93% of those consulted about the government’s new Death Tax; taking £1.5 billion from estates instead of the present probate profit of £45 million/year; were against the tax. The government is going ahead, though, even though it is breaking a connection between the cost of providing a grant of probate and the amount of actual work done, which is pretty much the same, from the court’s point of view, no matter what the size of the estate.
The flat fee has been replaced by a ‘progressive’ fee. And as we all know, the use of a word beginning with ‘pro’, in a government context, always heralds a swindle.
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