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Inheritance tax newbie questions

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  • poppystar
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    The estate pays IHT, not you personally. It would be the responsibility of the executor to pay it out of estate assets.
  • IHT would be payable by the executors of the first estate. As both parents have used up their £325 allowance, and more via gifting, on the first death probate would be required and this would include IHT.
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