Rejected petition Change the law so that death duty is only payable after probate is granted.

Present law requires payment before grant of probate. Assets cannot be sold until after probate so cannot be used to raise the funds needed.

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Various recent articles in the financial press.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We're not sure what you mean by "death duty".

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 12 March 2017
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