IHTM05000 - What happens when someone dies?: contents


Introduction
Requirement for a grant
Is an account required?
What sort of account is required?
Completing the account
Submitting the account and obtaining a grant (England Wales and Northern Ireland)
Submitting the account and obtaining confirmation (Scotland)
Particular aspects that may arise in connection with obtaining a grant
Cap Form A5C (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Amendments and changes in circumstances following confirmation (Scotland)
Types of grant
Exceptions where no grant is needed

Introduction

IHTM05001Introduction

Requirement for a grant

IHTM05011Background
IHTM05012Personal representatives
IHTM05013HMRC's role
IHTM05014The personal representative's obligation to make thorough checks

Is an account required?

IHTM05021Excepted estates (all UK locations)
IHTM05022Small Estates Act Confirmation (Scotland)
IHTM05023Other occasions where forms of account are not appropriate (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05024Initial steps following a death (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05025Initial steps following a death (Scotland)
IHTM05026Procedure for obtaining a grant for an excepted estate (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05027Procedure for obtaining confirmation for an excepted estate or under the Small Estates Acts (Scotland)
IHTM05028Security (All UK locations)
IHTM05029National Coal Board Compensation Scheme

What sort of account is required?

IHTM05031Types of account (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05032Types of account (Scotland)

Completing the account

IHTM05041Completion of theIHT400 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05042Completion of theIHT400 (Scotland)
IHTM05043Reduced account (all UK locations)
IHTM05044Links between inventory form C1 and theIHT400 (Scotland)
IHTM05045Signing theIHT400 (Scotland)

Submitting the account and obtaining a grant (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

IHTM05051Introduction
IHTM05052Chart 1; procedure where we are asked to calculate the tax
IHTM05053Chart 2; procedure where the personal representative or their agent calculates the tax
IHTM05054Procedure where we are asked to calculate the tax
IHTM05055Procedure where the personal representative or their agent calculates the tax
IHTM05056What happens after the grant is obtained?

Submitting the account and obtaining confirmation (Scotland)

IHTM05061Introduction
IHTM05062Chart 1; procedure where we are asked to calculate the tax
IHTM05063Chart 2; procedure where the personal representative or their agent calculates the tax
IHTM05064Procedure where the personal representative asks us to calculate the tax
IHTM05065Procedure where an agent or the personal representative calculates the tax
IHTM05066What happens after confirmation is obtained?

Particular aspects that may arise in connection with obtaining a grant

IHTM05071Grants on credit (all UK locations)
IHTM05072More than one grant required within the UK (all UK locations)
IHTM05073Personal applications (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05074Nil estates (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05075Marking grants (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Cap Form A5C (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

IHTM05081Applications where Cap Form A5C is required
IHTM05082Procedure on receipt of Cap Form A5C
IHTM05083Review of Cap Form A5C *

Amendments and changes in circumstances following confirmation (Scotland)

IHTM05091What happens if there are amendments to the estate declared for confirmation?
IHTM05092Eik to confirmation
IHTM05093What to do if you receive an application for an eik to confirmation
IHTM05094Death of executors
IHTM05095Obtaining confirmation ad omissa or confirmation ad non executa
IHTM05096Review of form X-1 delivered after issue of confirmation ad non executa

Types of grant

IHTM05101Main types of grant (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05102Grant of administration de bonis non (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05103Other types of grant (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05104Confirmation (Scotland)
IHTM05105Confirmation ad omissa/ad non executa (Scotland)

Exceptions where no grant is needed

IHTM05111Grant recognised in more than one part of the UK (All UK locations)
IHTM05112No grant cases (All UK locations)
IHTM05113Small estates (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05114Chain of representation (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
IHTM05115Small estates (Scotland)