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How to approach the development and testing of your estates strategy.
Advice on governance, budgeting, procurement and emergency planning procedures to help you manage your estate.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
As a personal representative (an executor or administrator) you’re legally…
You must pay any debts and settle the taxes for the person who died. This…
You may have to pay taxes for the estate if there is any new income while…
You may need to send information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) about…
Once you have paid any debts and taxes, or you are sure the estate has…
Advice on planning, managing and delivering all sizes of estate projects.
The important policies, processes and documents schools should aim to have in place.
The processes and documents you need to understand your estate.
An overview of strategic estate management and the policies and governance arrangements you should have in place to help manage your estate effectively.
How the Ministry of Defence estate is adapting to climate change, including nature conservation on the estate.
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
Advice on planning and prioritising maintenance works to ensure the learning environment is safe, warm and weatherproof.
Simplify and speed up issue of official copies, official searches and registrations on developing estates (practice guide 41, supplement 2)
Things to consider and ways to maximise the performance of your estate.
Advice on the information you should have about your estate, and how to use it effectively.
Register your client’s estate online if you’re a tax agent or adviser.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
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