Essential Executor Checklists & Tools

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Australia's most used Executor Checklists & Tools

to successfully finalise and distribute an Estate with ease

✔ Gain a high-level overview of the Estate administration process

✔ Identify activities that you want to do yourself or outsource to save time

✔ Automatically calculate Estate inclusions and total value for Probate

Who is the Essential Package for?

Suits Executors and Administrators who either want to engage a law-firm for the complete process or only the probate application and complete some administration tasks themselves. Be best prepared for the hand-over with your lawyer or tackle activities yourself in the most time-efficient way.

How You Can Save

Save an average of 37% of the total Deceased Estate administration costs using the simplyEstate Executor Checklists & Tools. Read more here.

What You Receive

Find more detail about all included Checklists & Tools to the right and below.

Find more detail about all included Checklists & Tools below.

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Essential

$99 one-off

don’t pay $199 and save $100

What You Receive

  1. Complete Executor & Administrator Handbook (valued $29)
  2. Important Documents Checklist (valued $19)
  3. Home Contents & Personal Belongings Inventory (valued $19)
  4. Assets & Liabilities Inventory for Probate (valued $29)
  5. Beneficiary Inheritance Guide (valued $19)
  6. Estate Distribution Letter Template (valued $29)
  7. Testamentary Costs & Executor Expense Tracker (valued $19)
  8. Executor & Administrator Timesheet (valued $19)
  9. Letter of Authorisation – Banks & Financial Institutions (valued $19)

Navigate the process with confidence and impress your lawyer when sharing documents.

Immediately save $900 in lawyer fees by being well informed and prepared.1

What Our Users Say

5/5

“The assets and liabilities spreadsheet of the essential checklists was brilliant. Even my solicitor was impressed by what (and how) I’d captured information. She says she has everything she needs for Probate, which is a weight off my mind.

 

Margaret Hurd

Executrix – Wangaratta VIC

5/5

“I can’t thank you enough for making the essential checklists available to provide a complete overview. I was trying to take it step by step but didn’t get ahead. Recommend the Essential Checklists to all executors, you won’t regret it.”

 

Greg Taylor
Executor – Sydney NSW

5/5

“I’m very glad to have found these essential checklists and templates quite early on. I don’t know how we could of completed everything and paid the inheritance to beneficiaries in time.”

 

Ross Brown
Joint Executor – Geelong VIC

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How You Can Save

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Reduce the Average Estate Administration Costs by 37%

Executors and Administrators who use the Essential Checklists & Tools save on average 37% of the total Estate management costs2.

Gain a solid overview of the process, be able to choose which administrative tasks to do yourself or outsource, and save time and fees by being fully prepared when engaging a lawyer for Probate application or the complete process.

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What You Receive

The Essential Checklists & Tools include the following documents that have been carefully put together to assist with successfully finalising and distributing an Estate with less effort and at a lower cost. Filled with tips and pitfalls to look out for, you will be guided to complete tasks in your own time when it suits you.

Complete Executor & Administrator Handbook

The Complete Executor and Administrator Handbook is the ultimate checklist and guide that every Executor needs. It summarises the 34 steps to successfully finalise and distribute a Deceased Estate, including key principles, pro tips and pitfalls to watch out for taken from learnings of over 3,500 Deceased Estates.

✔ Gain a complete overview
✔ Avoid timely & costly mistakes
✔ Distribute the Estate with confidence

Complete Executor & Administrator Handbook

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Important Documents Checklist

The Important Documents Checklist provides an overview of the most commonly used documents for Deceased Estate administration and what certified copies should be prepared by Executors and Administrators to save time.

✔ Know what key documents are needed
✔ Make certified copies to not lose originals
✔ Avoid additional trips to the Justice of the Peace

Important Documents Checklist

Home Contents & Personal Belongings Inventory

The Home Contents & Personal Belongings Inventory is a simple to use spreadsheet for Executors and Administrators to capture all the home contents and personal belongings of the deceased person before clearing the home and to keep track of willed items.

