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Find out how to work out and report the value of the estate to HMRC.
Register your client’s estate online if you’re a tax agent or adviser.
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
The important policies, processes and documents schools should aim to have in place.
Capital Gains Tax when you sell a property that's not your home: work out your gain and pay your tax on buy-to-let, business, agricultural and inherited properties
Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
Use the online service to register a deceased person's estate if you’re an executor, administrator or personal representative.
When you have to pay Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty or Inheritance Tax on money, shares or property you inherit
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
How to search for information about property and land in England and Wales - find out who owns it, how much was paid for it, how to get a scanned copy of the deeds and how to check the property...
Advice on planning, managing and delivering all sizes of estate projects.
Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.
The legal process of repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
Use form R185 (Estate Income) to advise beneficiaries about income from the estate of someone who has died.
An overview of strategic estate management and the policies and governance arrangements you should have in place to help manage your estate effectively.
What Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is, how to work it out, current CGT rates and how to pay.
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