Inheritance Tax Act 1984

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PART IU.K. GENERAL

Main charges and definitionsU.K.

1 Charge on transfers.U.K.

[F1Inheritance tax] shall be charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer.

Textual Amendments

F1 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

2 Chargeable transfers and exempt transfers.U.K.

(1)A chargeable transfer is a transfer of value which is made by an individual but is not (by virtue of Part II of this Act or any other enactment) an exempt transfer.

(2)A transfer of value made by an individual and exempt only to a limited extent—

(a)is, if all the value transferred by it is within the limit, an exempt transfer, and

(b)is, if that value is partly within and partly outside the limit, a chargeable transfer of so much of that value as is outside the limit as well as an exempt transfer of so much of that value as is within the limit.

(3)Except where the context otherwise requires, references in this Act to chargeable transfers, to their making or to the values transferred by them shall be construed as including references to occasions on which tax is chargeable under Chapter III of Part III of this Act (apart from section 79), to their occurrence or to the amounts on which tax is then chargeable.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 2(3) applied (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(11)

C2S. 2(3) applied (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(5)

3 Transfers of value.U.K.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, a transfer of value is a disposition made by a person (the transferor) as a result of which the value of his estate immediately after the disposition is less than it would be but for the disposition; and the amount by which it is less is the value transferred by the transfer.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above no account shall be taken of the value of excluded property which ceases to form part of a person’s estate as a result of a disposition.

(3)[F2 Where the value of a person's estate is diminished, and the value—

(a)of another person's estate, or

(b)of any settled property, other than settled property treated by section 49(1) below as property to which a person is beneficially entitled,

is increased] by the first-mentioned person’s omission to exercise a right, he shall be treated for the purposes of this section as having made a disposition at the time (or latest time) when he could have exercised the right, unless it is shown that the omission was not deliberate.

(4)Except as otherwise provided, references in this Act to a transfer of value made, or made by any person, include references to events on the happening of which tax is chargeable as if a transfer of value had been made, or, as the case may be, had been made by that person; and “transferor” shall be construed accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 3(3) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 8

[F33A Potentially exempt transfers.U.K.

(1)Any reference in this Act to a potentially exempt transfer is a reference to a transfer of value—

(a)which is made by an individual on or after 18th March 1986 [F4but before 22nd March 2006] ; and

(b)which, apart from this section, would be a chargeable transfer (or to the extent to which, apart from this section, it would be such a transfer); and

(c)to the extent that it constitutes either a gift to another individual or a gift into an accumulation and maintenance trust or a disabled trust;

F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F6(1A)Any reference in this Act to a potentially exempt transfer is also a reference to a transfer of value—

(a)which is made by an individual on or after 22nd March 2006,

(b)which, apart from this section, would be a chargeable transfer (or to the extent to which, apart from this section, it would be such a transfer), and

(c)to the extent that it constitutes—

(i)a gift to another individual,

(ii)a gift into a disabled trust, or

(iii)a gift into a bereaved minor's trust on the coming to an end of an immediate post-death interest.

(1B)Subsections (1) and (1A) above have effect subject to any provision of this Act which provides that a disposition (or transfer of value) of a particular description is not a potentially exempt transfer.]

(2)Subject to subsection (6) below, a transfer of value falls within subsection (1)(c) [F7 or (1A)(c)(i)] above, as a gift to another individual,—

(a)to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to property which, by virtue of the transfer, becomes comprised in the estate of that other individual, . . . F8, or

(b)so far as that value is not attributable to property which becomes comprised in the estate of another person, to the extent that, by virtue of the transfer, the estate of that other individual is increased, . . . F9

(3)Subject to subsection (6) below, a transfer of value falls within subsection (1)(c) above, as a gift into an accumulation and maintenance trust or a disabled trust, to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to property which, by virtue of the transfer, becomes settled property to which section 71 or 89 of this Act applies.

[F10(3A)Subject to subsection (6) below, a transfer of value falls within subsection (1A)(c)(ii) above to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to property which, by virtue of the transfer, becomes settled property to which section 89 below applies.

(3B)A transfer of value falls within subsection (1A)(c)(iii) above to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to settled property (whenever settled) that becomes property to which section 71A below applies in the following circumstances—

(a)under the settlement, a person (“L”) is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the settled property,

(b)the interest in possession is an immediate post-death interest,

(c)on or after 22nd March 2006, but during L's life, the interest in possession comes to an end,

(d)L is beneficially entitled to the interest in possession immediately before it comes to an end, and

(e)on the interest in possession coming to an end, the property—

(i)continues to be held on the trusts of the settlement, and

(ii)becomes property to which section 71A below applies.]

(4)A potentially exempt transfer which is made seven years or more before the death of the transferor is an exempt transfer and any other potentially exempt transfer is a chargeable transfer.

(5)During the period beginning on the date of a potentially exempt transfer and ending immediately before—

(a)the seventh anniversary of that date, or

(b)if it is earlier, the death of the transferor,

it shall be assumed for the purposes of this Act that the transfer will prove to be an exempt transfer.

(6)Where, under any provision of this Act F11. . . tax is in any circumstances to be charged as if a transfer of value had been made, that transfer shall be taken to be a transfer which is not a potentially exempt transfer.]

[F12(6A)The reference in subsection (6) above to any provision of this Act does not include section 52 below except where the transfer of value treated as made by that section is one treated as made on the coming to an end of an interest which falls within section 5(1B) below.]

[F13(7)In the application of this section to an event on the happening of which tax is chargeable under section 52 below, the reference in subsection (1)(a) [F14or (1A)(a)] above to the individual by whom the transfer of value is made is a reference to the person who, by virtue of section 3(4) above, is treated as the transferor.]

Textual Amendments

F3Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 1,in relation to transfers of value made on or after 18March 1986.

F4Words in s. 3A(1)(a) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 9(2)

F5Words in s. 3A(1) repealed (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 178, {Sch. 26 Pt. 6 Note 1}

F6S. 3A(1A)(1B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 9(3)

F7Words in s. 3A(2) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006, s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, {9(4)}

F8 Repealed by Finance Act 1987 (No. 2) s. 96(2)(a)and Sch. 9 Part III,with effect from 17March 1987.

F9 Repealed by Finance Act 1987 (No. 2) s. 96(2)(b)and Sch. 9 Part IIIwith effect from 17March 1987.

F10S. 3A(3A)(3B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 9(5)

F11Words in s. 3A(6) omitted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(2)(a)

F12S. 3A(6A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(2)(b)

F13Finance Act 1987 (No. 2) s. 96(1), (3),in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17March 1987.

F14Words in s. 3A(7) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 9(6)

4 Transfers on death.U.K.

(1)On the death of any person tax shall be charged as if, immediately before his death, he had made a transfer of value and the value transferred by it had been equal to the value of his estate immediately before his death.

(2)For the purposes of this section, where it cannot be known which of two or more persons who have died survived the other or others they shall be assumed to have died at the same instant.

5 Meaning of estate.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Act a person’s estate is the aggregate of all the property to which he is beneficially entitled, [F15 except that—

(a)the estate of a person—

(i)does not include an interest in possession in settled property to which section 71A or 71D below applies, and

(ii)does not include an interest in possession that falls within subsection (1A) below [F16unless it falls within subsection (1B) below], and

(b)the] estate of a person immediately before his death does not include excluded property [F17or a foreign-owned work of art which is situated in the United Kingdom for one or more of the purposes of public display, cleaning and restoration (and for no other purpose).]

[F18(1A)An interest in possession falls within this subsection if—

(a)it is an interest in possession in settled property,

(b)the settled property is not property to which section 71A or 71D below applies,

(c)the person is beneficially entitled to the interest in possession,

(d)the person became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession on or after 22nd March 2006, and

(e)the interest in possession is—

(i)not an immediate post-death interest,

(ii)not a disabled person's interest, and

(iii)not a transitional serial interest.]

[F19(1B)An interest in possession falls within this subsection if the person—

(a)was domiciled in the United Kingdom on becoming beneficially entitled to it, and

(b)became beneficially entitled to it by virtue of a disposition which was prevented from being a transfer of value by section 10 below.]

(2)A person who has a general power which enables him, or would if he were sui juris enable him, to dispose of any property other than settled property, or to charge money on any property other than settled property, shall be treated as beneficially entitled to the property or money; and for this purpose “general power” means a power or authority enabling the person by whom it is exercisable to appoint or dispose of property as he thinks fit.

(3)In determining the value of a person’s estate at any time his liabilities at that time shall be taken into account, except as otherwise provided by this Act.

(4)The liabilities to be taken into account in determining the value of a transferor’s estate immediately after a transfer of value include his liability for [F20inheritance tax] on the value transferred but not his liability (if any) for any other tax or duty resulting from the transfer.

(5)Except in the case of a liability imposed by law, a liability incurred by a transferor shall be taken into account only to the extent that it was incurred for a consideration in money or money’s worth.

Textual Amendments

F15Words in s. 5(1) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 7, 10(2)

F16Words in s. 5(a)(ii) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(3)(a)

F17Words in s. 5(1)(b) inserted (6.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in art. 13(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/730), art. 13(2)

F18S. 5(1A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 10(3)

F19S. 5(1B) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(3)(b)

F20 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

6 Excluded property.U.K.

(1)Property situated outside the United Kingdom is excluded property if the person beneficially entitled to it is an individual domiciled outside the United Kingdom.

[F21(1A)A holding in an authorised unit trust and a share in an open-ended investment company is excluded property if the person beneficially entitled to it is an individual domiciled outside the United Kingdom.]

[F22[F23(1B)A relevant decoration or award is excluded property if it has never been the subject of a disposition for a consideration in money or money's worth.

(1BA)In subsection (1B) “relevant decoration or award” means a decoration or other similar award—

(a)that is designed to be worn to denote membership of—

(i)an Order that is, or has been, specified in the Order of Wear published in the London Gazette (“the Order of Wear”), or

(ii)an Order of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,

(b)that is, or has been, specified in the Order of Wear,

(c)that was awarded for valour or gallant conduct,

(d)that was awarded for, or in connection with, a person being, or having been, a member of, or employed or engaged in connection with, the armed forces of any country or territory,

(e)that was awarded for, or in connection with, a person being, or having been, an emergency responder within the meaning of section 153A (death of emergency service personnel etc), or

(f)that was awarded by the Crown or a country or territory outside the United Kingdom for, or in connection with, public service or achievement in public life.]

(1C)In subsection (1B) the reference to a disposition of the decoration or other award includes—

(a)a reference to a disposition of part of it, and

(b)a reference to a disposition of an interest in it (or in part of it).]

(2)Where securities have been issued by the Treasury subject to a condition authorised by section 22 of the M1Finance (No. 2) Act 1931 (or section 47 of the M2Finance (No. 2) Act 1915) for exemption from taxation so long as the securities are in the beneficial ownership of persons [F24of a description specified in the condition], the securities are excluded property if they are in the beneficial ownership of such a person.

(3)Where the person beneficially entitled to the rights conferred by any of the following, namely—

(a)war savings certificates;

(b)national savings certificates (including Ulster savings certificates);

(c)premium savings bonds;

(d)deposits with the National Savings Bank or with a trustee savings bank;

(e)a [F25certified SAYE savings arrangement] within the meaning of [F26section 703(1) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005];

is domiciled in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, the rights are excluded property.

(4)Property to which this subsection applies by virtue of section 155(1) [F27or (5A)] below is excluded property.

[F28(5)This section is subject to Schedule A1 (non-excluded overseas property).]

Textual Amendments

F21S. 6(1A) inserted (with effect as stated in s. 186(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 186(2)

F22S. 6(1B)(1BA) substituted for s. 6(1B) (with effect in accordance with s. 74(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 74(1)

F23S. 6(1B)(1C) inserted (6.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in art. 14(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/730, art. 14(1)

F24Words in s. 6(2) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 154(9) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 154(7), Sch. 28 para. 7 (with s. 154(5))

F25Words in s. 6(3)(e) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883, Sch. 1 para. 394(a) (with Sch. 2)

F26Words in s. 6(3)(e) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883, Sch. 1 para. 394(b) (with Sch. 2)

F27Words in s. 6(4) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 37 para. 2

F28S. 6(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 3

Marginal Citations

M11931 c. 49.

M21915 c. 89.

RatesU.K.

7 Rates.U.K.

(1)[F29Subject to subsections (2), (4) and (5) below] [F30and to [F31section 8D and] Schedule 1A] the tax charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made by any transferor shall be charged at the following rate or rates, that is to say—

(a)if the transfer is the first chargeable transfer made by that transferor in the period of [F32seven years] ending with the date of the transfer, at the rate or rates applicable to that value under the . . . F33 Table in Schedule 1 to this Act;

(b)in any other case, at the rate or rates applicable under that Table to such part of the aggregate of—

(i)that value, and

(ii)the values transferred by previous chargeable transfers made by him in that period,

as is the highest part of that aggregate and is equal to that value.

[F34(2)Except as provided by subsection (4) below, the tax charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made before the death of the transferor shall be charged at one-half of the rate or rates referred to in subsection (1) above.]

(3)In [F35the Table] in Schedule 1 to this Act any rate shown in the third column is that applicable to such portion of the value concerned as exceeds the lower limit shown in the first column but does not exceed the upper limit (if any) shown in the second column.

[F36(4)Subject to subsection (5) below, subsection (2) above does not apply in the case of a chargeable transfer made at any time within the period of seven years ending with the death of the transferor but, in the case of a chargeable transfer made within that period but more than three years before the death, the tax charged on the value transferred shall be charged at the following percentage of the rate or rates referred to in subsection (1) above—

(a)where the transfer is made more than three but not more than four years before the death, 80 per cent;

(b)where the transfer is made more than four but not more than five years before the death, 60 per cent;

(c)where the transfer is made more than five but not more than six years before the death, 40 per cent; and

(d)where the transfer is made more than six but not more than seven years before the death, 20 per cent.

(5)If, in the case of a chargeable transfer made before the death of the transferor, the tax which would fall to be charged in accordance with subsection (4) above is less than the tax which would have been chargeable (in accordance with subsection (2) above) if the transferor had not died within the period of seven years beginning with the date of the transfer, subsection (4) above shall not apply in the case of that transfer.]

Textual Amendments

F29Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 2(1)(a),with effect from 18March 1986.

F30Words in s. 7(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 3

F31Words in s. 7(1) inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(2)

F32Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 2(1)(b),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“ten years”.

F33 Repealed by Finance Act 1986 s. 101(3)and Sch. 19, para. 2(1)(c),with effect from 18March 1986.

F34Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 2(2),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“(2) Except as otherwise provided, the first Table in Schedule 1 to this Act is the appropriate Table for a transfer made on or at any time within three years of the death of the transferor, and the second Table in that Schedule is the appropriate Table for any other transfer.”

F35Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 2(3),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“each of the Tables”.

F36Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 2(4),with effect from 18March 1986.

8 Indexation of rate bands.U.K.

(1)If the [F37consumer prices index for the month of September in any year] is higher than it was for the [F38previous September], then, unless Parliament otherwise determines, section 7 above and Schedule 1 to this Act shall apply to chargeable transfers made on or after 6th April in the following year with the substitution of [F39a new Table for the Table] applying (whether by virtue of this section or otherwise) to earlier chargeable transfers.

(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

(2)The new [F41Table] shall differ from the [F41Table] it replaces in that for each of the amounts specified in the first and second columns there shall be substituted amounts arrived at by increasing the previous amounts by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the [F42consumer prices index ] and, if the result is not a multiple of £1,000, rounding it up to the nearest amount which is such a multiple.

[F43(3)In this section, “consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board.]

(4)The Treasury shall before 6th April [F381994] and each subsequent 6th April make an order specifying the amounts which by virtue of this section will be treated, in relation to chargeable transfers on or after that date, as specified in the [F44Table] in Schedule 1 to this Act; and any such order shall be made by statutory instrument.

Textual Amendments

F37Words in s. 8(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 208(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 208(2)

F38Words in s. 8(1)(3)(4) substituted (27.7.1993: the substituting section applying in relation to chargeble transfers made on or after 6.4.1994) by 1993 c. 34, s. 197(1)(2).

F39Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 3(1), with effect from 18 March 1986. Originally “new Tables for the Tables”.

F40Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 3(2), with effect from 18 March 1986. repealed by 1988, s. 136(3) and Sch.14, Part X with effect from 15 March 1988.

F41Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 3(3), with effect from 18 March 1986. Originally “Tables”.

F42Words in s. 8(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 208(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 208(3)

F43S. 8(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 208(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 208(4)

F44Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 3(4), with effect from 18 March 1986. Originally “Tables”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 8(1) restricted (7.4.2005) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), s. 98(6)

C4S. 8(1) excluded (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 155(5)

C5S. 8 restricted (19.3.1997 with effect as mentioned in s. 93(2) of the amending Act) by 1997 c. 16, s. 93(2)

C6S. 8 restricted (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 8(3)

C7S. 8 excluded (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 2

C8S. 8 excluded (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 10

C9S. 8 restricted (10.6.2021) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 86

C10S. 8(1) excluded (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 72(2).

S. 8(1) excluded (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 196.

S. 8(1) excluded (3.5.1994 with effect as mentioned in s. 246 of the amending Act) by 1994 c. 9, s. 246

C11S. 8(1) restricted (24.7.2002) by 2002 c. 23, s. 118(2)

[F458ATransfer of unused nil-rate band between spouses and civil partnersU.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)immediately before the death of a person (a “deceased person”), the deceased person had a spouse or civil partner (“the survivor”), and

(b)the deceased person had unused nil-rate band on death.

