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IHT returns

Produced by a Tolley Trusts and Inheritance Tax expert
Trusts and Inheritance Tax
Guidance

IHT returns

Produced by a Tolley Trusts and Inheritance Tax expert
Trusts and Inheritance Tax
Guidance
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This note considers the duty to deliver an account for IHT and explains which form to use in various circumstances. It covers:

  1. •

    accountability ― the duty to deliver an account (form IHT400) to HMRC

  2. •

    reduced form IHT400

  3. •

    excepted estates where form IHT205 is delivered (for deaths before 1 January 2022)

  4. •

    duty to make enquiries and give correct information to HMRC

  5. •

    duty to deliver corrective accounts when something changes

For information on the principles of valuation, see the Valuation of property guidance note and for valuation compliance, see the Valuing the estate guidance note.

For advice on how to pay inheritance tax, see the Payment of IHT on death guidance note.

Accountability ― the duty to deliver an account (form IHT400) to HMRC

Normally, personal representatives cannot obtain a grant until they have delivered an inheritance tax account giving full details of ‘appropriate property’ and its value to the best of their knowledge and belief, and until they have paid the inheritance tax, if any, for which they are

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