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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…
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…
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
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
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
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
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with 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.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Cuba, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
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