✔ Record valuables before removal
✔ Reduce disputes with Beneficiaries
✔ Keep track of gifts and bequests per the Will

Home Contents & Personal Belongings Inventory

Assets & Liabilities Inventory for Probate

The Assets & Liabilities Inventory is an automated Estate spreadsheet Executors use to capture everything belonging to a deceased person. Use this executor accounting spreadsheet to automatically determine what forms part of the Estate and calculate the total Estate value to apply for Probate.

✔ Record all assets and liabilities
✔ Key document to apply for Probate
✔ Automatically determine the Estate value

Assets & Liabilities Inventory for Probate

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Beneficiary Inheritance Guide

The Beneficiary Inheritance Guide is a simple document that Executors and Administrators should provide to Beneficiaries to help them understand what Estate administration involves, what everyone’s roles are and what they can expect when nominated to inherit from an Estate.

✔ Build trust with Beneficiaries
✔ Avoid confusion and disputes
✔ Clarify what Beneficiaries can expect

Beneficiary Inheritance Guide

Estate Distribution Letter to Beneficiaries Template

The Estate Distribution Letter to Beneficiaries template is a document that Executors and Administrators should complete and issue to all Beneficiaries to clearly communicate the Estate and inheritance details before finalisation and distribution.

✔ Explain the Estate composition
✔ Inform Beneficiaries of their inheritance
✔ Avoid disputes by requesting sign-off

Estate Distribution Letter to Beneficiaries Template

Testamentary Costs & Executor Expense Tracker for Reimbursements

The Testamentary Costs & Executor Expense Tracker is a simple to use spreadsheet to assist Executors and Administrators track all costs and expenses relating to the Deceased Estate administration. It is used to seek and pay reimbursements once the Estate funds are available.

✔ Stay organised
✔ Keep track of all expenses
✔ Seek reimbursement from the Estate

Testamentary Costs & Executor Expense Tracker for Reimbursements​

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Executor & Administrator Timesheet

The Executor & Administrator Timesheet is a simple to use spreadsheet to track time spent on Deceased Estate administration activities. It is used to seek adequate compensation for the Estate Administration duties where appropriate, before the residual Estate is distributed as inheritance.

✔ Stay organised
✔ Keep track of your time
✔ Seek commission from the Estate

Executor & Administrator Timesheet

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Letter of Authorisation - Banks

The Letter of Authorisation is a simple to use document to assist Executors and Administrators provide authority to another person to act on their behalf with the nominated Bank or Financial Institution. If you are located far away or don’t have enough time, this will allow you to progress swiftly.

✔ Simple to complete and sign
✔ Major bank addresses included
✔ Authorise someone to act on your behalf

Letter of Authorisation - Banks

Essential

$99 one-off

don’t pay $199 and save $100

What You Receive

  1. Complete Executor & Administrator Handbook (valued $29)
  2. Important Documents Checklist (valued $19)
  3. Home Contents & Personal Belongings Inventory (valued $19)
  4. Assets & Liabilities Inventory for Probate (valued $29)
  5. Beneficiary Inheritance Guide (valued $19)
  6. Estate Distribution Letter Template (valued $29)
  7. Testamentary Costs & Executor Expense Tracker (valued $19)
  8. Executor & Administrator Timesheet (valued $19)
  9. Letter of Authorisation – Banks & Financial Institutions (valued $19)

Navigate the process with confidence and impress your lawyer when sharing documents.

Immediately save $900 in lawyer fees by being well informed and prepared.1

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Things you should know

1Lawyer fees saved is based on the time spent at $450 per hour to explain administrative aspects covered in these Checklists.

2Figures shown are for a Deceased Estate worth $561,636 (Australian average based on HSBC’s global Future of Retirement report) and costs include probate advertising, probate application, general legal advice, various administration costs, conveyancing of one property, tax advice and tax return preparation, and excludes funeral costs.

The Checklists & Tools on this page are not legal documents and do not constitute legal advice as per our Terms & Conditions.

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