IHT Calculator - Chesnara Life

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Inheritance Tax (IHT) Calculator for adviser use only

Our IHT Calculator allows you to work out a client’s current and future potential IHT liability based on the options below. When you’ve finished, you can also create a PDF for your client summarising their situation:

The Inheritance Tax (IHT) Calculator is designed to help financial advisers and their clients to find out the approximate IHT liability on a client’s estate, based on the information they provide. You should therefore ensure the information provided is accurate; if it is not the figures provided will be incorrect and should not be relied upon
The results produced by the tool shouldn’t be considered as advice. The information is provided purely to provide guidance.
Every care has been taken as to its accuracy, but it must be appreciated that neither Chesnara nor its representatives can accept any responsibility for loss, however caused, suffered by any person who has acted or refrained from acting as a result of material contained in this calculator.
The tax rates used in this calculator were last reviewed in April 2025.

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Your options

Option 1

Explore IHT liabilities based on today’s estate value.

Option 2

Explore IHT liabilities based on today’s estate value, plus future asset values.

Option 3

Explore IHT liabilities based on today’s estate value, plus future asset values and previous lifetime gifts.

Option 4

Explore IHT liabilities based on today’s estate value, plus future asset values and previous & future lifetime gifts.

Information you'll need

Enter Assets, Liabilities and Exemptions to calculate IHT at the current date
To calculate estimated IHT at a future date enter Assets, Liabilities, Exemptions and an Assumed Date of Death
Enter details of Gifts from the past 14 years in the first Gifting Table
Enter Proposed Gifting details in the second Gifting Table

Enter client details

Assumed Date of Death (DoD):
This can be used to demonstrate outcomes based on a fictional date.
Edit today's date to enter assumed future date

DayMonthYear

1. Assets

2. Liabilities

3. Nil rate bands available

4. Residence nil rate band available

5. Net Estate

6. Tax

7. Gifts already made in the last 14 Years

8. Summary Of Gifts Within 7 Years

9. Charitable Donation in will

10. Proposed gifting strategy

Results

Total IHT at Current Date	£0.00
Total IHT at Date of Death	£0.00
Total IHT at Date of Death - Post Gifting Strategy	£0.00
IHT Saved from Gifting Solution	£0.00
IHT Saved from Proposed Additional Charitable Donation	£0.00

Next steps

Starting a new calculation will clear all data. To retain the current calculation, please download as a PDF before restarting.
There are a number of ways to mitigate your client's IHT liability - to find out how Chesnara Life may be able to help, contact your Chesnara Life Business Development Manager. Download our Key Contacts Guide here

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