This page discusses some tax considerations relating to pensions received by the deceased, as well as payments from life assurance policies.

Many people – often grandparents – look after their relative’s children to allow the parents (or carers) to go out and work. This can mean they are not building up entitlement to the state pension. Specified adult childcare credits may be available to ensure state pension entitlement is preserved ...

When someone dies, if you are left in charge of sorting out their affairs, you will need to gather some information together. For instance, you need to know what their income and assets were and find out about any debts they owed. Here we set out some ideas that might help you trace a deceased ...

This page looks at the repayment of postgraduate loans (both Master’s and Doctoral loans) in England and Wales. Repayments for these loans started to be collected from April 2019. Northern Ireland collects postgraduate loans as Plan 1 loans. From April 2021, Scotland collects postgraduate loans as ...

We provide an annotated copy of page 3 of the starter checklist for new employees to help you understand the questions on student loans.

This page deals with the tax affairs of the deceased up to their date of death. Before the estate is distributed to beneficiaries, the personal representative should ensure that any tax bills relating to the deceased are properly paid and any relevant tax refunds are claimed.