Inherited money in Japan

[popmonk]

I have been a resident in UK for almost 20 years and I inherited some money from my father in Japan earlier this year.
My father never lived in UK nor visited UK and he was a Japanese. I paid inheritance tax in Japan earlier this year and the rest of the money has been in my account in Japan and I have no plan to transfer the money to UK at the moment.
In this case, do I need to pay any tax to UK? I was a homemaker during 2017-2018 tax year and no income but I am wondering if I need to fill in tax form because of the inherited money.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

[pawncob]

No UK tax is due on inheritances from abroad.
Tax will only arise when you gift the money to someone else if the gift exceeds the lifetime gift allowance.