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Help with costs and funeral expenses after someone has died. Includes Universal Credit.
How to deal with lump sum death benefit payments and what tax to deduct.
Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
If you’re a legal representative, find out the information you need to tell HMRC to calculate the lump sum death benefit charge.
How benefits, charges and payments of pension to Chapter 1 members are affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
Child Benefit if your child dies or the claimant dies - report the death, when to make a new claim, arrears
How benefits, charges and payments for pensions of Chapter 3 (local government) members are affected by the public service pensions remedy (also known as McCloud).
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