Tax on overseas bequest

WAC79

Hi
A very dear Australian friend died last year and has left me around £100k. Although he was born in Australia, he had dual UK and Australian citizenship because of his parentage. Does anyone know if this inheritance will be taxable in the UK? Thanks. 

xylophone

He was resident in Australia, made his will under Australian law and had no UK assets?

His executor will deal with any tax implications that there may be in Australia  - there would be no tax for you to pay on the cash when you receive it in the UK.
https://csf.com.au/news/inheritance-and-estate-tax-australia#:~:text=Australia is an outlier, in,exempt from any direct tax.
If you save/invest the money and receive interest/ dividends etc, there may be tax to pay depending on your personal position. 

WAC79

Thanks very much for this and the extremely useful link.