IHTM40014 | Clearance certificates: what is not covered by a clearance certificate?

From HM Revenue & Customs · Inheritance Tax Manual

The clearance certificate means that the taxpayer will not have to pay any further tax on the transfer described in the certificate, unless applies, where

  • there has been fraud or failure to disclose material facts ()

  • additional assets () are later shown to have been included in the transfer

  • too great an increase in the nil rate band has been claimed on the death of the surviving spouse ()

  • further tax becomes payable as a result of statutory amendments after issue ()