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Protect your right to live in a registered or unregistered property owned by your spouse or civil partner during a divorce or separation - getting home rights, after a continuation order
You can register your ‘home rights’ with HM Land Registry - this can help…
Download and fill in the application for registration of a notice for home…
Download and fill in the application for registration of a ‘Class F Land…
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
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.
Inheritance Tax is a tax on the estate (the property, money and…
You can pass a home to your husband, wife or civil partner when you die.…
Inheritance Tax may have to be paid after your death on some gifts you’ve…
If your permanent home (‘domicile’) is abroad, Inheritance Tax is only…
Find out if you have to pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on transfers of land or property depending on type of transfer, your marital status and other factors.
Find out the rules for transferring unused tax-free residence allowance to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
How to work out and apply the residence nil rate band (RNRB) for Inheritance Tax in different circumstances.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing partners and registering with Companies House.
Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
Find out how to work out and report the value of the estate to HMRC.
Check if an estate can get the residence nil rate band (RNRB) when someone downsizes, gifts or sells their home before they die.
How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
How to claim the basic State Pension and how it's calculated - for men born before 6 April 1951 and women born before 6 April 1953.
Find out how to get help if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse.
Find out if Inheritance Tax is due on assets transferred in or out of a trust and on certain trusts at each 10 year anniversary.
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