IHTM06011 - Rules about excepted estates - what is an excepted estate

For deaths on or after 6 April 2004, there are three categories of excepted estate:Ìý

  • low value excepted estates (IHTM06012)Ìý

  • exempt excepted estates (IHTM06013), andÌý

  • for deaths on or after 6 April 2025,Ìýindividuals who are not long-term UK residentÌý(IHTM47000)Ìýor, for deaths before 5 April 2025, areÌýforeign domiciliariesÌý(IHTM06021).


Before 6 April 2004, there was a monetary limit below which an estate might qualify as an excepted estate. After this date, this 바카라 사이트˜excepted estate limit바카라 사이트™ was linked to the Inheritance Tax (IHT) nilÌýrate band.

For excepted estates, the IHT nilÌýrate band means the amount above which IHT is payable that applied at the date of death. The one exception to this rule is where:Ìý

  • the deceased died after 5 April but before 6 August in any one year, andÌý

  • a grant of representation is applied for before the 6 August.Ìý

Where this is the case, it is the IHT nilÌýrate band from the tax year before that in which the deceased died that applies.Ìý

With effect from 6 April 2010 and subject to the rule about the death and the grant being made between 6 April and 6 August, 바카라 사이트˜nil rate band바카라 사이트™ can mean either a single nil rate band to which the deceased is entitled, or where certain conditions are met (IHTM06024), up to double that nil rate band if transferable nil rate band (TNRB) (IHTM43001) is available.Ìý