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‘We will not issue your grant until the approved IHT is received".
SO: Grant of Probate is issued after IHT is taken out - therefore it appears that the fee for Probate is based on the Net Value of the Estate i.e. after IHT (for e.g.) has been taken out of the Estate.

Therefore, the Grant of Probate should state what IHT was paid as a Liability of the Estate. I know this was true of my Great Grandfather's Estate but my Mother's Estate stated a Value that didn't include the IHT taken out...so in reality it wasn't really a Nett Value but a Gross Value albeit Funeral Costs.

Surely, it can't be correct that DWF LLP who were the Will Writers/Tax Advisers and also the Executors/Trustees/Administrators of my Mother's Estate would not have to state - on the Grant of Probate- the amount of IHT they took (maximum amount they possibly could) out of the Estate?

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