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• Updated: 4 February 2025

Government lays legislation confirming that the new National Living Wage and new National Minimum Wage will take effect from 1 April.

• Updated: 4 February 2025

Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.

• What you need to do

  To find out if there’s Inheritance Tax to pay, you need to value the…

• Identify assets and debts

  Before you can value the deceased’s money, property and possessions (their…

• Estimate the estate’s value

  You need an estimate of the estate’s value (the deceased’s money, property…

• Check if you need to send full details of the estate

  Before you report the value of the estate (the deceased’s money, property…

• If Inheritance Tax is due or full details are needed

  You must report the value of the estate to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

• Records

  You must keep certain records after you value an estate. HM Revenue and…

Free and impartial help with money and pensions.

• Updated: 21 December 2017

How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need

Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Find out if you’re a high value dealer and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.

• Updated: 10 August 2022

If you’re unsure about an email, letter, call or text you receive from the Insolvency Service, get in touch with us.

• Updated: 21 August 2024

Find out how internet scams work and what to be aware of - misleading websites, report website fraud, suspicious communication and phishing

Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.

• Updated: 31 March 2017