Question follow-through · 93103
Inheritance Tax: Probate
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the current six-month deadline for the payment of Inheritance Tax in cases of administrative delays in the granting of probate.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the current six-month deadline for the payment of Inheritance Tax in cases of administrative delays in the granting of probate.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
The deadline for payment of Inheritance Tax (IHT) is the end of the sixth month after the month in which the death occurs. Personal representatives (PRs) are required to make a payment of IHT before applying for probate. This is a longstanding requirement...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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