Guides

Plain-English answers about crypto and inheritance in the UK.

• Crypto Inheritance Tax calculator

  A free calculator: add your crypto, home, savings and pension to estimate any Inheritance Tax.

• What happens to your crypto when you die?

  Why so much crypto is lost for good, and five steps to make sure your family can find yours.

• Does crypto count for Inheritance Tax?

  How HMRC treats crypto in an estate, how it's valued, and what happens if nobody can access it.

• How to find crypto as an executor

  A step-by-step checklist: where to look, how to claim exchange accounts, and scams to avoid.

• How to put crypto in your will

  What to write in your will, what never to write, and the separate plan your executor needs.

• What happens to a Ledger when you die?

  Why the recovery phrase matters more than the device, and how a family recovers a Ledger.

• How to claim a Coinbase account after someone dies

  The documents executors need, how Coinbase's claim works, and what to record for HMRC.

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