article_snippet.sent: Comedian Rik Mayall failed to leave a valid will to deal with Comedian Rik Mayall £1.2 million estate, which experts say could leave Comedian Rik Mayall family with a large inheritance tax bill.
article_snippet.sent: Comedian Rik Mayall estate could be liable for tax of tens of thousands of pounds which would not have been payable if Comedian Rik Mayall had left everything to Comedian Rik Mayall wife.
article_snippet.sent: Lawyers have always advised that people should have a valid will to avoid tax pitfalls.
article_snippet.sent: His estate would be divided according to Government intestacy rules, which take into account marital status, children or surviving relatives.
highlights_snippet.sent: Could mean complications for wife, Barbara, and their three adult children .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: His £1.2million estate could be liable for tax of tens of thousands of pounds .