(2)A person has unused nil-rate band on death if—

where—

M is the maximum amount that could be transferred by a chargeable transfer made (under section 4 above) on the person's death if it were to be wholly chargeable to tax at the rate of nil per cent. (assuming, if necessary, that the value of the person's estate were sufficient but [F46that the maximum amount chargeable at nil per cent. under section 8D(2) is equal to the person's residence nil-rate amount and] otherwise having regard to the circumstances of the person); and

VT is the value actually transferred by the chargeable transfer so made (or nil if no chargeable transfer is so made).

(3)Where a claim is made under this section, the nil-rate band maximum at the time of the survivor's death is to be treated for the purposes of the charge to tax on the death of the survivor as increased by the percentage specified in subsection (4) below (but subject to subsection (5) and section 8C below).

(4)That percentage is—

where—

E is the amount by which M is greater than VT in the case of the deceased person; and

NRBMD is the nil-rate band maximum at the time of the deceased person's death.

(5)If (apart from this subsection) the amount of the increase in the nil-rate band maximum at the time of the survivor's death effected by this section would exceed the amount of that nil-rate band maximum, the amount of the increase is limited to the amount of that nil-rate band maximum.

(6)Subsection (5) above may apply either—

(a)because the percentage mentioned in subsection (4) above (as reduced under section 8C below where that section applies) is more than 100 because of the amount by which M is greater than VT in the case of one deceased person, or

(b)because this section applies in relation to the survivor by reference to the death of more than one person who had unused nil-rate band on death.

(7)In this Act “nil-rate band maximum” means the amount shown in the second column in the first row of the Table in Schedule 1 to this Act (upper limit of portion of value charged at rate of nil per cent.) and in the first column in the second row of that Table (lower limit of portion charged at next rate).

Textual Amendments

F45Ss. 8A-8C inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 4 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 10, Sch. 4 para. 2 (with transitional modifications in Sch. 4 paras. 10, 11)

F46Words in s. 8A(2) inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(3)

8BClaims under section 8AU.K.

(1)A claim under section 8A above may be made—

(a)by the personal representatives of the survivor within the permitted period, or

(b)(if no claim is so made) by any other person liable to the tax chargeable on the survivor's death within such later period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(2)If no claim under section 8A above has been made in relation to a person (P) by reference to whose death that section applies in relation to the survivor, the claim under that section in relation to the survivor may include a claim under that section in relation to P if that does not affect the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the chargeable transfer of value made on P's death.

(3)In subsection (1)(a) above “the permitted period” means—

(a)the period of two years from the end of the month in which the survivor dies or (if it ends later) the period of three months beginning with the date on which the personal representatives first act as such, or

(b)such longer period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(4)A claim made within either of the periods mentioned in subsection (3)(a) above may be withdrawn no later than one month after the end of the period concerned.

Textual Amendments

8CSection 8A and subsequent chargesU.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)the conditions in subsection (1)(a) and (b) of section 8A above are met, and

(b)after the death of the deceased person, tax is charged on an amount under any of sections 32, 32A and 126 below by reference to the rate or rates that would have been applicable to the amount if it were included in the value transferred by the chargeable transfer made (under section 4 above) on the deceased person's death.

(2)If the tax is charged before the death of the survivor, the percentage referred to in subsection (3) of section 8A above is (instead of that specified in subsection (4) of that section)—

where—

E and NRBMD have the same meaning as in subsection (4) of that section;

TA is the amount on which tax is charged; and

NRBME is the nil-rate band maximum at the time of the event occasioning the charge.

(3)If this section has applied by reason of a previous event or events, the reference in subsection (2) to the fraction

is to the aggregate of that fraction in respect of the current event and the previous event (or each of the previous events).

(4)If the tax is charged after the death of the survivor, it is charged as if the personal nil-rate band maximum of the deceased person were appropriately reduced.

(5)In subsection (4) above—

“the personal nil-rate band maximum of the deceased person” is the nil rate band maximum which is treated by Schedule 2 to this Act as applying in relation to the deceased person's death, increased in accordance with section 8A above where that section effected an increase in that nil-rate band maximum in the case of the deceased person (as survivor of another deceased person), and
“appropriately reduced” means reduced by the amount (if any) by which the amount on which tax was charged at the rate of nil per cent. on the death of the survivor was increased by reason of the operation of section 8A above by virtue of the position of the deceased person.]

Textual Amendments

[F478DExtra nil-rate band on death if interest in home goes to descendants etcU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply for the purpose of calculating the amount of the charge to tax under section 4 on a person's death if the person dies on or after 6 April 2017.

(2)If the person's residence nil-rate amount is greater than nil, the portion of VT that does not exceed the person's residence nil-rate amount is charged at the rate of 0%.

(3)References in section 7(1) to the value transferred by the chargeable transfer under section 4 on the person's death are to be read as references to the remainder (if any) of VT.

(4)The person's residence nil-rate amount is calculated in accordance with sections 8E to 8G [F48(and see also section 8M)].

(5)For the purposes of those sections and this section—

(a)the “residential enhancement” is—

(i)£100,000 for the tax year 2017-18,

(ii)£125,000 for the tax year 2018-19,

(iii)£150,000 for the tax year 2019-20, and

(iv)£175,000 for the tax year 2020-21 and subsequent tax years,

but this is subject to subsections (6) and (7),

(b)the “taper threshold” is £2,000,000 for the tax year 2017-18 and subsequent tax years, but this is subject to subsections (6) and (7),

(c)TT is the taper threshold at the person's death,

(d)E is the value of the person's estate immediately before the person's death,

(e)VT is the value transferred by the chargeable transfer under section 4 on the person's death,

(f)the person's “default allowance” is the total of—

(i)the residential enhancement at the person's death, and

(ii)the person's brought-forward allowance (see section 8G), and

(g)the person's “adjusted allowance” is—

(i)the person's default allowance, less

(ii)the amount given by—

but is nil if that amount is greater than the person's default allowance.

(6)Subsection (7) applies if—

(a)the consumer prices index for the month of September in any tax year (“the prior tax year”) is higher than it was for the previous September, and

(b)the prior tax year is the tax year 2020-21 or a later tax year.

(7)Unless Parliament otherwise determines, the amount of each of—

(a)the residential enhancement for the tax year following the prior tax year, and

(b)the taper threshold for that following tax year,

is its amount for the prior tax year increased by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the index and, if the result is not a multiple of £1,000, rounded up to the nearest amount which is such a multiple.

(8)The Treasury must before 6 April 2021 and each subsequent 6 April make an order specifying the amounts that in accordance with subsections (6) and (7) are the residential enhancement and taper threshold for the tax year beginning on that date; and any such order is to be made by statutory instrument.

(9)In this section—

[F49“consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board,]
“tax year” means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April, and
“the tax year 2017-18” means the tax year beginning on 6 April 2017 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way).

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F48Words in s. 8D(4) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 2(2)

F49Words in s. 8D(9) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 2(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C12S. 8D(7) restricted (10.6.2021) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 86

8EResidence nil-rate amount: interest in home goes to descendants etcU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) to (7) apply if—

(a)the person's estate immediately before the person's death includes a qualifying residential interest, and

(b)N% of the interest is closely inherited, where N is a number—

(i)greater than 0, and

(ii)less than or equal to 100,

and in those subsections “NV/100” means N% of so much (if any) of the value transferred by the transfer of value under section 4 [F50on the person’s death] as is attributable to the interest.

(2)Where—

(a)E is less than or equal to TT, and

(b)NV/100 is less than the person's default allowance,

the person's residence nil-rate amount is equal to NV/100 and an amount, equal to the difference between NV/100 and the person's default allowance, is available for carry-forward.

(3)Where—

(a)E is less than or equal to TT, and

(b)NV/100 is greater than or equal to the person's default allowance,

the person's residence nil-rate amount is equal to the person's default allowance (and no amount is available for carry-forward).

(4)Where—

(a)E is greater than TT, and

(b)NV/100 is less than the person's adjusted allowance,

the person's residence nil-rate amount is equal to NV/100 and an amount, equal to the difference between NV/100 and the person's adjusted allowance, is available for carry-forward.

(5)Where—

(a)E is greater than TT, and

(b)NV/100 is greater than or equal to the person's adjusted allowance,

the person's residence nil-rate amount is equal to the person's adjusted allowance (and no amount is available for carry-forward).

(6)Subsections (2) to (5) have effect subject to subsection (7) [F51and sections 8FC and 8M(2B) to (2E)].

(7)Where the person's residence nil-rate amount as calculated under subsections (2) to (5) without applying this subsection is greater than VT—

[F52(a)the person's residence nil-rate amount is equal to VT,

(b)where E is less than or equal to TT, an amount, equal to the difference between VT and the person's default allowance, is available for carry-forward, and

(c)where E is greater than TT, an amount, equal to the difference between VT and the person's adjusted allowance, is available for carry-forward.]

(8)See also—

[F53section 8FC (modifications of this section where there is entitlement to a downsizing addition),]
section 8H (meaning of “qualifying residential interest” [F54, “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”]),
section 8J (meaning of “inherit”),
section 8K (meaning of “closely inherited”), and
section 8M (cases involving conditional exemption).

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F50Words in s. 8E(1) inserted (with application in accordance with s. 66(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 66(4)

F51Words in s. 8E(6) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 3(2)

F52S. 8E(7)(a)-(c) substituted for s. 8E(7)(a)(b) (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 3(3)

F53Words in s. 8E(8) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 3(4)(a)

F54Words in s. 8E(8) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 3(4)(b)

8FResidence nil-rate amount: no interest in home goes to descendants etcU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply if the person's estate immediately before the person's death—

(a)does not include a qualifying residential interest, or

(b)includes a qualifying residential interest but none of the interest is closely inherited.

(2)The person's residence nil-rate amount is nil.

(3)An amount—

(a)equal to the person's default allowance, or

(b)if E is greater than TT, equal to the person's adjusted allowance,

is available for carry-forward.

(4)See also—

[F55section 8FD (which applies instead of this section where there is entitlement to a downsizing addition),]
section 8H (meaning of “qualifying residential interest” [F56, “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”]),
section 8J (meaning of “inherit”),
section 8K (meaning of “closely inherited”), and
section 8M (cases involving conditional exemption).]

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F55Words in s. 8F(4) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 4(a)

F56Words in s. 8F(4) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 4(b)

[F578FADownsizing addition: entitlement: low-value death interest in homeU.K.

(1)There is entitlement to a downsizing addition in calculating the person's residence nil-rate amount if each of conditions A to F is met (see subsection (8) for the amount of the addition).

(2)Condition A is that—

(a)the person's residence nil-rate amount is given by section 8E(2) or (4), or

(b)the person's estate immediately before the person's death includes a qualifying residential interest but none of the interest is closely inherited, and—

(i)where E is less than or equal to TT, so much of [F58the value transferred by the transfer of value under section 4 on the person’s death] as is attributable to the person's qualifying residential interest is less than the person's default allowance, or

(ii)where E is greater than TT, so much of [F58the value transferred by the transfer of value under section 4 on the person’s death] as is attributable to the person's qualifying residential interest is less than the person's adjusted allowance.

Section 8E(6) and (7) do not apply, and any entitlement to a downsizing addition is to be ignored, when deciding whether paragraph (a) of condition A is met.

(3)Condition B is that not all of VT is attributable to the person's qualifying residential interest.

(4)Condition C is that there is a qualifying former residential interest in relation to the person (see sections 8H(4A) to (4F) and 8HA).

(5)Condition D is that the value of the qualifying former residential interest exceeds so much of [F59the value transferred by the transfer of value under section 4 on the person’s death] as is attributable to the person's qualifying residential interest.

Section 8FE(2) explains what is meant by the value of the qualifying former residential interest.

(6)Condition E is that at least some of the remainder is closely inherited, where “the remainder” means everything included in the person's estate immediately before the person's death other than the person's qualifying residential interest.

(7)Condition F is that a claim is made for the addition in accordance with section 8L(1) to (3).

(8)Where there is entitlement as a result of this section, the addition—

(a)is equal to the lost relievable amount (see section 8FE) if that amount is less than so much of VT as is attributable to so much of the remainder as is closely inherited, and

(b)otherwise is equal to so much of VT as is attributable to so much of the remainder as is closely inherited.

(9)Subsection (8) has effect subject to section 8M(2G) (reduction of downsizing addition in certain cases involving conditional exemption).

(10)See also—

section 8FC (effect of an addition: section 8E case),
section 8FD (effect of an addition: section 8F case),
section 8H (meaning of “qualifying residential interest”, “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”),
section 8J (meaning of “inherit”),
section 8K (meaning of “closely inherited”), and
section 8M (cases involving conditional exemption).

Textual Amendments

F57Ss. 8FA-8FE inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 5

F58Words in s. 8FA(2)(b) substituted (with application in accordance with s. 66(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 66(2)

F59Words in s. 8FA(5) substituted (with application in accordance with s. 66(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 66(2)

8FBDownsizing addition: entitlement: no residential interest at deathU.K.

(1)There is also entitlement to a downsizing addition in calculating the person's residence nil-rate amount if each of conditions G to K is met (see subsection (7) for the amount of the addition).

(2)Condition G is that the person's estate immediately before the person's death (“the estate”) does not include a residential property interest.

(3)Condition H is that VT is greater than nil.

(4)Condition I is that there is a qualifying former residential interest in relation to the person (see sections 8H(4A) to (4F) and 8HA).

(5)Condition J is that at least some of the estate is closely inherited.

(6)Condition K is that a claim is made for the addition in accordance with section 8L(1) to (3).

(7)Where there is entitlement as a result of this section, the addition—

(a)is equal to the lost relievable amount (see section 8FE) if that amount is less than so much of VT as is attributable to so much of the estate as is closely inherited, and

(b)otherwise is equal to so much of VT as is attributable to so much of the estate as is closely inherited.

(8)Subsection (7) has effect subject to section 8M(2G) (reduction of downsizing addition in certain cases involving conditional exemption).

(9)See also—

section 8FD (effect of an addition: section 8F case),
section 8H (meaning of “qualifying residential interest”, “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”),
section 8J (meaning of “inherit”),
section 8K (meaning of “closely inherited”), and
section 8M (cases involving conditional exemption).

Textual Amendments

F57Ss. 8FA-8FE inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 5

8FCDownsizing addition: effect: section 8E caseU.K.

(1)Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)as a result of section 8FA, there is entitlement to a downsizing addition in calculating the person's residence nil-rate amount, and

(b)the person's residence nil-rate amount is given by section 8E.

(2)Section 8E has effect as if, in subsections (2) to (5) of that section, each reference to NV/100 were a reference to the total of—

(a)NV/100, and

(b)the downsizing addition.

Textual Amendments

F57Ss. 8FA-8FE inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 5

8FDDownsizing addition: effect: section 8F caseU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)as a result of section 8FA or 8FB, there is entitlement to a downsizing addition in calculating the person's residence nil-rate amount, and

(b)apart from this section, the person's residence nil-rate amount is given by section 8F.

(2)Subsections (3) to (6) apply instead of section 8F.

(3)The person's residence nil-rate amount is equal to the downsizing addition.

(4)Where—

(a)E is less than or equal to TT, and the downsizing addition is equal to the person's default allowance, or

(b)E is greater than TT, and the downsizing addition is equal to the person's adjusted allowance,

no amount is available for carry-forward.

(5)Where—

(a)E is less than or equal to TT, and

(b)the downsizing addition is less than the person's default allowance,

an amount, equal to the difference between the downsizing addition and the person's default allowance, is available for carry-forward.

(6)Where—

(a)E is greater than TT, and

(b)the downsizing addition is less than the person's adjusted allowance,

an amount, equal to the difference between the downsizing addition and the person's adjusted allowance, is available for carry-forward.

Textual Amendments

F57Ss. 8FA-8FE inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 5

8FECalculation of lost relievable amountU.K.

(1)This section is about how to calculate the person's lost relievable amount for the purposes of sections 8FA(8) and 8FB(7).

(2)For the purposes of this section and section 8FA(5), the value of the person's qualifying former residential interest is the value of the interest at the time of completion of the disposal of the interest.

(3)In this section, the person's “former allowance” is the total of—

(a)the residential enhancement at the time of completion of the disposal of the qualifying former residential interest,

(b)any brought-forward allowance that the person would have had if the person had died at that time, having regard to the circumstances of the person at that time (see section 8G as applied by subsection (4)), and

(c)if the person's allowance on death includes an amount of brought-forward allowance which is greater than the amount of brought-forward allowance given by paragraph (b), the difference between those two amounts.

(4)For the purposes of calculating any brought-forward allowance that the person (“P”) would have had as mentioned in subsection (3)(b)—

(a)section 8G (brought-forward allowance) applies, but as if references to the residential enhancement at P's death were references to the residential enhancement at the time of completion of the disposal of the qualifying former residential interest, and

(b)assume that a claim for brought-forward allowance was made in relation to an amount available for carry-forward from a related person's death if, on P's death, a claim was in fact made in relation to the amount.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (3)(c), where the person's allowance on death is equal to the person's adjusted allowance, the amount of brought-forward allowance included in the person's allowance on death is calculated as follows.

