Sethi & Co: published probate fees

4. Where Inheritance Tax or any other taxes are payable by the Estate we may instruct an Accountant to prepare tax returns and the fees of the accountants will vary between £400 and £800 plus VAT.

In many cases that we deal with, the range of costs is: (a) for a simple Estate, where there are a few assets and a couple of beneficiaries and the estate will not have to pay inheritance tax, we would estimate our charges at £950 plus VAT which would include preparing and submitting the Inherita...

(b) for more complicated Estates, where there are several beneficiaries, various assets of different composition, some of which may be of high value and inheritance tax is payable, we would estimate our charges at £3,500 plus VAT which would include preparing and submitting the Inheritance Tax fo...

(a) for a simple Estate such as the one mentioned above, the charge is likely to be £1800 plus VAT.

(b) for the more complicated Estates such as the one mentioned above, the charges are likely to be £3500 plus VAT.

The guide to costs does not take into account the sale or transfer of any property within the Estate. Our charges for Probate vary due to the individual circumstances of each Estate, and our fees are charged on an hourly basis at the current rate of £305 per hour plus VAT.