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You can authorise a trusted helper to deal with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) for you. They could be a friend, relative or voluntary organisation
Free and impartial help with money and pensions.
Register as a ‘trusted helper’ to manage tax online for a friend or relative, or call HMRC for someone else
Pension Wise is a free and impartial government service that helps you understand the options for your pension pot.
Authorise someone to deal with HMRC for you - how to appoint an agent, friend, relative or voluntary organisation
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...
The death of a family member is a difficult time. We provide a number of free services to families when a veteran or service person dies.
Reasons for a support visit from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Visiting Team, what to expect and how to check if the visitor is genuine
What to do if someone you know is having issues with their benefits: the ways you can manage their claim and how to call a helpline to ask for help.
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney
Holdover relief on gifts means you do not pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you give away business assets and some shares - eligibility, how it works, how to claim it
Find out if you need to apply for probate to deal with the estate of someone who’s died. Discover how to apply for probate or letters of administration and what to do if there’s no will.
You can no longer open a Help to Buy ISA. Find out how it works if you already have one, including how much the government will top up your savings by.
Find out what your charity must send to the Commission and what services to use to help you get things right.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Religious Worker visa to do religious work in the UK - getting sponsored, fees, eligibility, family members
Deal with the Tax Credit office for someone else - authorisation, TC689 authorisation form, appointees, if your child has a baby
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
Use this form to apply for letters of administration to manage the estate of the person who has died if they have not left a will.
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