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Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
Funeral Expenses Payment (also called Funeral Payment) to help pay funeral costs if you get certain benefits - eligibility, how to claim, form SF200
You could get a Funeral Expenses Payment (also called a Funeral Payment)…
You can get a Funeral Expenses Payment if all of the following apply: you…
You must apply within 6 months of the funeral, even if you’re waiting for…
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
The following list of of mortuary and funeral home provides information on companies for repatriation of remains overseas or local burial
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.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in the Philippines
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
How to manage the burial of animal remains to prevent or limit groundwater pollution.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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...
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