«Breaking News» Peers hit out at £6,000 probate ‘stealth tax’ charge

Plans to hit grieving families with probate bills of up to £6,000 amount to a stealth tax, a House of Lords committee warns.

From next year the cost of applying for probate – the legal authority to take control of someone’s finances when they die – will soar from a flat fee of £215 to as much as £6,000.

MPs, charities and legal groups have condemned the rise and said it will have serious repercussions for families who may be forced to take out a loan to cover the cost.

The House of Lords has attacked plans to increase the fees associated with probate from £215 to a maximum of £6,000 in a new scheme from the Ministry of Justice 

A Lords committee said the fee for a public service such as probate following someone's death should recover the cost of providing it and no more

Now a Lords committee has waded into the row and warned the increase is ‘disproportionate’. It also points out that the cost of processing a probate application is expected to fall following the introduction of a more efficient online process.

In its report the secondary legislation scrutiny committee said the rise was ‘a significant move away from the principle that fees for a public service should recover the cost of providing it and no more’.

The Ministry of Justice insists bills will never be more than 0.5 per cent of the value of an estate and 25,000 more families will escape the fee each year.

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