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Inheritance tax

My mums estate comes to 309,897 with no house to sell . She has no debts  but on the gov website it says  her assets in the estate are 619.794 . I don’t understand why we need to pay any tax as she is under the threshold 

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  • SiliconChip
    SiliconChip Posts: 1,976 Forumite
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    It seems unlikely to be a coincidence that 309897 is exactly half of 619794, has the lower figure been entered twice by mistake in whatever gov website you are using?
  • Keep_pedalling
    Keep_pedalling Posts: 21,850 Forumite
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    Agree with the above, this is almost certainly an inputting error on your part. 
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