Step 1 Express the person's brought-forward allowance as a percentage of the person's default allowance.
Step 2 Multiply—
by the percentage given by step 1.
Step 3 Reduce the person's brought-forward allowance by the amount given by step 2.
The result is the amount of brought-forward allowance included in the person's allowance on death.

(6)If completion of the disposal of the qualifying former residential interest occurs before 6 April 2017—

(a)for the purposes of subsection (3)(a), the residential enhancement at the time of completion of the disposal is treated as being £100,000, and

(b)for the purposes of subsection (3)(b), the amount of brought-forward allowance that the person would have had at that time is treated as being nil.

(7)In this section, the person's “allowance on death” means—

(a)where E is less than or equal to TT, the person's default allowance, or

(b)where E is greater than TT, the person's adjusted allowance.

(8)For the purposes of this section, “completion” of the disposal of a residential property interest occurs at the time of the disposal or, if the disposal is under a contract which is completed by a conveyance, at the time when the interest is conveyed.

(9)Where, as a result of section 8FA, there is entitlement to a downsizing addition in calculating the person's residence nil-rate amount, take the following steps to calculate the person's lost relievable amount.

Step 1 Express the value of the person's qualifying former residential interest as a percentage of the person's former allowance, but take that percentage to be 100% if it would otherwise be higher.
Step 2 Express QRI as a percentage of the person's allowance on death, where QRI is so much of [F60the value transferred by the transfer of value under section 4 on the person’s death] as is attributable to the person's qualifying residential interest, but take that percentage to be 100% if it would otherwise be higher.
Step 3 Subtract the percentage given by step 2 from the percentage given by step 1, but take the result to be 0% if it would otherwise be negative. The result is P%.
Step 4 The person's lost relievable amount is equal to P% of the person's allowance on death.

(10)Where, as a result of section 8FB, there is entitlement to a downsizing addition in calculating the person's residence nil-rate amount, take the following steps to calculate the person's lost relievable amount.

Step 1 Express the value of the person's qualifying former residential interest as a percentage of the person's former allowance, but take that percentage to be 100% if it would otherwise be higher.
Step 2 Calculate that percentage of the person's allowance on death. The result is the person's lost relievable amount.]

Textual Amendments

F57Ss. 8FA-8FE inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 5

F60Words in s. 8FE(9) substituted (with application in accordance with s. 66(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 66(3)

[F478GMeaning of “brought-forward allowance”U.K.

(1)This section is about the amount of the brought-forward allowance (see section 8D(5)(f)) for a person (“P”) who dies on or after 6 April 2017.

(2)In this section “related person” means a person other than P where—

(a)the other person dies before P, and

(b)immediately before the other person dies, P is the other person's spouse or civil partner.

(3)P's brought-forward allowance is calculated as follows—

(a)identify each amount available for carry-forward from the death of a related person (see sections 8E [F61, 8F and 8FD], and subsections (4) and (5)),

(b)express each such amount as a percentage of the residential enhancement at the death of the related person concerned,

(c)calculate the percentage that is the total of those percentages, and

(d)the amount that is that total percentage of the residential enhancement at P's death is P's brought-forward allowance or, if that total percentage is greater than 100%, P's brought-forward allowance is the amount of the residential enhancement at P's death,

but P's brought-forward allowance is nil if no claim for it is made under section 8L.

(4)Where the death of a related person occurs before 6 April 2017—

(a)an amount equal to £100,000 is treated for the purposes of subsection (3) as being the amount available for carry-forward from the related person's death, but this is subject to subsection (5), and

(b)the residential enhancement at the related person's death is treated for those purposes as being £100,000.

(5)If the value (“RPE”) of the related person's estate immediately before the related person's death is greater than £2,000,000, the amount treated under subsection (4)(a) as available for carry-forward is reduced (but not below nil) by—

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F61Words in s. 8G(3)(a) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 6

8HMeaning of “qualifying residential interest” [F62, “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”]U.K.

(1)This section applies for the purposes of sections 8E [F63to 8FE and section 8M].

(2)[F64A] “residential property interest”, in relation to a person, means an interest in a dwelling-house which has been the person's residence at a time when the person's estate included that, or any other, interest in the dwelling-house.

(3)Where a person's estate immediately before the person's death includes residential property interests in just one dwelling-house, the person's interests in that dwelling-house are a qualifying residential interest in relation to the person.

(4)Where—

(a)a person's estate immediately before the person's death includes residential property interests in each of two or more dwelling-houses, and

(b)the person's personal representatives nominate one (and only one) of those dwelling-houses,

the person's interests in the nominated dwelling-house are a qualifying residential interest in relation to the person.

[F65(4A)Subsection (4B) or (4C) applies where—

(a)a person disposes of a residential property interest in a dwelling-house on or after 8 July 2015 (and before the person dies), and

(b)the person's personal representatives nominate—

(i)where there is only one such dwelling-house, that dwelling-house, or

(ii)where there are two or more such dwelling-houses, one (and only one) of those dwelling-houses.

(4B)Where—

(a)the person—

(i)disposes of a residential property interest in the nominated dwelling-house at a post-occupation time, or

(ii)disposes of two or more residential property interests in the nominated dwelling-house at the same post-occupation time or at post-occupation times on the same day, and

(b)the person does not otherwise dispose of residential property interests in the nominated dwelling-house at post-occupation times,

the interest disposed of is, or the interests disposed of are, a qualifying former residential interest in relation to the person.

(4C)Where—

(a)the person disposes of residential property interests in the nominated dwelling-house at post-occupation times on two or more days, and

(b)the person's personal representatives nominate one (and only one) of those days,

the interest or interests disposed of at post-occupation times on the nominated day is or are a qualifying former residential interest in relation to the person.

(4D)For the purposes of subsections (4A) to (4C)—

(a)a person is to be treated as not disposing of a residential property interest in a dwelling-house where the person disposes of an interest in the dwelling-house by way of gift and the interest is, in relation to the gift and the donor, property subject to a reservation within the meaning of section 102 of the Finance Act 1986 (gifts with reservation), and

(b)a person is to be treated as disposing of a residential property interest in a dwelling-house if the person is treated as making a potentially exempt transfer of the interest as a result of the operation of section 102(4) of that Act (property ceasing to be subject to a reservation).

(4E)Where—

(a)a transfer of value by a person is a conditionally exempt transfer of a residential property interest, and

(b)at the time of the person's death, no chargeable event has occurred with respect to that interest,

that interest may not be, or be included in, a qualifying former residential interest in relation to the person.

(4F)In subsections (4B) and (4C) “post-occupation time” means a time—

(a)on or after 8 July 2015,

(b)after the nominated dwelling-house first became the person's residence, and

(c)before the person dies.

(4G)For the purposes of subsections (4A) to (4C), if the disposal is under a contract which is completed by a conveyance, the disposal occurs at the time when the interest is conveyed.]

(5)A reference in this section to a dwelling-house—

(a)includes any land occupied and enjoyed with it as its garden or grounds, but

(b)does not include, in the case of any particular person, any trees or underwood in relation to which an election is made under section 125 as it applies in relation to that person's death.

(6)If at any time when a person's estate includes an interest in a dwelling-house, the person—

(a)resides in living accommodation which for the person is job-related, and

(b)intends in due course to occupy the dwelling-house as the person's residence,

this section applies as if the dwelling-house were at that time occupied by the person as a residence.

(7)Section 222(8A) to (8D) of the 1992 Act (meaning of “job-related”), but not section 222(9) of that Act, apply for the purposes of subsection (6).]

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F62Words in s. 8H heading inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 7(2)

F63Words in s. 8H(1) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 7(3)

F64Word in s. 8H(2) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 7(4)

F65Ss. 8H(4A)-(4G) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 7(5)

[F668HAQualifying former residential interest”: interests in possessionU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purposes of determining whether certain interests may be, or be included in, a qualifying former residential interest in relation to a person (see section 8H(4A) to (4C)).

(2)This section applies where—

(a)a person (“P”) is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property, and

(b)the settled property consists of, or includes, an interest in a dwelling-house.

(3)Subsection (4) applies where—

(a)the trustees of the settlement dispose of the interest in the dwelling-house to a person other than P,

(b)P's interest in possession in the settled property subsists immediately before the disposal, and

(c)P's interest in possession—

(i)falls within subsection (7) throughout the period beginning with P becoming beneficially entitled to it and ending with the disposal, or

(ii)falls within subsection (8).

(4)The disposal is to be treated as a disposal by P of the interest in the dwelling-house to which P is beneficially entitled as a result of the operation of section 49(1).

(5)Subsection (6) applies where—

(a)P disposes of the interest in possession in the settled property, or P's interest in possession in the settled property comes to an end in P's lifetime,

(b)the interest in the dwelling-house is, or is part of, the settled property immediately before the time when that happens, and

(c)P's interest in possession—

(i)falls within subsection (7) throughout the period beginning with P becoming beneficially entitled to it and ending with the time mentioned in paragraph (b), or

(ii)falls within subsection (8).

(6)The disposal, or (as the case may be) the coming to an end of P's interest in possession, is to be treated as a disposal by P of the interest in the dwelling-house to which P is beneficially entitled as a result of the operation of section 49(1).

(7)An interest in possession falls within this subsection if—

(a)P became beneficially entitled to it before 22 March 2006 and section 71A does not apply to the settled property; or

(b)P becomes beneficially entitled to it on or after 22 March 2006 and the interest is—

(i)an immediate post-death interest,

(ii)a disabled person's interest, or

(iii)a transitional serial interest.

(8)An interest in possession falls within this subsection if P becomes beneficially entitled to it on or after 22 March 2006 and it falls within section 5(1B).]

Textual Amendments

F66S. 8HA inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 8

[F478JMeaning of “inherited”U.K.

(1)This section explains for the purposes of sections 8E [F67, 8F, 8FA, 8FB and 8M] whether a person (“B”) inherits, from a person who has died (“D”), property which forms part of D's estate immediately before D's death.

(2)B inherits the property if there is a disposition of it (whether effected by will, under the law relating to intestacy or otherwise) to B.

(3)Subsection (2) does not apply if—

(a)the property becomes comprised in a settlement on D's death, or

(b)immediately before D's death, the property was settled property in which D was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession.

(4)Where the property becomes comprised in a settlement on D's death, B inherits the property if—

(a)B becomes beneficially entitled on D's death to an interest in possession in the property, and that interest in possession is an immediate post-death interest or a disabled person's interest, or

(b)the property becomes, on D's death, settled property—

(i)to which section 71A or 71D applies, and

(ii)held on trusts for the benefit of B.

(5)Where, immediately before D's death, the property was settled property in which D was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession, B inherits the property if B becomes beneficially entitled to it on D's death.

(6)Where the property forms part of D's estate immediately before D's death as a result of the operation of section 102(3) of the Finance Act 1986 (gifts with reservation) in relation to a disposal of the property made by D by way of [F68gift—

(a)subsections (2) to (5) do not apply, and

(b)B inherits the property if the property originally comprised in the gift became comprised in B’s estate on the making of the disposal.]

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F67Words in s. 8J(1) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 9

F68Words in s. 8J(6) substituted (with application in accordance with s. 66(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 66(5)

8KMeaning of “closely inherited”U.K.

(1)In relation to the death of a person (“D”), something is “closely inherited” for the purposes of sections 8E [F69, 8F, 8FA, 8FB and 8M] if it is inherited for those purposes (see section 8J) by—

(a)a lineal descendant of D,

(b)a person who, at the time of D's death, is the spouse or civil partner of a lineal descendant of D, or

(c)a person who—

(i)at the time of the death of a lineal descendant of D who died no later than D, was the spouse or civil partner of the lineal descendant, and

(ii)has not, in the period beginning with the lineal descendant's death and ending with D's death, become anyone's spouse or civil partner.

(2)The rules in subsections (3) to (8) apply for the interpretation of subsection (1).

(3)A person who is at any time a step-child of another person is to be treated, at that and all subsequent times, as if the person was that other person's child.

(4)Any rule of law, so far as it requires an adopted person to be treated as not being the child of a natural parent of the person, is to be disregarded (but this is without prejudice to any rule of law requiring an adopted person to be treated as the child of an adopter of the person).

(5)A person who is at any time fostered by a foster parent is to be treated, at that and all subsequent times, as if the person was the foster parent's child.

(6)Where—

(a)an individual (“G”) is appointed (or is treated by law as having been appointed) under section 5 of the Children Act 1989, or under corresponding law having effect in Scotland or Northern Ireland or any country or territory outside the United Kingdom, as guardian (however styled) of another person, and

(b)the appointment takes effect at a time when the other person (“C”) is under the age of 18 years,

C is to be treated, at all times after the appointment takes effect, as if C was G's child.

(7)Where—

(a)an individual (“SG”) is appointed as a special guardian (however styled) of another person (“C”) by an order of a court—

(i)that is a special guardianship order as defined by section 14A of the Children Act 1989, or

(ii)that is a corresponding order under legislation having effect in Scotland or Northern Ireland or any country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)the appointment takes effect at a time when C is under the age of 18 years,

C is to be treated, at all times after the appointment takes effect, as if C was SG's child.

(8)In particular, where under any of subsections (3) to (7) one person is to be treated at any time as the child of another person, that first person's lineal descendants (even if born before that time) are accordingly to be treated at that time (and all subsequent times) as lineal descendants of that other person.

(9)In subsection (4) “adopted person” means—

(a)an adopted person within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002, or

(b)a person who would be an adopted person within the meaning of that Chapter if, in section 66(1)(e) of that Act and section 38(1)(e) of the Adoption Act 1976, the reference to the law of England and Wales were a reference to the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

(10)In subsection (5) “foster parent” means—

(a)someone who is approved as a local authority foster parent in accordance with regulations made by virtue of paragraph 12F of Schedule 2 to the Children Act 1989,

(b)a foster parent with whom the person is placed by a voluntary organisation under section 59(1)(a) that Act,

(c)someone who looks after the person in circumstances in which the person is a privately fostered child as defined by section 66 of that Act, or

(d)someone who, under legislation having effect in Scotland or Northern Ireland or any country or territory outside the United Kingdom, is a foster parent (however styled) corresponding to a foster parent within paragraph (a) or (b).

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F69Words in s. 8K(1) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 10

8LClaims for brought-forward allowance [F70and downsizing addition] U.K.

(1)A claim for brought-forward allowance for a person (see section 8G) [F71or for a downsizing addition for a person (see sections 8FA to 8FD)] may be made—

(a)by the person's personal representatives within the permitted period, or

(b)(if no claim is so made) by any other person liable to the tax chargeable on the person's death within such later period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(2)In subsection (1)(a) “the permitted period” means—

(a)the period of 2 years from the end of the month in which the person dies or (if it ends later) the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the personal representatives first act as such, or

(b)such longer period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(3)A claim under subsection (1) made within either of the periods mentioned in subsection (2)(a) may be withdrawn no later than one month after the end of the period concerned.

(4)Subsection (5) applies if—

(a)no claim under this section has been made for brought-forward allowance for a person (“P”),

(b)the amount of the charge to tax under section 4 on the death of another person (“A”) would be different if a claim under subsection (1) had been made for brought-forward allowance for P, and

(c)the amount of the charge to tax under section 4 on the death of P, and the amount of the charge to tax under section 4 on the death of any person who is neither P nor A, would not have been different if a claim under subsection (1) had been made for brought-forward allowance for P.

(5)A claim for brought-forward allowance for P may be made—

(a)by A's personal representatives within the allowed period, or

(b)(if no claim is so made) by any other person liable to the tax chargeable on A's death within such later period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(6)In subsection (5)(a) “the allowed period” means—

(a)the period of 2 years from the end of the month in which A dies or (if it ends later) the period of 3 months beginning with the date on which the personal representatives first act as such, or

(b)such longer period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(7)A claim under subsection (5) made within either of the periods mentioned in subsection (6)(a) may be withdrawn no later than one month after the end of the period concerned.

Textual Amendments

F47Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

F70Words in s. 8L heading inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 11(a)

F71Words in s. 8L(1) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 11(b)

8MResidence nil-rate amount: cases involving conditional exemptionU.K.

[F72(1)This section applies where—

(a)a person (“D”) dies on or after 6 April 2017,

(b)ignoring the application of this section, D's residence nil-rate amount is greater than nil, and

(c)some or all of the transfer of value under section 4 on D's death is a conditionally exempt transfer of property consisting of, or including, any of the following—

(i)some or all of a qualifying residential interest;

(ii)some or all of a residential property interest, at least some portion of which is closely inherited, and which is not, and is not included in, a qualifying residential interest;

(iii)one or more closely inherited assets that are not residential property interests.

(2)Subsections (2B) to (2E) apply for the purposes of sections 8E to 8FD if—

(a)ignoring the application of this section, D's residence nil-rate amount is given by section 8E, and

(b)some or all of the transfer of value under section 4 is a conditionally exempt transfer of property mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(i).

(2A)In subsections (2B) to (2E), but subject to subsection (3)(a), “the exempt percentage of the QRI” is given by—

where—

X is the attributable portion of the value transferred by the conditionally exempt transfer,

QRI is the attributable portion of the value transferred by the transfer of value under section 4, and

“the attributable portion” means the portion (which may be the whole) attributable to the qualifying residential interest.

