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How do I add funeral expenses to my case?

This article will guide you through how to add funeral expenses to your case

Adding the Funeral Expense

  • Open the case you wish to add funeral expenses to - How do I find a case I'm working on?
  • Click Expenses on the left hand menu

    20230608 - Expenses Left Hand Menu

  • Click Add new expense




  • Click Yes under Is this a funeral related expense? *and choose the type of funeral expense:

20220822 Types of Funeral expense

🕊️ The Type of funeral expense are separated in to three categories in order to populate the IHT400 correctly:

💰 Funeral ceremony will populate Funeral costs field

💰 Headstone will populate the Headstone field

💰 General funeral expense will populate the Other costs (specify) box

  • Add more details about the expense:
    • Description
    • Full expense value
    • Date incurred
    • Supplier name
    • Whether the expense was paid by a third party (see more on how to settle an expense further in this guide)
    • Any other useful notes about the expense (optional)
  • Click Save
  • To see a summary of expenses, click Expenses in the left hand side menu on your case

  • This will take you to an overview of expenses

  • To edit an expense, click View and edit/add details as necessary and then click Save 
  • To delete an expense, click on the three dots to the right of an expense then click Delete

💁‍♂️ Funeral expenses will be pulled through to the relevant fields within IHT and Court forms 

🙌 When settling funeral expenses, you have flexibility to record which account the expense was paid from

Settling expenses

  • Add the repayment value
  • Choose the source of funds the expense was paid from
  • Add the date of payment
  • Click Save

  • If the funeral expense was settled by a third party, choose Yes for the question Has been paid by third party?
  • You can then select a person to pay back. If you have already added the person to your case, they will appear in the Recipient of the funds drop down menu and if not, you can choose to Add a new person:

👍 If the funeral expense has been part settled, add the repayment value for whatever has been paid so far and then return to the expense to update the value and date of payment when more is paid

⭐ If the expense has not yet been settled, leave this section blank and update later

💁 Expenses will show in the liabilities and payments and reconciliation tab of estate accounts. In reconciliation, you will see them separated in to settled and unsettled. How do I find estate accounts? 

💁‍♂️ If the person who paid the funeral expense doesn't appear in the Recipient of the funds menu, add them in the People & beneficiaries section of your case as a Creditor

💁‍♂️ For further information on Expenses visit How do I add an expense to my case?

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