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Inheritance Tax: claim to transfer unused nil rate band for excepted estates (IHT217)

Use form IHT217 with form IHT205 (or C5 (2006) in Scotland) to claim a transfer of unused nil rate band if the estate is an excepted estate and the whole of the nil rate band is available to transfer.

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HM Revenue & Customs
Published
4 April 2014
Last updated
1 January 2022 — See all updates

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Inheritance Tax: claim to transfer unused nil rate band for excepted estates (IHT217)

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Claim for excepted estates to transfer unused Inheritance Tax nil rate band from a late spouse or civil partner to the second spouse or civil partner who has now died.

Updates to this page

Published 4 April 2014
Last updated 1 January 2022 + show all updates

  1. The form IHT217 has been updated.

  2. A Welsh language version of the IHT217 has been added.

  3. First published.

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