(2B)If—

(a)the exempt percentage of the QRI is 100%, and

(b)D has no entitlement to a downsizing addition,

D's residence nil-rate amount and amount available for carry-forward are given by section 8F(2) and (3) (instead of section 8E).

(2C)If—

(a)the exempt percentage of the QRI is 100%, and

(b)D has an entitlement to a downsizing addition,

D's residence nil-rate amount and amount available for carry-forward are given by section 8FD(3) to (6) (instead of section 8E as modified by section 8FC(2)).

9 Transitional provisions on reduction of tax.U.K.

The transitional provisions in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to any enactment by virtue of which tax is reduced by the substitution of [F81a new Table] in Schedule 1.

Textual Amendments

F81Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 4with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“new Tables”.

Dispositions that are not transfers of value [F82(and omissions that do not give rise to deemed dispositions)] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F82Words in s. 10 cross-heading inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 94(2)

10 Dispositions not intended to confer gratuitous benefit.U.K.

(1)A disposition is not a transfer of value if it is shown that it was not intented, and was not made in a transaction intended, to confer any gratuitous benefit on any person and either—

(a)that it was made in a transaction at arm’s length between persons not connected with each other, or

(b)that it was such as might be expected to be made in a transaction at arm’s length between persons not connected with each other.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a sale of [F83unquoted shares or unquoted debentures] unless it is shown that the sale was at a price freely negotiated at the time of the sale or at a price such as might be expected to have been freely negotiated at the time of the sale.

(3)In this section—

“disposition” includes anything treated as a disposition by virtue of section 3(3) above;
“transaction” includes a series of transactions and any associated operations.

Textual Amendments

F83Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 1,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares or debentures not quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

11 Dispositions for maintenance of family.U.K.

(1)A disposition is not a transfer of value if it is made by one party to a marriage [F84or civil partnership] in favour of the other party or of a child of either party and is—

(a)for the maintenance of the other party, or

(b)for the maintenance, education or training of the child for a period ending not later than the year in which he attains the age of eighteen or, after attaining that age, ceases to undergo full-time education or training.

(2)A disposition is not a transfer of value if it is made in favour of a child who is not in the care of a parent of his and is for his maintenance, education or training for a period ending not later than the year in which—

(a)he attains the age of eighteen, or

(b)after attaining that age he ceases to undergo full-time education or training;

but paragraph (b) above applies only if before attaining that age the child has for substantial periods been in the care of the person making the disposition.

(3)A disposition is not a transfer of value if it is made in favour of a dependent relative of the person making the disposition and is a reasonable provision for his care or maintenance.

(4)A disposition is not a transfer of value if it is made in favour of an illegitimate child of the person making the disposition and is for the maintenance, education or training of the child for a period ending not later than the year in which he attains the age of eighteen or, after attaining that age, ceases to undergo full-time education or training.

(5)Where a disposition satisfies the conditions of the preceding provisions of this section to a limited extent only, so much of it as satisfies them and so much of it as does not satisfy them shall be treated as separate dispositions.

(6)In this section—

“child” includes a step-child and an adopted child and “parent” shall be construed accordingly;
[F85“civil partnership”, in relation to a disposition made on the occasion of the dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership, and in relation to a disposition varying a disposition so made, includes a former civil partnership;]
“dependent relative” means in relation to any person—
(a)
a relative of his, or of his spouse [F86or civil partner] , who is incapacitated by old age or infirmity from maintaining himself, or
(b)
[F87his mother or father or his spouse's or civil partner's mother or father;]
“marriage”, in relation to a disposition made on the occasion of the dissolution or annulment of a marriage, and in relation to a disposition varying a disposition so made, includes a former marriage;
“year” means period of twelve months ending with 5th April.

Textual Amendments

F84Words in s. 11(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 4(2)

F85S. 11(6): definition of "civil partnership" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(b)

F86S. 11(6): words in definition of "dependent relative" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)(i)

F87S. 11(6): words in definition of "dependent relative" substituted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(a)(ii)

12 Dispositions allowable for income tax or conferring [F88benefits under pension scheme].U.K.

(1)A disposition made by any person is not a transfer of value if it is allowable in computing that person’s profits or gains for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax or would be so allowable if those profits or gains were sufficient and fell to be so computed.

(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, a disposition made by any person is not a transfer of value if [F89it is a contribution under a registered pension scheme [F90, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a] section 615(3) scheme in respect of an employee of the person making the disposition.]

[F91(2ZA)Where a person who is a member of a registered pension scheme, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a section 615(3) scheme omits to exercise pension rights under the pension scheme, section 3(3) above does not apply in relation to the omission.]

F92[F93(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F92(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F92(2C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F92(2D). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F92(2E). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2F)For the purposes of this section—

(a)a person omits to exercise pension rights under a pension scheme if he does not become entitled to the whole or any part of a pension or lump sum (or both) under the pension scheme at a time when he was eligible to become so entitled (whether or not he does become entitled to any other benefits under the pension scheme); F94. . .

F94(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2G)In this section—

“entitled”, in relation to a pension or lump sum, shall be construed in accordance with section 165(3) or [F95167(1A), or section 166(2),] of the Finance Act 2004;
F96. . .
“pension” has the same meaning as in [F97Part 4] of that Act (see section 165(2) of that Act);
F96. . .
F96. . .]

F98(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F98(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F88Words in s. 12 sidenote substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 2

F89Words in s. 12(2) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(2)(a), 284 (with Sch. 36)

F90Words in s. 12(2) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 92, Sch. 29 para. 18(2)(8)

F91S. 12(2ZA) inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 105 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 47(2)

F92S. 12(2A)-(2E) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 105 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 47(3)

F93S. 12(2A)-(2G) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 paras. 2, 12

F94S. 12(2F)(b) and preceding word omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 105 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 50(2)

F95Words in s. 12(2G) substituted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 94(3)

F96Words in s. 12(2G) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 105 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 50(3)(a)

F97Words in s. 12(2G) substituted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 105 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 50(3)(b)

F98S. 12(3)(4) repealed (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(2)(b), 284, 326, Sch. 42 Pt. 3 (with Sch. 36)

[F9912APension drawdown fund not used up: no deemed dispositionU.K.

(1)Where a person has a drawdown fund, section 3(3) above does not apply in relation to any omission that results in the fund not being used up in the person's lifetime.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a person has a drawdown fund if the person has—

(a)a member's drawdown pension fund,

(b)a member's flexi-access drawdown fund,

(c)a dependant's drawdown pension fund,

(d)a dependant's flexi-access drawdown fund,

(e)a nominee's flexi-access drawdown fund, or

(f)a successor's flexi-access drawdown fund, and

in respect of a money purchase arrangement under a registered pension scheme.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a person also has a drawdown fund if sums or assets held for the purposes of a money purchase arrangement under a corresponding scheme would, if that scheme were a registered pension scheme, be the person's—

(a)member's drawdown pension fund,

(b)member's flexi-access drawdown fund,

(c)dependant's drawdown pension fund,

(d)dependant's flexi-access drawdown fund,

(e)nominee's flexi-access drawdown fund, or

(f)successor's flexi-access drawdown fund,

in respect of the arrangement.

(4)In this section—

“corresponding scheme” means—
(a)
a qualifying non-UK pension scheme (see section 271A below), or
(b)
a section 615(3) scheme that is not a registered pension scheme;
“money purchase arrangement” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 (see section 152 of that Act);
“member's drawdown pension fund”, “member's flexi-access drawdown fund”, “dependant's drawdown pension fund”, “dependant's flexi-access drawdown fund”, “nominee's flexi-access drawdown fund” and “successor's flexi-access drawdown fund” have the meaning given, respectively, by paragraphs 8, 8A, 22, 22A, 27E and 27K of Schedule 28 to that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F99S. 12A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 94(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 94(4)

13 Dispositions by close companies for benefit of employees.U.K.

(1)A disposition of property made to trustees by a close company whereby the property is to be held on trusts of the description specified in section 86(1) below is not a transfer of value if the persons for whose benefit the trusts permit the property to be applied include all or most of either—

(a)the persons employed by or holding office with the company, or

(b)the persons employed by or holding office with the company or any one or more subsidiaries of the company.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply if the trusts permit any of the property to be applied at any time (whether during any such period as is referred to in section 86(1) below or later) for the benefit of—

(a)a person who is a participator in the company making the disposition, or

(b)any other person who is a participator in any close company that has made a disposition whereby property became comprised in the same settlement, being a disposition which but for this section would have been a transfer of value, or

(c)any other person who has been a participator in any such company as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above at any time after, or during the ten years before, the disposition made by that company, or

(d)any person who is connected with any person within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above.

(3)The participators in a company who are referred to in subsection (2) above do not include any participator who—

(a)is not beneficially entitled to, or to rights entitling him to acquire, 5 per cent. or more of, or of any class of the shares comprised in, its issued share capital, and

(b)on a winding-up of the company would not be entitled to 5 per cent. or more of its assets.

(4)In determining whether the trusts permit property to be applied as mentioned in subsection (2) above, no account shall be taken—

(a)of any power to make a payment which is the income of any person for any of the purposes of income tax, or would be the income for any of those purposes of a person not resident in the United Kingdom if he were so resident, or

(b)if the trusts are those of a profit sharing scheme approved under [F100Schedule 9 to the M3Taxes Act 1988], of any power to appropriate shares in pursuance of the scheme [F101; or].

[F101(c)if the trusts are those of [F102a share incentive plan approved under Schedule 2 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003] , of any power to appropriate shares to, or acquire shares on behalf of, individuals under the plan.]

(5)In this section—

“close company” and “participator” have the same meanings as in Part IV of this Act;
“ordinary shares” means shares which carry either—
(a)
a right to dividends not restricted to dividends at a fixed rate, or
(b)
a right to conversion into shares carrying such a right as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above,
“subsidiary” has [F103the meaning given by section [F1041159 of and Schedule 6 to]] the [F105Companies Act [F1062006]];

and references in subsections (2) and (3) above to a participator in a company shall, in the case of a company which is not a close company, be construed as references to a person who would be a participator in the company if it were a close company.

Textual Amendments

F100 Substituted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1. SIF 63:1), Sch. 29, para. 32.Originally

“the Finance Act 1978”.

F101S. 13(4)(c) and the word “or”immediately preceding it inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 138(2)

F102Words in s. 13(4)(c) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 723(1)(a)(b) (subject to Sch. 7) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), ss. 722, 723(1), Sch. 6 para. 151(1)(a)(2)

F103Companies Act 1989 s. 144(4)and Sch. 18 para. 30(2),with effect from the appointed day—on and after 1November 1990 (S.I. 1990 No.1392).Originally

“the same meaning as in”.

F104Words in s. 13(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), art. 4(1)(f)

F105Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), Sch. 2,with effect from 1July 1985.Originally

“Companies Act 1948”.

F106Words in s. 13(5) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), art. 4(1)(f)

Marginal Citations

M31988 c. 1.

[F10713ADispositions by close companies to employee-ownership trustsU.K.

(1)A disposition of property made to trustees by a close company (“C”) whereby the property is to be held on trusts of the description specified in section 86(1) is not a transfer of value if—

(a)C meets the trading requirement,

(b)the trusts are of a settlement which meets the all-employee benefit requirement, and

(c)the settlement does not meet the controlling interest requirement immediately before the beginning of the tax year in which the disposition of property occurs but does meet it at the end of that year.

(2)Sections 236I, 236J, 236K, 236M and 236T (but not 236L) of the 1992 Act apply to determine whether—

(a)C meets the trading requirement;

(b)the settlement meets the all-employee benefit requirement;

(c)the settlement meets the controlling interest requirement;

with references in those sections to “C” being read accordingly.

(3)In this section—

“close company” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of this Act;
“tax year” means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April.]

Textual Amendments

F107S. 13A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 10(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 10(1)

14 Waiver of remuneration.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the waiver or repayment of an amount of remuneration is not a transfer of value if, apart from the waiver or repayment, that amount [F108would be earnings, or would be treated as earnings, and would constitute employment income (see section 7(2)(a) or (b) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003)] .

(2)Where, apart from the waiver or repayment, the amount of the remuneration would be allowable as a deduction in computing for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax the profits or gains or losses of the person by whom it is payable or paid, this section shall apply only if, by reason of the waiver or repayment, it is not so allowed or is otherwise brought into charge in computing those profits or gains or losses.

Textual Amendments

F108Words in s. 14(1) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 723(1)(a)(b) (subject to Sch. 7) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), ss. 722, 723(1), Sch. 6 para. 152

15 Waiver of dividends.U.K.

A person who waives any dividend on shares of a company within twelve months before any right to the dividend has accrued does not by reason of the waiver make a transfer of value.

16 Grant of tenancies of agricultural property.U.K.

(1)The grant of a tenancy of agricultural property in the United Kingdom F109... for use for agricultural purposes is not a transfer of value by the grantor if he makes it for full consideration in money or money’s worth.

(2)Expressions used in subsection (1) above and in Chapter II of Part V of this Act have the same meaning in that subsection as in that Chapter.

Textual Amendments

F109Words in s. 16(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(7) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 (c. 12), s. 11(2)

17 Changes in distribution of deceased’s estate, etc.U.K.

None of the following is a transfer of value—

(a)a variation or disclaimer to which section 142(1) below applies;

(b)a transfer to which section 143 below applies;

F110(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)the renunciation of a claim to legitim [F111or rights under section 131 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004] within the period mentioned in section 147(6) below.

Textual Amendments

F110S. 17(c) omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 (c. 16), s. 12(2), Sch. 4 para. 4(a) (with s. 12(4)); S.I. 2014/2039, art. 2

F111Words in s. 17(d) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 6(b)

PART IIU.K. EXEMPT TRANSFERS

CHAPTER IU.K. GENERAL

18 Transfers between spouses [F112or civil partners].U.K.

(1)A transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to property which becomes comprised in the estate of the transferor’s spouse [F113or civil partner] or, so far as the value transferred is not so attributable, to the extent that that estate is increased.

(2)If, immediately before the transfer, the transferor but not the transferor’s spouse [F114or civil partner] is domiciled in the United Kingdom the value in respect of which the transfer is exempt (calculated as a value on which no tax is chargeable) shall not exceed [F115the exemption limit at the time of the transfer,] less any amount previously taken into account for the purposes of the exemption conferred by this section.

[F116(2A)For the purposes of subsection (2), the exemption limit is the amount shown in the second column of the first row of the Table in Schedule 1 (upper limit of portion of value charged at rate of nil per cent).]

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to property if the testamentary or other disposition by which it is given—

(a)takes effect on the termination after the transfer of value of any interest or period, or

(b)depends on a condition which is not satisfied within twelve months after the transfer;

but paragraph (a) above shall not have effect by reason only that the property is given to a spouse [F117or civil partner] only if he survives the other spouse [F117or civil partner] for a specified period.

(4)For the purposes of this section, property is given to a person if it becomes his property or is held on trust for him.

Textual Amendments

F112Words in s. 18 sidenote inserted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 7(5)

F113Words in s. 18(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), reg. 7(2)

F114Words in s. 18(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 7(3)

F115Words in s. 18(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 178(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 178(2)

F116S. 18(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 178(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 178(3)

F117Words in s. 18(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 7(4)

19 Annual exemption.U.K.

(1)Transfers of value made by a transferor in any one year are exempt to the extent that the values transferred by them (calculated as values on which no tax is chargeable) do not exceed £3,000.

(2)Where those values fall short of £3,000, the amount by which they fall short shall, in relation to the next following year, be added to the £3,000 mentioned in subsection (1) above.

(3)Where those values exceed £3,000, the excess—

(a)shall, as between transfers made on different days, be attributed so far as possible to a later rather than an earlier transfer, and

(b)shall, as between transfers made on the same day, be attributed to them in proportion to the values transferred by them.

[F118(3A)A transfer of value which is a potentially exempt transfer—

(a)shall in the first instance be left out of account for the purposes of subsections (1) to (3) above; and

(b)if it proves to be a chargeable transfer, shall for the purposes of those subsections be taken into account as if, in the year in which it was made, it was made later than any transfer of value which was not a potentially exempt transfer.]

(4)In this section “year” means period of twelve months ending with 5th April.

(5)Section 3(4) above shall not apply for the purposes of this section (but without prejudice to sections 57 and 94(5) below).

Textual Amendments

F118Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 5,in relation to transfers of value made on or after 18March 1986.

20 Small gifts.U.K.

(1)Transfers of value made by a transferor in any one year by outright gifts to any one person are exempt if the values transferred by them (calculated as values on which no tax is chargeable) do not exceed £250.

(2)In this section “year” means period of twelve months ending with 5th April.

(3)Section 3(4) above shall not apply for the purposes of this section.

21 Normal expenditure out of income.U.K.

(1)A transfer of value is an exempt transfer if, or to the extent that, it is shown—

(a)that it was made as part of the normal expenditure of the transferor, and

(b)that (taking one year with another) it was made out of his income, and

(c)that, after allowing for all transfers of value forming part of his normal expenditure, the transferor was left with sufficient income to maintain his usual standard of living.

(2)A payment of a premium on a policy of insurance on the transferor’s life, or a gift of money or money’s worth applied, directly or indirectly, in payment of such a premium, shall not for the purposes of this section be regarded as part of his normal expenditure if, when the insurance was made or at any earlier or later time, an annuity was purchased on his life, unless it is shown that—

(a)the purchase of the annuity, and

(b)the making or any variation of the insurance or of any prior insurance for which the first-mentioned insurance was directly or indirectly substituted,

were not associated operations.

