Inheritance Tax query

Does an inheritance, on which any IHT will already have been paid if applicable, count towards the beneficiary’s estate for their own IHT calculation? My living mother has a total estate in the region of £1m, and would currently not attract IHT if she died. She just found out that she is a beneficiary in the will of a family member and if that family member dies before my mother, that bequest will be added to my mother’s estate, taking it beyond the IHT threshold.

Hi,

Please contact the Inheritance Tax team for advice.

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Thank you.