questionText: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the (a) adequacy of the time taken by HMRC to process inheritance tax queries and (b) potential impact of the time taken on the ability of executors to settle estates without incurring interest charges.
answerText: HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is consistently exceeding its service standards of processing over 80% of inheritance tax returns for estates within 15 working days. Once these returns have been processed, most customers will be able to pay any inheritance ...
heading: Inheritance Tax