(3)So much of a purchased life annuity (within the meaning of [F119section 423 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005] as is, [F120exempt from income tax under section 717 of that Act] , shall not be regarded as part of the transferor’s income for the purposes of this section.

(4)Subsection (3) above shall not apply to annuities purchased before 13th November 1974.

(5)Section 3(4) above shall not apply for the purposes of this section.

Textual Amendments

F119Words in s. 21(3) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883, Sch. 1 para. 395(a) (with Sch. 2)

F120Words in s. 21(3) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883, Sch. 1 para. 395(b) (with Sch. 2)

22 Gifts in consideration of marriage [F121or civil partnership].U.K.

(1)Transfers of value made by gifts in consideration of marriage [F122or civil partnership] are exempt to the extent that the values transferred by such transfers made by any one transferor in respect of any one marriage [F122or civil partnership](calculated as values on which no tax is chargeable) do not exceed—

(a)in the case of gifts within subsection (2) below by a parent of a party to the marriage [F122or civil partnership] , £5,000,

(b)in the case of other gifts within subsection (2) below, £2,500, and

(c)in any other case £1,000;

any excess being attributed to the transfers in proportion to the values transferred.

(2)A gift is within this subsection if—

(a)it is an outright gift to a child or remoter descendant of the transferor or

(b)the transferor is a parent or remoter ancestor of either party to the marriage [F123or civil partnership] , and either the gift is an outright gift to the other party to the marriage [F123or civil partnership] or the property comprised in the gift is settled by the gift, or

(c)the transferor is a party to the marriage [F123or civil partnership] , and either the gift is an outright gift to the other party to the marriage [F123or civil partnership] or the property comprised in the gift is settled by the gift;

and in this section “child” includes an illegitimate child, an adopted child and a step-child and “parent”, “descendant” and “ancestor” shall be construed accordingly.

(3)A disposition which is an outright gift shall not be treated for the purposes of this section as a gift made in consideration of marriage [F124or civil partnership] if, or in so far as, it is a gift to a person other than a party to the marriage [F124or civil partnership] .

(4)A disposition which is not an outright gift shall not be treated for the purposes of this section as a gift made in consideration of marriage [F125or civil partnership] if the persons who are or may become entitled to any benefit under the disposition include any person other than—

[F126(a)the parties to the marriage or civil partnership, any child of the family of the parties to the marriage or civil partnership, or a spouse or civil partner of any such child;]

(b)persons becoming entitled on the failure of trusts for any such [F127child] under which trust property would (subject only to any power of appointment to a person falling within paragraph (a) or (c) of this subsection) vest indefeasibly on the attainment of a specified age or either on the attainment of such an age or on some earlier event, or persons becoming entitled (subject as aforesaid) on the failure of any limitation in tail;

[F128(c)a subsequent spouse or civil partner of a party to the marriage or civil partnership, any child of the family of the parties to any such subsequent marriage or civil partnership, or a spouse or civil partner of any such child;]

(d)persons becoming entitled under such trusts, subsisting under the law of England and Wales or of Northern Ireland, as are specified in section 33(1) of the M4Trustee Act 1925 or section 34(1) of the M5Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (protective trusts), the principal beneficiary being a person falling within paragraph (a) or (c) of this subsection, or under such trusts, modified by the enlargement, as respects any period during which there is no such [F129child] as aforesaid in existence, of the class of potential beneficiaries specified in paragraph (ii) of the said section 33(1) or paragraph (b) of the said section 34(1);

(e)persons becoming entitled under trusts subsisting under the law of Scotland and corresponding with such trusts as are mentioned in paragraph (d) above;

(f)as respects a reasonable amount of remuneration, the trustees of the settlement.

[F130(4A)In subsection (4) “child of the family”, in relation to parties to a marriage or civil partnership, means a child of one or both of them.]

(5)F131. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6)Section 3(4) above shall not apply for the purposes of this section (but without prejudice to section 57 below).

Textual Amendments

F121Words in s. 22 sidenote inserted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(8)

F122Words in s. 22(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(2)

F123Words in s. 22(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(3)

F124Words in s. 22(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(4)

F125Words in s. 22(4) inserted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(a)

F126S. 22(4)(a) substituted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(b)

F127Word in s. 22(4)(b) substituted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(c)

F128S. 22(4)(c) substituted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(d)

F129Word in s. 22(4)(d) substituted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(5)(e)

F130S. 22(4A) inserted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(6)

F131S. 22(5) omitted (5.12.2005 with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 8(7)

Marginal Citations

M41925 c. 19.

M51958 c. 23 (N.I.).

23 Gifts to charities [F132or registered clubs].U.K.

(1)Transfers of value are exempt to the extent that the values transferred by them are attributable to property which is given to charities [F133or registered clubs].

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to property if the testamentary or other disposition by which it is given—

(a)takes effect on the termination after the transfer of value of any interest or period, or

(b)depends on a condition which is not satisfied within twelve months after the transfer, or

(c)is defeasible;

and for this purpose any disposition which has not been defeated at a time twelve months after the transfer of value and is not defeasible after that time shall be treated as not being defeasible (whether or not it was capable of being defeated before that time).

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to property which is an interest in other property if—

(a)that interest is less than the donor’s, or

(b)the property is given for a limited period;

and for this purpose any question whether an interest is less than the donor’s shall be decided as at a time twelve months after the transfer of value.

(4)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to any property if—

(a)the property is land or a building and is given subject to an interest reserved or created by the donor which entitled him, his spouse [F134or civil partner] or a person connected with him to possession of, or to occupy, the whole or any part of the land or building rent-free or at a rent less than might be expected to be obtained in a transaction at arm’s length between persons not connected with each other, or

(b)the property is not land or a building and is given subject to an interest reserved or created by the donor other than—

(i)an interest created by him for full consideration in money or money’s worth, or

(ii)an interest which does not substantially affect the enjoyment of the property by the person or body to whom it is given;

and for this purpose any question whether property is given subject to an interest shall be decided as at a time twelve months after the transfer of value.

(5)[F135In the case of any property which is given to charities,] subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to [F136the] property if it or any part of it may become applicable for purposes other than charitable purposes or those of a body mentioned in section 24, [F137or 25] below [F138or, where it is land, of a body mentioned in section 24A below].

[F139(5A)In the case of any property which is given to a registered club, subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to the property if it or any part of it may become applicable for purposes other than—

(a)the purposes of the club in question;

(b)the purposes of another registered club;

(c)the purposes of the governing body of an eligible sport for the purposes of which the club in question exists; or

(d)charitable purposes.]

[F140(6)For the purposes of this section—

(a)property is given to charities if it becomes the property of charities or is held on trust for charitable purposes only; and

(b)property is given to registered clubs if it becomes the property of registered clubs or is held on trust for purposes of registered clubs only;

and “donor” shall be construed accordingly.

(7)For the purposes of this section “registered club” and “eligible sport” have the same meaning as in Chapter 9 of Part 13 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.]

Textual Amendments

F132S. 23: words in title inserted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 189(6) (with Sch. 2)

F133Words in s. 23(1) inserted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 189(2) (with Sch. 2)

F134Words in s. 23(4)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 9

F135Words in s. 23(5) inserted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 189(3)(a) (with Sch. 2)

F136Word in s. 23(5) inserted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 189(3)(b) (with Sch. 2)

F137Words in s. 23(5) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to any transfer of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(2)(a)

F138Finance Act 1989 s. 171(2),in relation to transfers of value made on or after 14March 1989.

F139S. 23(5A) inserted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 189(4) (with Sch. 2)

F140S. 23(6)(7) substituted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) for s. 23(6) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 189(5) (with Sch. 2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13S. 23 modified (24.7.2002 with effect as mentioned in s. 58(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 58, Sch. 18 Pt. 3, para. 9(2)

24 Gifts to political parties.U.K.

(1)Transfers of value are exempt to the extent that the values transferred by them—

(a)are attributable to property which becomes the property of a political party qualifying for exemption under this section; . . . F141

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F141

(2)A political party qualifies for exemption under this section if, at the last general election preceding the transfer of value,—

(a)two members of that party were elected to the House of Commons, or

(b)one member of that party was elected to the House of Commons and not less than 150,000 votes were given to candidates who were members of that party.

(3)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 23 above shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to section 23(1).

(4)For the purposes of section 23(2) to (5) as they apply by virtue of subsection (3) above property is given to any person or body if it becomes the property of or is held on trust for that person or body, and “donor” shall be construed accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F141 Repealed by Finance Act 1988 s. 137and Sch.14, Part Xin relation to transfers of value made on or after 15March 1988.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C14S. 24 applied (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the applying Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 264(8), 289(with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

[F14224A Gifts to housing associations.U.K.

(1)A transfer of value is exempt to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to land in the United Kingdom given to a [F143body falling within subsection (2) below].

[F144(2)A body falls within this subsection if it is—

[F145(za)a non-profit registered provider of social housing;]

(a)a registered social landlord within the meaning of Part I of the Housing Act 1996;

(b)a registered housing association within the meaning of the Housing Associations Act 1985; or

(c)a registered housing association within the meaning of Part II of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.]]

(3)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 23 and subsection (4) of section 24 above shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to section 24(1).

Textual Amendments

F142Finance Act 1989 s. 171(1),with effect from 14March 1989.

F143Words in s. 24A(1) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 12(2)

F144S. 24A(2) substituted (1.10.1996) by S.I. 1996/2325, art. 5(1), Sch. 2 para. 12(3)

F145S. 24A(2)(za) inserted (1.4.2010) by Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 (c. 17), ss. 277, 325, Sch. 9 para. 7; S.I. 2010/862, art. 2 (with Sch.)

25 Gifts for national purposes, etc.U.K.

(1)A transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property which becomes the property of a body within Schedule 3 to this Act.

(2)Subsections (2) to (5) of section 23 and subsection (4) of section 24 above shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to section 24(1), except that section 23(3) shall not prevent subsection (1) above from applying in relation to property consisting of the benefit of an agreement restricting the use of land.

[F146(3)A transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property that is being transferred in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2012 (gifts to the nation).]

Textual Amendments

F146S. 25(3) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 27

F14726. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F147S. 26 repealed (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 143(1) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, ss. 143(1), 165(1), Sch. 27 Pt. IV, note 1

[F14826A Potentially exempt transfer of property subsequently held for national purposes etc.U.K.

A potentially exempt transfer which would (apart from this section) have proved to be a chargeable transfer shall be an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property which has been or could be designated under section 31(1) below and which, during the period beginning with the date of the transfer and ending with the death of the transferor,—

(a)has been disposed of by sale by private treaty to a body mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act or has been disposed of to such a body otherwise than by sale, or

(b)has been disposed of in pursuance of section 230 below [F149or in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2012 (gifts to the nation)].]

Textual Amendments

F148Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 6,in relation to transfers of value made on or after 18March 1986.

F149Words in s. 26A(b) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 28

27 Maintenance funds for historic buildings, etc.U.K.

(1)[F150Subject to subsection (1A) below,] a transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property which by virtue of the transfer becomes comprised in a settlement and in respect of which—

(a)a direction under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act has effect at the time of the transfer, or

(b)such a direction is given after the time of the transfer.

[F151(1A)Subsection (1) above does not apply in the case of a direction given after the time of the transfer unless the claim for the direction (if it is not made before that time) is made no more than two years after the date of that transfer, or within such longer period as the Board may allow.]

(2)Subsections (2) and (3) of the section 23 and subsection (4) of section 24 above shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to section 24(1).

Textual Amendments

F150Words in s. 27(1) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 144(1)(2)

F151S. 27(1A) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 144(1)(2)

28 Employee trusts.U.K.

(1)A transfer of value made by an individual who is beneficially entitled to shares in a company is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to shares in or securities of the company which become comprised in a settlement if—

(a)the trusts of the settlement are of the description specified in section 86(1) below, and

(b)the persons for whose benefit the trusts permit the settled property to be applied include all or most of the persons employed by or holding office with the company.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply unless at the date of the transfer, or at a subsequent date not more than one year thereafter, both the following conditions are satisfied, that is to say—

(a)the trustees—

(i)hold more than one half of the ordinary shares in the company, and

(ii)have powers of voting on all questions affecting the company as a whole which if exercised would yield a majority of the votes capable of being exercised on them; and

(b)there are no provisions in any agreement or instrument affecting the company’s constitution or management or its shares or securities whereby the condition in paragraph (a) above can cease to be satisfied without the consent of the trustees.

(3)Where the company has shares or securities of any class giving powers of voting limited to either or both of the following—

(a)the question of winding up the company, and

(b)any question primarily affecting shares or securities of that class,

the reference in subsection (2)(a)(ii) above to all questions affecting the company as a whole shall be read as a reference to all such questions except any in relation to which those powers are capable of being exercised.

(4)Subsection (1) above shall not apply if the trusts permit any of the settled property to be applied at any time (whether during any such period as is referred to in section 86(1) below or later) for the benefit of—

(a)a person who is a participator in the company mentioned in subsection (1) above; or

(b)any other person who is a participator in any close company that has made a disposition whereby property became comprised in the same settlement, being a disposition which but for section 13 above would have been a transfer of value; or

(c)any other person who has been a participator in the company mentioned in subsection (1) above or in any such company as is mentioned in paragraph (b) above at any time after, or during the ten years before, the transfer of value mentioned in subsection (1) above; or

(d)any person who is connected with any person within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above.

(5)The participators in a company who are referred to in subsection (4) above do not include any participator who—

(a)is not beneficially entitled to, or to rights entitling him to acquire, 5 per cent. or more of, or of any class of the shares comprised in, its issued share capital, and

(b)on a winding-up of the company would not be entitled to 5 per cent. or more of its assets.

(6)In determining whether the trusts permit property to be applied as mentioned in subsection (4) above, no account shall be taken of any power to make a payment which is the income of any person for any of the purposes of income tax, or would be the income for any of those purposes of a person not resident in the United Kingdom if he were so resident.

(7)Subsection (5) of section 13 above shall have effect in relation to this section as it has effect in relation to that section.

[F15228AEmployee-ownership trustsU.K.

(1)A transfer of value made by an individual who is beneficially entitled to shares in a company (“C”) is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred is attributable to shares in or securities of C which become comprised in a settlement if—

(a)C meets the trading requirement,

(b)the settlement meets the all-employee benefit requirement, and

(c)the settlement does not meet the controlling interest requirement immediately before the beginning of the tax year in which the transfer of value is made but does meet it at the end of that year.

(2)Sections 236I, 236J, 236K, 236M and 236T (but not 236L) of the 1992 Act apply to determine whether—

(a)C meets the trading requirement;

(b)the settlement meets the all-employee benefit requirement;

(c)the settlement meets the controlling interest requirement;

with references in those sections to “C” being read accordingly.

(3)In this section “tax year” means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April.]

Textual Amendments

F152S. 28A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 11(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 11(1)

29 Loans—modifications of exemptions.U.K.

(1)If or to the extent that a transfer of value is a disposition whereby the use of money or other property is allowed by one person to another (“the borrower”), the preceding provisions of this Chapter shall apply to it with the following modification.

(2)For the purposes of section 18 the borrower’s estate shall be treated as increased by an amount equal to the value transferred; and section 18(3) shall not apply.

(3)For the purposes of sections 20 and 22 the transfer of value shall be treated as made by outright gift.

(4)Section 21(1) shall apply as if for the conditions stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted the condition that the transfer was a normal one on the part of the transferor.

(5)For the purposes of sections 23 [F153to 25]—

(a)the value transferred shall be treated as attributable to the property of which the borrower is allowed the use, and

(b)that property shall be treated as given to, or as becoming the property of, the borrower unless the use allowed includes use for purposes other than charitable purposes or those of a body mentioned in section 24, [F153or 25][F154or where it is land, of a body mentioned in section 24A]

and sections 23(2) to (6), 24 . . . F155, (3) and (4), [F15424A(3)][F153and 25(2)] shall not apply.

Textual Amendments

F153Words in s. 29(5) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to any transfer of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(2)(b)

F154Finance Act 1989 s. 171(3),in relation to transfers of value made on or after 14March 1989.

F155 “(1)(b)”

repealed by Finance Act 1988 s. 148and Sch. 14, Part X,with effect from 15March 1988.

[F15629A Abatement of exemption where claim settled out of beneficiary’s own resources.U.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)apart from this section the transfer of value made on the death of any person is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to an exempt gift, and

(b)the exempt beneficiary, in settlement of the whole or part of any claim against the deceased’s estate, effects a disposition of property not derived from the transfer.

(2)The provisions of this Act shall have effect in relation to the transfer as if—

(a)so much of the relevant value as is equal to the following amount, namely the amount by which the value of the exempt beneficiary’s estate immediately after the disposition is less than it would be but for the disposition, or

(b)where that amount exceeds the relevant value, the whole of the relevant value,

were attributable to such a gift to the exempt beneficiary as is mentioned in subsection (3) below (instead of being attributable to a gift with respect to which the transfer is exempt).

(3)The gift referred to in subsection (2) above is a specific gift with respect to which the transfer is chargeable, being a gift which satisfies the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 38(1) below.

