I am currently doing the tax returns for 20/21 and I have just realised that there may be a possible problem with UK IHT. The situation is this: my wife had an uncle in France who died last year. He left her around 26000EUR (on which she duly paid French IHT). The full value of his estate was ~250TEUR and I *think* (but then I may be utterly and totally wrong

The other thing is basically the same situation but it's not her uncle but her mother who sadly is poorly and...

Additionally my wife will of course have to pay French IHT which we have good idea about, having just gone through the whole process

Thanks for any hints, explanations or pointers to further information. Cheers Mick