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''UK tax''.
''UK tax''.


Tax paid on an estate (assets minus debts) when a person dies, if the estate is valued at a certain threshold.
Tax paid on a person's estate when they die, if the estate is valued at a certain threshold.
 
The amount of the estate is - roughly speaking - the assets minus the liabilities.
 


Historically referred to as Death duty.
Historically referred to as Death duty.
==See also==
*[[Estate]]
*[[Tax]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]

Latest revision as of 16:48, 2 March 2022

UK tax.

Tax paid on a person's estate when they die, if the estate is valued at a certain threshold.

The amount of the estate is - roughly speaking - the assets minus the liabilities.


Historically referred to as Death duty.


See also