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Executor Estate Accounts

Everything an executor needs to record, value, pay out and account for an estate

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Executor Estate Accounts

Overview

Being an executor (or an administrator, if there's no will) means collecting in everything the person owned, paying their debts, the funeral, any inheritance tax and the costs of sorting it all out, and then handing what's left to the right people – keeping a clear record as you go. This workbook gives you that record. You list the assets and debts at the date of death, the people who inherit and every pound in and out of the estate; it then estimates the inheritance tax, works out the tax on income received after the death (including the £500 tax-free amount), prepares estate accounts in the standard capital, income and distribution format, shows what each beneficiary is still owed, produces R185 figures, reconciles the estate bank account and tracks every deadline.

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£20
Who it’s for
Personal Finance
Works with
Microsoft Excel for Windows and Mac
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A walk through the main sheets

The sheets you will use most, in the order you will use them – shown with the sample data every workbook comes with.

Step 1

Estate Details

The deceased, the will or intestacy, executors, key dates, deadlines and IHT settings. What you do: fill in the yellow cells.

Estate Details
Assets

Step 2

Assets

Up to 100 assets at the date of death and what has happened to each. What you do: one line per asset.

Step 3

Liabilities

Up to 60 debts and funeral costs, with what's been paid. What you do: one line per debt.

Liabilities
Beneficiaries

Step 4

Beneficiaries

Who inherits, cash legacies, residue shares and what each is still owed. What you do: name, type, legacy and share.

Who it is for

Made for people like you

  • Example – text
  • Lay executors and administrators – A step-by-step record that turns into proper estate accounts for the beneficiaries.
  • Executors using a solicitor – Your own check on the figures, costs and what's been paid out.
  • Accountants and bookkeepers – A ready-made cash book, income tax working, R185 figures and estate accounts.
  • Beneficiaries (shared by the executors) – A clear view of what the estate holds and when they'll be paid.
  • WATCH OUT – This workbook is a record-keeping and estimating tool, not legal or tax advice. It follows the rules for England & Wales as understood at October 2026. Executors are personally responsible for administering the estate correctly – take professional advice if the estate is complex, may be insolvent, includes a business, farm, trust or foreign assets, or if anyone might challenge the will.

Quick start

Up and running in minutes

  1. Example – text
  1. Estate Details – Enter the person's details, whether there's a will, the executors, the key dates as they happen and the inheritance tax settings.
  2. Assets – List everything they owned at the date of death with its value, how it's owned and – later – what happened to it.
  3. Liabilities – List every debt and the funeral.
  4. Beneficiaries – Enter who inherits: cash legacies and shares of the residue. Specific gifts of items are marked against the asset.
  5. Receipts & Payments – Record every receipt and payment with a category – this is the heart of the workbook.
  6. Check the results – IHT Summary, Estate Income, Estate Accounts, R185 and Bank Reconciliation all update automatically. The Dashboard flags anything that needs attention.
  7. Checklist – Tick off tasks with the date you did them.

Key features

  • Estate details, the will or intestacy rules, key dates and deadlines – inheritance tax due date, creditor notice period, Inheritance Act period and the probate fee (£526 from 13 July 2026).
  • Up to 100 assets and 60 debts at the date of death, joint assets, pensions and life policies, with a simple inheritance tax summary using the nil-rate and residence bands (including a late spouse's).
  • A 500-line receipts and payments log that feeds capital, income and distribution accounts, estate income tax with the £500 tax-free amount, R185 figures and a bank reconciliation.
  • Up to 10 beneficiaries with specific gifts, cash legacies and residue shares, interim distributions, what each is still owed, a 25-step executor checklist and a dashboard.

What’s included

  • Dashboard – Where the administration stands
  • Estate Details – The deceased, the will, executors and dates
  • Assets – Up to 100 assets at the date of death
  • Liabilities – Up to 60 debts and the funeral
  • Beneficiaries – Legacies, residue shares and what's due
  • Receipts & Payments – The 500-line cash book
  • IHT Summary – Inheritance tax estimate
  • Estate Income – Income after death and the estate's tax
  • Estate Accounts – Capital, income and distribution accounts
  • R185 – Estate income for each beneficiary
  • Bank Reconciliation – Agree the log to the bank statement
  • Checklist – Executor tasks and deadlines
  • Tax Rates – Tax, probate and IHT figures
  • Guide – How to use this workbook

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