(4)In determining the value of the exempt beneficiary’s estate for the purposes of subsection (2) above—

(a)no deduction shall be made in respect of the claim referred to in subsection (1)(b) above, and

(b)where the disposition referred to in that provision constitutes a transfer of value—

(i)no account shall be taken of any liability of the beneficiary for any tax on the value transferred, and

(ii)sections 104 and 116 below shall be disregarded.

(5)Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply in relation to any claim against the deceased’s estate in respect of so much of any liability as is, in accordance with this Act, to be taken into account in determining the value of the estate.

(6)In this section—

“exempt gift”, in relation to a transfer of value falling within subsection (1)(a) above, means—
(a)
a gift with respect to which the transfer is (apart from this section) exempt by virtue of the provisions of any sections 18 and 23 [F157to 28A] above, or
(b)
where (apart from this section) the transfer is so exempt with respect to a gift up to a limit, so much of the gift as is within that limit;
“the exempt beneficiary”, in relation to an exempt gift, means any of the following, namely—
(a)
where the gift is exempt by virtue of section 18 above, the deceased’s spouse [F158or civil partner],
(b)
where the gift is exempt by virtue of section 23 above, any person or body—
(i)
whose property the property falling within subsection (1) of that section becomes, or
(ii)
by whom that property is held on trust for charitable purposes,
(c)
where the gift is exempt by virtue of section 24, [F159or 25] above, any body whose property the property falling within subsection (1) of that section becomes,
(d)
where the gift is exempt by virtue of section 24A above, any body to whom the land falling within subsection (1) of that section is given, and
(e)
where the gift is exempt by virtue of section 27 [F160, 28 or 28A] above, the trustees of any settlement in which the property falling within subsection (1) of that section becomes comprised;
“gift” and “specific gift” have the same meaning as in Chapter III of this Part; and
“the relevant value”, in relation to a transfer of value falling within subsection (1)(a) above, means so much of the value transferred by the transfer as is attributable to the gift referred to in that provision.]

Textual Amendments

F156Finance Act 1989 s. 172(1),in relation to deaths occurring on or after 27July 1989.

F157Words in s. 29A(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 12(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 12(1)(a)

F158S. 29A(6): words in the definition of "the exempt beneficiary" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 10

F159S. 29A(6): words in the definition of “the exempt beneficiary” substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to any transfer of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(2)(a)

F160Words in s. 29A(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 37 para. 12(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 12(1)(b)

CHAPTER IIU.K. CONDITIONAL EXEMPTION

30 Conditionally exempt transfers. U.K.

(1)A transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property—

(a)which, on a claim made for the purpose, is designated by the Treasury under section 31 below, and

(b)with respect to which the requisite undertaking described in that section is given by such person as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case [F161or (where the property is an area of land within subsection (1)(d) of that section) with respect to which the requisite undertakings described in that section are given by such person or persons as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case.]

(2)A transfer of value exempt with respect to any property under this section or under section 76 of the M6Finance Act 1976 is referred to in this Act as a conditionally exempt transfer of that property.

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a transfer of value other than one which under section 4 above a person makes on his death unless—

(a)the transferor or his spouse [F162or civil partner] , or the transferor and his spouse [F162or civil partner] between them, have been beneficially entitled to the property throughout the six years ending with the transfer, or

(b)the transferor acquired the property on a death on the occasion of which there was a transfer of value under section 4 above which was itself a conditionally exempt transfer of the property.

[F163(3A)The provisions of this section shall be disregarded in determining under section 3A above whether a transfer of value is a potentially exempt transfer.

(3B)No claim may be made under subsection (1) above with respect to a potentially exempt transfer until the transferor has died.

[F164(3BA)A claim under subsection (1) above must be made no more than two years after the date of the transfer of value to which it relates or, in the case of a claim with respect to a potentially exempt transfer, the date of the death, or (in either case) within such longer period as the Board may allow.]

(3C)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a potentially exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property which has been disposed of by sale during the period beginning with the date of the transfer and ending with the death of the transferor.]

(4)Subsection (1) above does not apply to a transfer of value to the extent to which it is an exempt transfer under section 18 or 23 above.

Textual Amendments

F161Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 1,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F162Words in s. 30(3)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 11

F163Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 7,in relation to transfers of value made on or after 18March 1986.

F164S. 30(3BA) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to any transfer of value or death on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 2(1)(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 By Finance Act 1985 s. 95,the functions of the Treasury were transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (“the Board”).

Marginal Citations

M61976 c. 40.

31 Designation and undertakings. U.K.

(1)The Treasury may designate under this section—

[F165(a)any relevant object which appears to the Board to be pre-eminent for its national, scientific, historic or artistic interest;

(aa)any collection or group of relevant objects which, taken as a whole, appears to the Board to be pre-eminent for its national, scientific, historic or artistic interest;]

(b)any land which in the opinion of the Treasury is of outstanding scenic or historic or scientific interest;

(c)any building for the preservation of which special steps should in the opinion of the Treasury be taken by reason of its outstanding historic or architectural interest;

[F166(d)any area of land which in the opinion of the Treasury is essential for the protection of the character and amenities of such a building as is mentioned in paragraph (c) above;]

(e)any object which in the opinion of the Treasury is historically associated with such a building as is mentioned in paragraph (c) above.

[F167(1A)Where the transfer of value in relation to which the claim for designation is made is a potentially exempt transfer which (apart from section 30 above) has proved to be a chargeable transfer, the question whether any property is appropriate for designation under this section shall be determined by reference to circumstances existing after the death of the transferor.]

(2)In the case of property within subsection [F168(1)(a)or(aa)] above, the requisite undertaking is that, until the person beneficially entitled to the property dies or the property is disposed of, whether by sale or gift or otherwise—

(a)the property will be kept permanently in the United Kingdom and will not leave it temporarily except for a purpose and a period approved by the Treasury, and

(b)[F169such steps as are agreed between the Treasury and the person giving the undertaking, and are set out in it,] will be taken for the preservation of the property and for securing reasonable access to the public.

(3)If it appears to the Treasury, on a claim made for the purpose, that any documents which are designated or to be designated under subsection [F168(1)(a) or (aa)] above contain information which for personal or other reasons ought to be treated as confidential, they may exclude those documents, either altogether or to such extent as they think fit, from so much of an undertaking given or to be given under subsection (2)(b) above as relates to public access.

(4)In the case of other property within subsection (1) above, the requisite undertaking is that, until the person beneficially entitled to the property dies or the property is disposed of, whether by sale or gift or otherwise, [F170such steps as are agreed between the Treasury and the person giving the undertaking, and are set out in it,] will be taken—

(a)in the case of land falling within subsection (1)(b) above, for the maintenance of the land and the preservation of its character, and

(b)in the case of any other property, for the maintenance, repair and preservation of the property and, if it is an object falling within subsection (1)(e) above, for keeping it associated with the building concerned;

and for securing reasonable access to the public.

[F171(4A)In the case of an area of land within subsection (1)(d) above (relevant land) there is an additional requisite undertaking, which is that, until the person beneficially entitled to property falling within subsection (4C) below dies, or it is disposed of, whether by sale or gift or otherwise, specified steps will be taken for its maintenance, repair and preservation and for securing reasonable access to the public; and “specified steps” means such steps as are agreed between the Treasury and the person giving the undertaking, and are set out in it.

(4B)Where different persons are entitled (either beneficially or otherwise) to different properties falling within subsection (4C) below, subsection (4A) above shall have effect to require separate undertakings as to the maintenance, repair, preservation and access of each of the properties to be given by such persons as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case.

(4C)The following property falls within this subsection—

(a)the building for the protection of whose character and amenities the relevant land is in the opinion of the Treasury essential;

(b)any other area (or areas) of land which, in relation to the building, falls (or fall) within subsection (1)(d) above and which either lies (or lie) between the relevant land and the building or is (or are) in the opinion of the Treasury, physically closely connected with the relevant land or the building.

(4D)Where subsection (4A) above requires an undertaking for the maintenance, repair, preservation and access of property, such an undertaking is required notwithstanding that some other undertaking for its maintenance, repair, preservation and access is effective.

(4E)Any undertaking given in pursuance of subsection (4A) above is for the purposes of this Act given with respect to the relevant land.

(4F)It is for the person seeking the designation of relevant land to secure that any undertaking required under subsection (4A) above is given.]

[F172(4FA)For the purposes of this section, the steps agreed for securing reasonable access to the public must ensure that the access that is secured is not confined to access only where a prior appointment has been made.]

[F173(4FB)Subject to subsection (3) above, where the steps that may be set out in any undertaking include steps for securing reasonable access to the public to any property, the steps that may be agreed and set out in that undertaking may also include steps involving the publication of—

(a)the terms of any undertaking given or to be given for any of the purposes of this Act with respect to the property; or

(b)any other information relating to the property which (apart from this subsection) would fall to be treated as confidential;

and references in this Act to an undertaking for access to any property shall be construed as including references to so much of any undertaking as provides for the taking of steps involving any such publication.]

[F174(4G)In a case where—

(a)the transfer of value in question is a potentially exempt transfer which (apart from section 30 above) has proved to be a chargeable transfer, and

(b)at the time of the transferor’s death an undertaking by such a person as is mentioned in section 30(1)(b) above given under paragraph 3(3) of Schedule 4 to this Act or under section [F175258 of the 1992 Act] is in force with respect to any property to which the value transferred by the transfer is attributable,

that undertaking shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as an undertaking given under section 30 above.]

[F176(5)In this section—

’national interest’ includes interest within any part of the United Kingdom; and
’relevant object’ means—
(a)
a picture, print, book, manuscript, work of art or scientific object, or
(b)
anything not falling within paragraph (a) above that does not yield income;

and in determining under subsection (1)(a) or (aa) above whether an object or a collection or group of objects is pre-eminent, regard shall be had to any significant association of the object, collection or group with a particular place.]

Textual Amendments

F165S. 31(1)(a)(aa) substituted for s. 31(1)(a) (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the making of any designation on a claim made on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 4(1)(4)

F166Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 2(2),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.Originally

“any land which adjoins such a building as is mentioned in paragraph (c) above and which in the opinion of the Treasury is essential for the protection of the character and amenities of the building.”

F167Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 8(1),in relation to transfers of value made on or after 18March 1986.

F168Words in s. 31(2)(3) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the making of any designation on a claim made on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 4(2)(4)

F169Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 2(3),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.Originally

“reasonable steps”.

F170Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 2(3),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.Originally

“reasonable steps”.

F171Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 2(4),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F172S. 31(4FA) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 5(1)(2)

F173S. 31(4FB) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 6(1)(2)

F174Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 8(2),in relation to transfers of value made on or after 18March 1986.

F175Words in s. 31(4G)(b) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(2) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F176S. 31(5) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the making of any designation on a claim made on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 4(3)(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16 By Finance Act 1985 s. 95,the functions of the Treasury were transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (“the Board”).

32 Chargeable events. U.K.

(1)Where there has been a conditionally exempt transfer of any property, tax shall be charged under this section on the first occurrence after the transfer [F177(or, if the transfer was a potentially exempt transfer, after the death of the transferor)] of an event which under this section is a chargeable event with respect to the property.

(2)If the Treasury are satisfied that at any time an undertaking given with respect to the property under section 30 above or [F178subsection (5AA)] below has not been observed in a material respect, the failure to observe the undertaking is a chargeable event with respect to the property.

(3)If—

(a)the person beneficially entitled to the property dies, or

(b)the property is disposed of, whether by sale or gift or otherwise,

the death or disposal is, subject to [F179subsections (4), (4A) and (5)] below, a chargeable event with respect to the property.

(4)A death or disposal is not a chargeable event with respect to any property if the personal representatives of the deceased (or, in the case of settled property, the trustees or the person next entitled) within three years of the death make or, as the case may be, the disposal is—

(a)a disposal of the property by sale by private treaty to a body mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act, or a disposal of it to such a body otherwise than by sale, or

(b)a disposal in pursuance of section 230 below,

and a death or disposal of the property after such a disposal as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above is not a chargeable event with respect to the property unless there has again been a conditionally exempt transfer of it after that disposal.

[F180(4A)A death or disposal is not a chargeable event with respect to any property if—

(a)in the case of a death, a person who became beneficially entitled to the property on the death disposes of it in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 2012 (gifts to the nation) within 3 years of the death, or

(b)in the case of a disposal, the disposal is made in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of that Schedule,

and a death or disposal of the property after such a disposal as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) is not a chargeable event with respect to the property unless there has again been a conditionally exempt transfer of it after that disposal.]

(5)A death or disposal otherwise than by sale is not a chargeable event with respect to any property if—

(a)the transfer of value made on the death or the disposal is itself a conditionally exempt transfer of the property, or

[F181(b)the condition specified in subsection (5AA) below is satisfied with respect to the property.]

[F182(5AA)The condition referred to in subsection (5)(b) above is satisfied if—

(a)the requisite undertaking described in section 31 above is given with respect to the property by such person as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case, or

(b)(where the property is an area of land within section 31(1)(d) above) the requisite undertakings described in that section are given with respect to the property by such person or persons as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case.]

[F183(5A)This section does not apply where section 32A below applies.]

(6)(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F184

Textual Amendments

F177Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 9,in relation to transfers on or after 18March 1986.

F178Words in s. 32(2) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(1)(9)

F179Words in s. 32(3) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 29(2)

F180S. 32(4A) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 29(3)

F181S. 32(5)(b) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(2)(9)

F182S. 32(5AA) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(3)(9)

F183Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 3(2),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F184 Subss. (6)and (7)repealed by Finance Act 1985 s. 94; Sch. 26, para. 3(3)and Sch. 27, Part XI,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 By Finance Act 1985 s. 95,the functions of the Treasury were transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (“the Board”).

[F18532A Associated properties. U.K.

(1)For the purposes of this section the following properties are associated with each other, namely, a building falling within section 31(1)(c) above and (to the extent that any of the following exists) an area or areas of land falling within section 31(1)(d) above in relation to the building and an object or objects falling within section 31(1)(e) above in relation to the building; and this section applies where there are such properties, which are referred to as associated properties.

(2)Where there has been a conditionally exempt transfer of any property (or part), tax shall be charged under this section in respect of that property (or part) on the first occurrence after the transfer [F186(or, if the transfer was a potentially exempt transfer, after the death of the transferor] of an event which under this section is a chargeable event with respect to that property (or part).

(3)If the Treasury are satisfied that at any time an undertaking given under section 30 above or this section for the maintenance, repair, preservation, access or keeping of any of the associated properties has not been observed in a material respect, then (subject to subsection (10) below) the failure to observe the undertaking is a chargeable event with respect to the whole of each of the associated properties of which there has been a conditionally exempt transfer.

(4)If—

(a)the person beneficially entitled to property dies, or

(b)property (or part of it) is disposed of, whether by sale or gift or otherwise,

then, if the property is one of the associated properties and an undertaking for its maintenance, repair, preservation, access or keeping has been given under section 30 above or this section, the death or disposal is (subject to subsections (5) to (10) below) a chargeable event with respect to the whole of each of the associated properties of which there has been a conditionally exempt transfer.

(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, the death of a person beneficially entitled to property, or the disposal of property (or part), is not a chargeable event if the personal representatives of the deceased (or, in the case of settled property, the trustees or the person next entitled) within three years of the death make or, as the case may be, the disposal is—

(a)a disposal of the property (or part) concerned by sale by private treaty to a body mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act, or to such a body otherwise than by sale, or

(b)a disposal of the property (or part) concerned in pursuance of section 230 below.

[F187(5A)The death of a person beneficially entitled to property, or the disposal of property, is not a chargeable event if—

(b)in the case of a disposal, the disposal is made in the circumstances described in paragraph 1 of that Schedule.]

(6)Where a disposal mentioned in subsection (5)(a) or (b) above is a part disposal, that subsection does not make the event non-chargeable with respect to property other than that disposed of [F188unless—

(a)the requisite undertaking described in section 31 above is given with respect to the property (or part) not disposed of by such person as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case, or

(b)(where any of the property or part not disposed of is an area of land within section 31(1)(d) above) the requisite undertakings described in that section are given with respect to that property (or that part) by such person or persons as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case;

and] in this subsection “part disposal” means a disposal of property which does not consist of or include the whole of each property which is one of the associated properties and of which there has been a conditionally exempt transfer.

(7)Where, after a relevant disposal (that is, a disposal mentioned in subsection (5)(a) or (b) [F189or (5A)(a) or (b)] above made in circumstances where that subsection applies), a person beneficially entitled to the property (or part) concerned dies or the property (or part) concerned is disposed of, the death or disposal is not a chargeable event with respect to the property (or part) concerned unless there has again been a conditionally exempt transfer of the property (or part) concerned after the relevant disposal.

(8)The death of a person beneficially entitled to property, or the disposal of property (or part) otherwise than by sale, is not a chargeable event if—

(a)the transfer of value made on the death or the disposal is itself a conditionally exempt transfer of the property (or part) concerned, or

[F190(b)the condition specified in subsection (8A) below is satisfied with respect to the property (or part) concerned.]

[F191(8A)The condition referred to in subsection (8)(b) above is satisfied if—

(a)the requisite undertaking described in section 31 above is given with respect to the property (or part) by such person as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case, or

(b)(where any of the property or part is an area of land within section 31(1)(d) above) the requisite undertakings described in that section are given with respect to the property (or part) by such person or persons as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case.]

