UK Inheritance Tax Nil Rate Band 2026: Current Thresholds & Who Pays
The UK inheritance tax nil rate band 2026 still sits at £325,000 — exactly where it landed back in April 2009. Seventeen years. No rise. While average UK house prices have roughly doubled in that window, the threshold has stayed politely still, like a guest who arrived early and refuses to leave. And that frozen […]
Complete IHT400 Guidance for UK Inheritance Tax Returns
There’s a particular dread that descends when someone hands you the IHT400 guidance notes for the first time. You’re grieving. You’re exhausted. And now HMRC wants a 16-page inheritance tax return, plus potentially a dozen supplementary schedules, all within a strict deadline. Welcome to being an executor. The IHT400 is the main form executors use […]
