When an individual dies, they are treated for inheritance tax purposes as having made a transfer of value immediately before their death. The value transferred is treated as equal to the value of their estate immediately before their death1. As with lifetime transfers2, the chargeable value of the estate may be reduced by various exemptions and reliefs, including a complete exemption

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