Checklist for keeping on top of your affairs
Make/Update any Wills Check out our Wills page on our website (www.clearprobate.co.uk) where we may be able to write your will free of charge as an existing client. Make/Update a Lasting Power of Attorney A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal document that lets you (the ‘donor’) appoint one or more people (known […]
Do you have to pay inheritance tax before probate is granted?
If there’s inheritance tax to pay, normally you’ll have to pay at least some of it before you’ll be granted probate. The probate registry simply won’t issue authority until this has happened. Receipt must be provided by way of sharing the form IHT421 as part of the complete inheritance tax return. Inheritance tax may be […]
Details of your local Probate registry
The probate registries are all government led offices, as such like many division of the government they can be difficult to contact. The Probate Service Centre manages your probate applications at their central service centre. Here, you can find where to send your documents or ask about your application’s progress. The probate registry details can […]
How to Store and Access your Will
Now that you have created a Will, it must be kept in paper form, which will be later included in the paperwork submission to the Probate Registry for your chosen Executor(s) to obtain the Grant of Probate after your passing. Therefore, have you given much consideration for where you intend to store such a valuable […]