[F192(9)If the whole or part of any property is disposed of by sale and—

(a)the requisite undertaking described in section 31 above is given with respect to the property (or part) by such person as the Board think appropriate in the circumstances of the case, or

the disposal is a chargeable event only with respect to the whole or part actually disposed of (if it is a chargeable event with respect to such whole or part apart from this subsection).]

(10)If—

(a)the Treasury are satisfied that there has been a failure to observe, as to one of the associated properties or part of it, an undertaking for the property’s maintenance, repair, preservation, access or keeping, or

(b)there is a disposal of one of the associated properties or part of it,

and it appears to the Treasury that the entity consisting of the associated properties has not been materially affected by the failure or disposal, they may direct that it shall be a chargeable event only with respect to the property or part as to which there has been a failure or disposal (if it is a chargeable event with respect to that property or part apart from this subsection.]

Textual Amendments

F185Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 4,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F186Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 10,in relation to transfers on or after 18March 1986.

F187S. 32A(5A) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 30(2)

F188S. 32A(6)(a)(b) and the words “unless”and “and”substituted for the words “unless”to “case; and”(31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(4)(9)

F189Words in s. 32A(7) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 30(3)

F190S. 32A(8)(b) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(5)(9)

F191S. 32A(8A) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(6)(9)

F192S. 32A(9) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to the giving of any undertaking on or after 31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 7(7)(9)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C18 By Finance Act 1985 s. 95,the functions of the Treasury were transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (“the Board”).

33 Amount of charge under section 32.U.K.

(1)Tax chargeable in respect of any property under section 32 [F193or 32A] above by reference to a chargeable event shall be charged—

(a)on an amount equal to the value of the property at the time of the chargeable event; and

(b)at the following rate or rates—

(i)if the relevant person is alive, the rate or rates that would be applicable to that amount [F194in accordance with section 7(2) above] if it were the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made by the relevant person at that time;

(ii)if the relevant person is dead, the rate or rates that would have applied to that amount [F195in accordance with the appropriate provision of section 7 above] if it had been added to the value transferred on his death and had formed the highest part of that value.

[F196(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii) above the appropriate provision of section 7 above is—

(a)if the conditionally exempt transfer by the relevant person was made on death (but the property was not treated as forming part of his estate immediately before his death only by virtue of section 102(3) of the Finance Act 1986), subsection (1) of section 7; and

(b)in any other case, subsection (2) of section 7.

[F197(2ZA)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii) the rate or rates that would have applied in accordance with subsection (1) of section 7, the effect of Schedule 1A (if it would have applied) is to be disregarded.]

(2A)The rate or rates of tax determined under subsection (1)(b)(i) above in respect of any chargeable event shall not be affected by the death of the relevant person after that event.]

(3)Where the chargeable event is a disposal on sale and the sale—

(a)was not intended to confer any gratuitous benefit on any person, and

(b)was either a transaction at arm’s length between persons not connected with each other or a transaction such as might be expected to be made at arm’s length between persons not connected with each other,

the value of the property at the time of the chargeable event shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above to be equal to the proceeds of the sale.

(4)Where by virtue of section 30(4) above the conditionally exempt transfer extended only to part of the property, the amount mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above shall be proportionately reduced.

(5)The relevant person in relation to a chargeable event in respect of any property is—

(a)if there has been only one conditionally exempt transfer of the property before the event, the person who made that transfer;

(b)if there have been two or more such transfers and the last was before, or only one of them was within, the period of thirty years ending with the event, the person who made the last of those transfers;

(c)if there have been two or more such transfers within that period, the person who made whichever of those transfers the Board may select.

(6)The conditionally exempt transfers to be taken into account for the purpose of subsection (5) above in relation to a chargeable event do not include transfers made before any previous chargeable event in respect of the same property or before any event which apart from [F198 section 32(4) or (4A)] above would have been such a chargeable event [F199or, where the property has been disposed of as mentioned in [F200section 32A(5) or (5A)] above, before any event which apart from [F200section 32A(5) or (5A)] would have been such a chargeable event]

(7)[F201Subject to subsection (8) below], where after a conditionally exempt transfer of any property there is a chargeable transfer the value transferred by which is wholly or partly attributable to that property, any tax charged on that value so far as attributable to that property shall be allowed as a credit—

(a)if the chargeable transfer is a chargeable event with respect to the property, against the tax chargeable in accordance with this section by reference to that event;

(b)if the chargeable transfer is not such a chargeable event, against the tax chargeable in accordance with this section by reference to the next chargeable event with respect to the property.

[F202(8)Where after a conditionally exempt transfer of any property there is a potentially exempt transfer the value transferred by which is wholly or partly attributable to that property and either—

(a)the potentially exempt transfer is a chargeable event with respect to the property, or

(b)after the potentially exempt transfer, but before the death of the person who is the transferor in relation to the potentially exempt transfer, a chargeable event occurs with respect to the property,

the tax charged in accordance with this section by reference to that chargeable event shall be allowed as a credit against any tax which may become chargeable, by reason of the potentially exempt transfer proving to be a chargeable transfer, on so much of the value transferred by that transfer as is attributable to the property; and subsection (7) above shall not apply with respect to any tax so becoming chargeable.]

Textual Amendments

F193Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 5,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F194Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 11(1)(a),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“under the second Table in Schedule 1 to this Act”.

F195Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 11(1)(b),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“under the appropriate Table”.

F196Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 11(2),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b)(ii) above the appropriate Table is, if the conditionally exempt transfer by the relevant person was made on death, the first Table in Schedule 1 to this Act and, if not, the second Table”.

F197S. 33(2ZA) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 4

F198Words in s. 33(6) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 31(a)

F199Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 6,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F200Words in s. 33(6) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 31(b)

F201Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 11(3),with effect from 18March 1986.

F202Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 11(4),in relation to chargeable events in respect of potentially exempt transfers made on or after 18March 1986.

34 Reinstatement of transferor’s cumulative total.U.K.

(1)Where tax has become chargeable under section 32 [F203or 32A] above by reference to a chargeable event in respect of any property (“the relevant event”) the rate or rates of tax applicable to any subsequent chargeable transfer made by the person who made the last conditionally exempt transfer of the property before the relevant event shall be determined as if the amount on which tax has become chargeable as aforesaid were value transferred by a chargeable transfer made by him at the time of the relevant event.

(2)Where the person who made the last conditionally exempt transfer of the property before the relevant event—

(a)is dead, and

(b)is for the purposes of section 33 above the relevant person in relation to a subsequent chargeable event,

section 33(1)(b)(ii) shall have effect as if the value transferred on his death were increased by the amount on which tax has become chargeable on the occasion of the relevant event.

(3)If—

(a)the person who made the last conditionally exempt transfer of the property before the relevant event is not the relevant person for the purposes of section 33 above in relation to that event, and

(b)at the time of that event or within the previous five years the property is or has been comprised in a settlement made not more than thirty years before that event, and

(c)a person who is the settlor in relation to the settlement has made a conditionally exempt transfer of the property within those thirty years,

subsections (1) and (2) above shall have effect with the substitution for references to the person who made the last conditionally exempt transfer before the relevant event of a reference to any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (c) above.

(4)The conditionally exempt transfers to be taken into account for the purposes of subsection (3)(c) above in relation to the relevant event do not include transfers made before any previous chargeable event in respect of the same property or before any event which apart from [F204section 32(4) or (4A)] above would have been such a chargeable event [F205or, where the property has been disposed of as mentioned in [F206section 32A(5) or (5A)] above, before any event which apart from [F206section 32A(5) or (5A)] would have been such a chargeable event].

Textual Amendments

F203Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 5, in relation to events occurring after 18 March 1985.

F204Words in s. 34(4) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 32(a)

F205Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 6, in relation to events occurring after 18 March 1985.

F206Words in s. 34(4) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 14 para. 32(b)

35 Conditional exemption on death before 7th April 1976.U.K.

(1)Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect with respect to certain cases where, by virtue of sections 31 to 34 of the M7Finance Act 1975, the value of any property was left out of account in determining the value transferred on a death before 7th April 1976.

(2)Where there has been a transfer of value in relation to which the value of any property has been left out of account under the provisions of sections 31 to 34 of the Finance Act 1975 and, before any tax has become chargeable in respect of that property under those provisions, there is a conditionally exempt transfer of that property, then, on the occurrence of a chargeable event in respect of that property—

[F207(a)tax shall be chargeable under section 32 or 32A (as the case may be), or

(b)tax shall be chargeable under Schedule 5,]

(3)In [F208sections 33(7) and (8) above, references] to a conditionally exempt transfer of any property [F209include references] to a transfer of value in relation to which the value of any property has been left out of account under the provisions of sections 31 to 34 of the Finance Act 1975 and, in relation to such property, references to a chargeable event or to the tax chargeable in accordance with section 33 above by reference to a chargeable event include references to an event on the occurrence of which tax becomes chargeable under Schedule 5 to this Act, or to the tax so chargeable.

Textual Amendments

F207S. 35(2)(a)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 97(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 97(6)

F208Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 12,with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“section 33(7) above, the reference”.

F209Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 12,with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“includes a reference”.

Marginal Citations

M71975 c. 7.

[F21035A Variation of undertakings.U.K.

(1)An undertaking given under section 30, 32 or 32A above or paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to this Act may be varied from time to time by agreement between the Board and the person bound by the undertaking.

(2)Where [F211the tribunal] is satisfied that—

(a)the Board have made a proposal for the variation of such an undertaking to the person bound by the undertaking,

(b)that person has failed to agree to the proposed variation within six months after the date on which the proposal was made, and

(c)it is just and reasonable, in all the circumstances, to require the proposed variation to be made,

[F212the tribunal may direct that the undertaking is to have effect from a specified date] as if the proposed variation had been agreed to by the person bound by the undertaking.

(3)The date specified by the [F213tribunal] must not be less than sixty days after the date of [F214the tribunal's direction].

(4)A direction under this section shall not take effect if, before the date specified by the [F215tribunal], a variation different from that to which the direction relates is agreed between the Board and the person bound by the undertaking.]

Textual Amendments

F210S. 35A and sidenote inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 25 para. 8(4) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 8(1)

F211Words in s. 35A(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 109(2)(a)

F212Words in s. 35A(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 109(2)(b)

F213Word in s. 35A(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 109(3)(a)

F214Words in s. 35A(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 109(3)(b)

F215Words in s. 35A(4) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 109(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19S. 35A extended (31.7.1998) by 1992 c. 12, s. 258(8A) (as inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 25 para. 9(2) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 9(1))

S. 35A applied (with modifications) (31.7.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 10

CHAPTER IIIU.K. ALLOCATION OF EXEMPTIONS

36 Preliminary.U.K.

Where any one or more of sections 18, 23 to 27 and 30 above apply in relation to a transfer of value but the transfer is not wholly exempt—

(a)any question as to the extent to which it is exempt or, where it is exempt up to a limit, how an excess over the limit is to be attributed to the gifts concerned shall be determined in accordance with sections 37 to 40 below; and

(b)section 41 below shall have effect as respects the burden of tax.

37 Abatement of gifts.U.K.

(1)Where a gift would be abated owing to an insufficiency of assets and without regard to any tax chargeable, the gift shall be treated for the purposes of the following provisions of this Chapter as so abated.

(2)Where the value attributable, in accordance with section 38 below, to specific gifts exceeds the value transferred the gifts shall be treated as reduced to the extent necessary to reduce their value to that of the value transferred; and the reduction shall be made in the order in which, under the terms of the relevant disposition or any rule of law, it would fall to be made on a distribution of assets.

38 Attribution of value to specific gifts.U.K.

(1)Such part of the value transferred shall be attributable to specific gifts as corresponds to the value of the gifts; but if or to the extent that the gifts—

(a)are not gifts with respect to which the transfer is exempt or are outside the limit up to which the transfer is exempt, and

(b)do not bear their own tax,

the amount corresponding to the value of the gifts shall be taken to be the amount arrived at in accordance with subsections (3) to (5) below.

(2)Where any question arises as to which of two or more specific gifts are outside the limit up to which a transfer is exempt or as to the extent to which a specific gift is outside that limit—

(a)the excess shall be attributed to gifts not bearing their own tax before being attributed to gifts bearing their own tax, and

(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, the excess shall be attributed to gifts in proportion to their values.

(3)Where the only gifts with respect to which the transfer is or might be chargeable are specific gifts which do not bear their own tax, the amount referred to in subsection (1) above is the aggregate of—

(a)the sum of the value of those gifts; and

(b)the amount of tax which would be chargeable if the value transferred equalled that aggregate.

(4)Where the specific gifts not bearing their own tax are not the only gifts with respect to which the transfer is or might be chargeable, the amount referred to in subsection (1) above is such amount as, after deduction of tax at the assumed rate specified in subsection (5) below, would be equal to the sum of the value of those gifts.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) above—

(a)the assumed rate is the rate found by dividing the assumed amount of tax by that part of the value transferred with respect to which the transfer would be chargeable on the hypothesis that—

(i)the amount corresponding to the value of specific gifts not bearing their own tax is equal to the aggregate referred to in subsection (3) above, and

(ii)the parts of the value transferred attributable to specific gifts and to gifts of residue or shares in residue are determined accordingly; and

(b)the assumed amount of tax is the amount that would be charged on the value transferred on the hypothesis mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

(6)For the purposes of this section, any liability of the transferor which is not to be taken into account under section 5(5) above [F216or by virtue of section 103 of the Finance Act 1986] shall be treated as a specific gift [F216and to the extent that any liability of the transferor is abated under the said section 103, that liability shall be treated as a specific gift].

Textual Amendments

F216Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 13,with effect from 18March 1986.

39 Attribution of value to residuary gifts.U.K.

Such part only of the value transferred shall be attributed to gifts of residue or shares in residue as is not attributed under section 38 above to specific gifts.

[F21739A Operation of sections 38 and 39 in cases of business or agricultural relief.U.K.

(1)Where any part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to—

(a)the value of relevant business property, or

(b)the agricultural value of agricultural property,

then, for the purpose of attributing the value transferred (as reduced in accordance with section 104 or 116 below), to specific gifts and gifts of residue or shares of residue, sections 38 and 39 above shall have effect subject to the following provisions of this section.

(2)The value of any specific gifts of relevant business property or agricultural property shall be taken to be their value as reduced in accordance with section 104 or 116 below.

(3)The value of any specific gifts not falling within subsection (2) above shall be taken to be the appropriate fraction of their value.

(4)In subsection (3) above “the appropriate fraction” means a fraction of which—

(a)the numerator is the difference between the value transferred and the value, reduced as mentioned in subsection (2) above, of any gifts falling within that subsection, and

(b)the denominator is the difference between the unreduced value transferred and the value, before the reduction mentioned in subsection (2) above, of any gifts falling within that subsection;

and in paragraph (b) above “the unreduced value transferred” means the amount which would be the value transferred by the transfer but for the reduction required by sections 104 and 116 below.

(5)If or to the extent that specific gifts fall within paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of section 38 above, the amount corresponding to the value of the gifts shall be arrived at in accordance with subsections (3) to (5) of that section by reference to their value reduced as mentioned in subsection (2) or, as the case may be, subsection (3) of this section.

(6)For the purposes of this section the value of a specific gift of relevant business property or agricultural property does not include the value of any other gift payable out of that property; and that other gift shall not itself be treated as a specific gift of relevant business property or agricultural property.

(7)In this section—

“agricultural property” and “the agricultural value of agricultural property” have the same meaning as in Chapter II of Part V of this Act; and
“relevant business property” has the same meaning as in Chapter I of that Part.]

Textual Amendments

F217Finance Act 1986 s. 105,in relation to transfers of value made after 17March 1986.

40 Gifts made separately out of different funds.U.K.

Where gifts taking effect on a transfer of value take effect separately out of different funds the preceding provisions of this Chapter shall be applied separately to the gifts taking effect out of each of those funds, with the necessary adjustments of the values and amounts referred to in those provisions.

41 Burden of tax.U.K.

Notwithstanding the terms of any disposition—

(a)none of the tax on the value transferred shall fall on any specific gift if or to the extent that the transfer is exempt with respect to the gift, and

(b)none of the tax attributable to the value of the property comprised in residue shall fall on any gift of a share of residue if or to the extent that the transfer is exempt with respect to the gift.

42 Supplementary.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter—

“gift”, in relation to any transfer of value, means the benefit of any disposition or rule of law by which, on the making of the transfer, any property becomes (or would but for any abatement become) the property of any person or applicable for any purpose;
“given” shall be construed accordingly;
“specific gift” means any gift other than a gift of residue or of a share in residue.

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter a gift bears its own tax if the tax attributable to it falls on the person who becomes entitled to the property given or (as the case may be) is payable out of property applicable for the purposes for which the property given becomes applicable.

(3)Where—

(a)the whole or part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to property which is the subject of two or more gifts, and

(b)the aggregate of the values of the property given by each of those gifts is less than the value transferred or, as the case may be, that part of it,

then for the purposes of this Chapter (and notwithstanding the definition of a gift in subsection (1) above) the value of each gift shall be taken to be the relevant proportion of the value transferred or, as the case may be, that part of it; and the relevant proportion in relation to any gift is the proportion which the value of the property given by it bears to the said aggregate.

