Hi,
My father passed away earlier this month. He was domciled in France (lived, worked and retired there for 40 years, married to a French woman has a French son and step son, once yearly visits to the UK to see grandchildren). He left an account in the UK with £47k in which was left to him by his mother when she dies 6 years ago. He was waiting for the Euro to climb before transferring it to France.
Since this would appear to be a simple case I decide to handle it myself, although my 3 calls so far to HMRC have resulted in me getting sent 3 different forms:
PA1 - tells me to fill in form IHT207
IHT207 - Q3 clearly states to fill in form IHT400
IHT400 - Q6 says to fill in form IHT401 also
IHT401 and IHT400 are asking me questions about my fathers house (not sure if it was his, his wife's, jointly owned or rented) in France and pension. I'm sure his worldwide estate was less than £325k but I am concerned I am being asked about things ouside HMRC jurisdiction. I dont really want to ask my step mother whose house it is and how much it is worth, but I also dont want HMRC to take her house off her either.
My question is - which forms do I need to fill in to get Letters of Administration so I can transfer the £47k into my step mothers account? And do I really need to call my step mother to ask about her financial affairs in detail?
Many many thanks for any help you can give.
Tim
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