Inheritance tax (IHT) costs and operations are often handled by solicitors or administrators who can be hired to manage estate planning situations but before they can do this, they must apply for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Mark Grant’s mother passed away in 2022, leaving a fairly typical estate: a family home, a handful of bank ...

Ask an expert: as many bereaved families discover, the taxman wants inheritance tax paid before the deceased's assets are distributed. What are the options? But how to pay? The tax is due to be paid ...

The number of bereaved families waiting six months or more for probate has more than doubled, but the Government promises it is training extra staff to rapidly increase processing of applications.

HM Revenue & Customs has introduced a temporary process for probate applications as it is preparing to switch to the new fee structure. The tax office stated today (March 27) it will accept ...

Most farming families will encounter the probate process following the death of someone involved in the business. The process is important for anyone passing on the assets of a farming business as it ...