouse - so it should be a simple case.

The website says this case is still under review after 3.5 months - even though it says estate reviews should be completed in two?

Should I be worried about this or is this delay normal - perhaps indirectly related to the probate backlog due to the fee rise?

Marcon

Very unlikely you need to worry; such delays are very common, largely because the time estimates on all these blessed government websites are wildly optimistic.