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This table describes the assets and liabilities of estates passing on death by range of asset and tax liability in tax year 2019 to 2020.
Use the IHT418 with form IHT400 if the deceased had a right to benefit from a trust.
A distribution of the value of bequests by the sex and marital status of the deceased for the 2000 to 2001 tax year.
Following the outcome of a consultation on changes to HMRC statistics, we have reordered the tables in the inheritance tax liabilities statistics publication.
The coverage of these statistics will need to change in future releases following a recent reporting requirement change for non-taxpaying estates.
Use the IHT417 with form IHT400 if the deceased had a permanent home in the UK when they died but had assets outside the UK.
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