Pay your Inheritance Tax bill
By transferring national heritage property
In very exceptional cases you may be able to make Inheritance Tax payments by transferring national heritage property to the Crown.
National heritage property may include:
- buildings or land of historic, architectural, scenic or scientific interest
- artworks, books and manuscripts or scientific collections of historic, scenic or scientific interest
Offers to make Inheritance Tax payments by transferring national heritage property to the Crown are dealt with on an individual basis.
Contact the HMRC Heritage team for information on making an offer.
HMRC Heritage
Telephone: 03000 562388
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HMRC Heritage
HM Revenue and Customs
Ferrers House, PO Box 38
Castle Meadow Road
Nottingham
NG2 1BB
If your offer is accepted
Even if your offer’s accepted, you must first pay all of the Inheritance Tax you owe through other means and have a ‘grant of representation’ (also known as ‘probate’). This is called ‘confirmation’ in Scotland.
Once your property has been transferred HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will repay the Inheritance Tax you’ve paid.