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Ministers proposing to leave legal rights alone
No action on SLC plan to extend rights over whole estate
Updates to IHT 400s on gifts and jewellery
HMRC asks about agent's authority; raises value threshold
HMRC investigating more estates for IHT underpayment
Residential property valuations most likely to be queried
Guidance on declarations in applications for confirmation
SCTS states when marriage/civil partnership declaration not needed
HMRC revises inheritance tax procedures
Process changes regarding the IHT400 set out in newsletter
Commissary and OPG fees about to rise
Inflation increases in force from 25 April
Styles agreed for confirmation declarations
Society and SCTS settle post-2016 Act forms
Beneficiary distribution: best practice to check insolvency
A simple search could avoid making the wrong payout
Facility and circumvention: a high bar
More clients are looking to challenge wills, but it isn't easy
Solicitors overlooking new IHT400 procedure
HMRC will not return principal C1s and C4s sent
No arrangements on death – who steps in?
A 2016 Act governs entitlement to make funeral arrangements
Downsizing and the residence nil rate band
Further guidance from HMRC on qualifying for higher value
HMRC procedure change speeds up confirmations
Alternative to stamping principal C1 proving effective
Letter: matrimonial home anomaly
A surviving spouse's rights can still be very limited where there is a will
Confirmation and the 2016 Act
From a letter to the Society from Scottish Courts & Tribunals Service
Succession (Scotland) Act begins to impact
Most provisions expected to commence this autumn
Estates: is a tax return needed?
Requirement arises if any of three thresholds crossed
OPG cuts out the paper
Deeds registered electronically will only be issued electronically
Bonds of caution dispensation extended
2016 Act exempts certain civil partners and small estates
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Reasons for taking part in the 2011 campaign