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Publications about Freedom of Information requests to the Bona Vacantia Division.
Use C3 (2004) notes to help you complete forms C1 confirmation and C5 return of estate information if the deceased died on or after 1 November 2004 but before 1 September 2006.
Guidance, forms and calculators for Inheritance Tax. Including how the tax works, valuing an estate, thresholds, reliefs and how to pay.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
What to do following the death of a joint, sole or last surviving proprietor of a registered estate, charge or mortgage (practice guide 6).
Learn more about Inheritance Tax, including how to value an estate, applying for probate and when to pay.
Annual UK figures for births, deaths, marriages, divorces, civil partnerships and civil partnership dissolutions.
Demographic overview of births, marriages, deaths, migration, households & Housing statistics including National Life Tables for 2012-2014.
How someone in Germany can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
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