What needs to be done when someone passes away?
To Do Immediately After Someone Dies
- Get a legal pronouncement of death.
- Tell friends and family.
- Find out about existing funeral and burial plans.
- Make funeral, burial or cremation arrangements.
- Secure the property.
- Provide care for pets.
- Forward mail.
- Notify your family member’s employer.
Do I need to contact HMRC when someone dies?
You will need to provide HMRC with the deceased’s full name and address and National Insurance number (NINO) or Self Assessment unique tax reference (UTR), if possible.
Do utility companies need a death certificate?
You don’t need to provide a death certificate. If the licence held by the deceased was a free, over 75 one, it will continue to be valid until it expires. The new holder will need to apply for a new licence in their own name. If they are also over 75 they should make the application at the earliest opportunity.
Is Social Security paid the month of death?
We can’t pay benefits for the month of death. That means if the person died in July, the check received in August (which is payment for July) must be returned. Family members may be eligible for Social Security survivors benefits when a person dies.
What is the procedure when someone dies in hospital?
Deaths in hospital If your relative dies in hospital, staff will contact you, lay out the body and arrange for it to be taken to the hospital mortuary. You will then be asked to arrange for the body to be collected by funeral directors, who will normally take it to their chapel of rest.
Can HMRC investigate a dead person?
However HMRC may assess six years’ tax if the deceased or anyone acting for them before their death made careless or deliberate errors or omissions.
Who pays the utility bills when someone dies?
Executor
In most cases, if there are outstanding bills in the name of the deceased, these are usually transferred to the estate of that person. So, if you are their next of kin/the Executor of their estate they become your responsibility.