(4)Where on the death of a person legal rights under the law of Scotland are claimed by a person entitled to claim them, they shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as a specific gift which bears its own tax; and in determining the value of such legal rights, any tax payable on the estate of the deceased shall be left out of account.

PART IIIU.K. SETTLED PROPERTY

CHAPTER IU.K. PRELIMINARY

43 Settlement and related expressions.U.K.

(1)The following provisions of this section apply for determining what is to be taken for the purposes of this Act to be a settlement, and what property is, accordingly, referred to as property comprised in a settlement or as settled property.

(2)“Settlement” means any disposition or dispositions of property, whether effected by instrument, by parol or by operation of law, or partly in one way and partly in another, whereby the property is for the time being—

(a)held in trust for persons in succession or for any person subject to a contingency, or

(b)held by trustees on trust to accumulate the whole or part of any income of the property or with power to make payments out of that income at the discretion of the trustees or some other person, with or without power to accumulate surplus income, or

(c)charged or burdened (otherwise than for full consideration in money or money’s worth paid for his own use or benefit to the person making the disposition) with the payment of any annuity or other periodical payment payable for a life or any other limited or terminable period,

or would be so held or charged or burdened if the disposition or dispositions were regulated by the law of any part of the United Kingdom; or whereby, under the law of any other country, the administration of the property is for the time being governed by provisions equivalent in effect to those which would apply if the property were so held, charged or burdened.

(3)A lease of property which is for life or lives, or for a period ascertainable only by reference to a death, or which is terminable on, or at a date ascertainable only by reference to, a death, shall be treated as a settlement and the property as settled property, unless the lease was granted for full consideration in money or money’s worth; and where a lease not granted as a lease at a rack rent is at any time to become a lease at an increased rent it shall be treated as terminable at that time.

(4)In relation to Scotland “settlement” also includes—

(a)an entail,

(b)any deed by virtue of which an annuity is charged on, or on the rents of, any property (the property being treated as the property comprised in the settlement), and

(c)any deed creating or reserving a proper liferent of any property whether heritable or moveable (the property from time to time subject to the proper liferent being treated as the property comprised in the settlement);

and for the purposes of this subsection “deed” includes any disposition, arrangement, contract, resolution, instrument or writing.

(5)In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland this section shall have effect as if references to property held in trust for persons included references to property standing limited to persons and as if the lease referred to in subsection (3) did not include a lease in perpetuity within the meaning of section 1 of the M8Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act 1849 or a lease to which section 37 of that Act applies.

Marginal Citations

M81849 c. 105.

44 Settlor.U.K.

(1)In this Act “settlor”, in relation to a settlement, includes any person by whom the settlement was made directly or indirectly, and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the preceding words) includes any person who has provided funds directly or indirectly for the purpose of or in connection with the settlement or has made with any other person a reciprocal arrangement for that other person to make the settlement.

(2)Where more than one person is a settlor in relation to a settlement and the circumstances so require, this Part of this Act (except section 48(4) to (6)) shall have effect in relation to it as if the settled property were comprised in separate settlements.

45 Trustee.U.K.

In this Act “trustee”, in relation to a settlement in relation to which there would be no trustees apart from this section, means any person in whom the settled property or its management is for the time being vested.

46 Interest in possession: Scotland.U.K.

In the application of this Act to Scotland, any reference to an interest in possession in settled property is a reference to an interest of any kind under a settlement by virtue of which the person in right of that interest is entitled to the enjoyment of the property or would be so entitled if the property were capable of enjoyment, including an interest of an assignee under an assignation of an interest of any kind (other than a reversionary interest) in property subject to a proper liferent; and the person in right of such an interest at any time shall be deemed to be entitled to a corresponding interest in the whole or any part of the property comprised in the settlement.

[F21846AContract of life insurance entered into before 22nd March 2006 which on that day is settled property in which interest in possession subsistsU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) and (4) below apply where—

(a)a settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006,

(b)a contract of life insurance was entered into before that day,

(c)a premium payable under the contract is paid, or an allowed variation is made to the contract, at a particular time on or after that day,

(d)immediately before that day, and at all subsequent times up to the particular time, there were rights under the contract that—

(i)were comprised in the settlement, and

(ii)were settled property in which a transitionally-protected interest (whether or not the same such interest throughout that period) subsisted,

(e)rights under the contract become, by reference to payment of the premium or as a result of the variation,—

(i)comprised in the settlement, and

(ii)part of the settled property in which the then-current transitionally-protected interest subsists, and

(f)any variation of the contract on or after 22nd March 2006 but before the particular time, so far as it is a variation that—

(i)increased the benefits secured by the contract, or

(ii)extended the term of the insurance provided by the contract,

was an allowed variation.

(2)For the purposes of the provisions mentioned in subsection (3) below—

(a)the rights mentioned in subsection (1)(e) above shall be taken to have become comprised in the settlement, and

(b)the person beneficially entitled to the then-current transitionally-protected interest shall be taken to have become beneficially entitled to his interest in possession so far as it subsists in those rights,

before 22nd March 2006.

(3)Those provisions are—

section 3A(2) above;
section 5(1A) above;
section 49(1A) and (1B) below;
section 51(1A) and (1B) below;
section 52(2A) and (3A) below;
section 53(1A) and (2A) below;
section 54(2A) and (2B) below;
section 54A(1A) below;
section 57A(1A) below;
section 58(1B) and (1C) below;
section 59(1) and (2) below;
section 80(4) below;
section 100(1A) below;
section 101(1A) below;
section 102ZA(1) of the Finance Act 1986 (gifts with reservation); and
sections 72(1A) and (2A) and 73(2A) of the 1992 Act.

(4)If payment of the premium is a transfer of value made by an individual, that transfer of value is a potentially exempt transfer.

(5)In this section—

“allowed variation”, in relation to a contract, means a variation that takes place by operation of, or as a result of exercise of rights conferred by, provisions forming part of the contract immediately before 22nd March 2006;
“transitionally-protected interest” means—
(a)
an interest in possession to which a person was beneficially entitled immediately before, and on, 22nd March 2006, or
(b)
a transitional serial interest.

Textual Amendments

F218Ss. 46A, 46B inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 11(1)(2)

46BContract of life insurance entered into before 22nd March 2006 which immediately before that day is property to which section 71 appliesU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) and (5) below apply where—

(a)a settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006,

(b)a contract of life insurance was entered into before that day,

(c)a premium payable under the contract is paid, or an allowed variation is made to the contract, at a particular time on or after that day,

(d)immediately before that day, and at all subsequent times up to the particular time, there were rights under the contract that—

(i)were comprised in the settlement, and

(ii)were settled property to which section 71 below applied,

(e)rights under the contract become, by reference to payment of the premium or as a result of the variation, comprised in the settlement, and

(f)any variation of the contract on or after 22nd March 2006 but before the particular time, so far as it was a variation that—

(i)increased the benefits secured by the contract, or

(ii)extended the term of the insurance provided by the contract,

was an allowed variation.

(2)If the rights mentioned in subsection (1)(e) above would, but for subsection (1A) of section 71 below, become property to which that section applies, those rights shall become settled property to which that section applies when they become comprised in the settlement.

(3)Subsection (5) below also applies where—

(a)a settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006,

(b)a contract of life insurance was entered into before that day,

(c)a premium payable under the contract is paid, or an allowed variation is made to the contract, at a particular time on or after that day when there are rights under the contract—

(i)that are comprised in the settlement and are settled property to which section 71A or 71D below applies,

(ii)that immediately before that day were settled property to which section 71 below applied, and

(iii)that on or after that day, but before the particular time, became property to which section 71A or 71D below applies in circumstances falling within subsection (4) below,

(d)rights under the contract become, by reference to payment of the premium or as a result of the variation, comprised in the settlement, and

(e)any variation of the contract on or after 22nd March 2006 but before the particular time, so far as it was a variation that—

(i)increased the benefits secured by the contract, or

(ii)extended the term of the insurance provided by the contract,

was an allowed variation.

(4)The circumstances referred to in subsection (3)(c)(iii) above are—

(a)in the case of property to which section 71D below applies, that the property on becoming property to which section 71D below applies ceased to be property to which section 71 below applied without ceasing to be settled property;

(b)in the case of property to which section 71A below applies—

(i)that the property on becoming property to which section 71A below applies ceased, by the operation of section 71(1B) below, to be property to which section 71 below applied, or

(ii)that the property, having become property to which section 71D below applied in circumstances falling within paragraph (a) above, on becoming property to which 71A below applies ceased, by the operation of section 71D(5)(a) below, to be property to which section 71D below applied.

(5)If payment of the premium is a transfer of value made by an individual, that transfer of value is a potentially exempt transfer.

(6)In this section “allowed variation”, in relation to a contract, means a variation that takes place by operation of, or as a result of exercise of rights conferred by, provisions forming part of the contract immediately before 22nd March 2006.]

Textual Amendments

F218Ss. 46A, 46B inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 11(1)(2)

47 Reversionary interest.U.K.

In this Act “reversionary interest” means a future interest under a settlement, whether it is vested or contingent (including an interest expectant on the termination of an interest in possession which, by virtue of section 50 below, is treated as subsisting in part of any property) and in relation to Scotland includes an interest in the fee of property subject to a proper liferent.

[F21947A Settlement powerU.K.

In this Act “settlement power” means any power over, or exercisable (whether directly or indirectly) in relation to, settled property or a settlement.]

Textual Amendments

F219S. 47A inserted (24.7.2002 with effect as mentioned in s.119(6)(7) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 119(2)(6)(7)

48 Excluded property.U.K.

(1)A reversionary interest is excluded property unless—

(a)it has at any time been acquired (whether by the person entitled to it or by a person previously entitled to it) for a consideration in money or money’s worth, or

(b)it is one to which either the settlor or his spouse [F220or civil partner] is or has been beneficially entitled, or

(c)it is the interest expectant on the determination of a lease treated as a settlement by virtue of section 43(3) above [F221or,

(d)in a case where paragraphs (a), (b) and (d) of section 74A(1) are satisfied—

(i)it is a reversionary interest, in the relevant settled property, to which the individual is beneficially entitled, and

(ii)the individual has or is able to acquire (directly or indirectly) another interest in that relevant settled property.

Terms used in paragraph (d) have the same meaning as in section 74A].

(2)In relation to a reversionary interest under a settlement made before 16th April 1976, subsection (1) above shall have effect with the omission of paragraph (b); and, if the person entitled to a reversionary interest under a settlement made on or after 16th April 1976 acquired the interest before 10th March 1981, that subsection shall have effect with the omission of the words “or has been” in paragraph (b).

(3)Where property comprised in a settlement is situated outside the United Kingdom—

(a)the property (but not a reversionary interest in the property) is excluded property unless the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the [F222property became comprised in the settlement (but see also subsection (3F))], and

(b)section 6(1) above applies to a reversionary interest in the property but does not otherwise apply in relation to the property [F223;

but this subsection is subject to [F224subsections (3B) [F225to (3E)]] below] [F226and to Schedule A1].

[F227(3A)Where property comprised in a settlement is a holding in an authorised unit trust or a share in an open-ended investment company—

(a)the property (but not a reversionary interest in the property) is excluded property unless the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the [F228property became comprised in the settlement (but see also subsection (3F))], and

(b)section 6(1A) above applies to a reversionary interest in the property but does not otherwise apply in relation to the property [F229;

but this subsection is subject to [F230subsections (3B) and (3E)] below]] [F226and to Schedule A1].

[F231(3B)Property is not excluded property by virtue of subsection (3) or (3A) above if—

(a)a person is, or has been, beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the property at any time,

(b)the person is, or was, at that time an individual domiciled in the United Kingdom, and

(c)the entitlement arose directly or indirectly as a result of a disposition made on or after 5th December 2005 for a consideration in money or money's worth.

(3C)For the purposes of subsection (3B) above—

(a)it is immaterial whether the consideration was given by the person or by anyone else, and

(b)the cases in which an entitlement arose indirectly as a result of a disposition include any case where the entitlement arose under a will or the law relating to intestacy.]

[F232(3D)Where paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 74A(1) are satisfied, subsection (3)(a) above does not apply at the time they are first satisfied or any later time to make the relevant settled property (within the meaning of section 74A) excluded property.]

[F233(3E)In a case where the settlor of property comprised in a settlement is not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the [F234property became comprised in the settlement (but see also subsection (3F))], the property is not excluded property by virtue of subsection (3) or (3A) above at any time in a tax year if the settlor was a formerly domiciled resident for that tax year.]

[F235(3F)If—

(a)an amount is payable in respect of property (“the existing property”) comprised in a settlement, and

(b)the amount represents an accumulation of income which (once accumulated) becomes comprised in the settlement,

subsections (3)(a), (3A)(a) and (3E) have effect, in the case of the amount, as if any reference to the time it became comprised in the settlement were to the time the existing property became comprised in the settlement.]

(4)Where securities issued by the Treasury subject to a condition of the kind mentioned in subsection (2) of section 6 above are comprised in a settlement, that subsection shall not apply to them; but the securities are excluded property if—

(a)a person [F236of a description specified in the condition in question] is entitled to a qualifying interest in possession in them, or

(b)no qualifying interest in possession subsists in them but it is shown that all known persons for whose benefit the settled property or income from it has been or might be applied, or who are or might become beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in it, are persons [F236of a description specified in the condition in question].

[F237This subsection is subject to Schedule A1.]

(5)Where—

(a)property ceased to be comprised in one settlement before 10th December 1981 and after 19th April 1978 and, by the same disposition, became comprised in another settlement, or

(b)property ceased to be comprised in one settlement after 9th December 1981 and became comprised in another without any person having in the meantime become beneficially entitled to the property (and not merely to an interest in possession in the property),

subsection (4)(b) above shall, in its application to the second settlement, be construed as requiring the matters there stated to be shown both in relation to the property comprised in that settlement and in relation to the property that was comprised in the first settlement.

(6)Subsection (5) above shall not apply where a reversionary interest in the property expectant on the termination of a qualifying interest in possession subsisting under the first settlement was settled on the trusts of the second settlement before 10th December 1981.

(7)In this section “qualifying interest in possession” has the same meaning as in Chapter III of this Part of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F220Words in s. 48(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 12

F221S. 48(1)(d) and words inserted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(2)(a)

F222Words in s. 48(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(2)(a)

F223Words in s. 48(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 157(2)(6) (with s. 157(5))

F224Words in s. 48(3) substituted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(2)(b)

F225Words in s. 48(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(4)(a)

F226Words in s. 48(3)(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 4(a)

F227S. 48(3A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 186(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 186(3)

F228Words in s. 48(3A)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(2)(b)

F229Words in s. 48(3A) inserted (5.12.2005) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 157(3)(6) (with s. 157(5))

F230Words in s. 48(3A)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(4)(b)

F231S. 48(3B)(3C) inserted (5.12.2005) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 157(4)(6) (with s. 157(5))

F232S. 48(3D) inserted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(2)(c)

F233S. 48(3E) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(4)(c)

F234Words in s. 48(3E) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(2)(c)

F235S. 48(3F) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(2)(d)

F236Words in s. 48(4)(a)(b) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 154(9)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 154(7), Sch. 28 para. 8 (with s. 154(5))

F237Words in s. 48(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 4(b)

[F23848ACommencement of settlementU.K.

In this Act any reference to the commencement of a settlement is to the time when property first becomes comprised in it.]

Textual Amendments

F238S. 48A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(3)

CHAPTER IIU.K.[F239 INTERESTS IN POSSESSION, REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AND SETTLEMENT POWERS]

Textual Amendments

F239Words in the title of Chapter II substituted (24.7.2002 with effect in relation to transfers of value on or after 17.4.2002) by virtue of 2002 c. 23, s. 119(5)(6)

49 Treatment of interests in possession.U.K.

(1)A person beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as beneficially entitled to the property in which the interest subsists.

[F240(1A)Where the interest in possession mentioned in subsection (1) above is one to which the person becomes beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006, subsection (1) above applies in relation to that interest only if, and for so long as, it is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest,

(b)a disabled person's interest, or

(c)a transitional serial interest,

[F241or falls within section 5(1B) above.]

(1B)Where the interest in possession mentioned in subsection (1) above is one to which the person became beneficially entitled before 22nd March, subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to that interest at any time when section 71A below applies to the property in which the interest subsists.]

(2)Where a person becomes entitled to an interest in possession in settled property as a result of a disposition for a consideration in money or money’s worth, any question whether and to what extent the giving of the consideration is a transfer of value or chargeable transfer shall be determined without regard to subsection (1) above.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F242

Textual Amendments

F240S. 49(1A)(1B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 4(1)(2)

F241Words in s. 49(1A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(4)(a)

F242Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 14,with effect from 18March 1986and repealed by Finance Act (No.2) 1987 s. 96(4)and Sch. 9 Part III,in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17March 1987.

[F24349AImmediate post-death interestU.K.

(1)Where a person (“L”) is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property, for the purposes of this Chapter that interest is an “immediate post-death interest” only if the following conditions are satisfied.

(2)Condition 1 is that the settlement was effected by will or under the law relating to intestacy.

(3)Condition 2 is that L became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession on the death of the testator or intestate.

(4)Condition 3 is that—

(a)section 71A below does not apply to the property in which the interest subsists, and

(b)the interest is not a disabled person's interest.

(5)Condition 4 is that Condition 3 has been satisfied at all times since L became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession.

Textual Amendments

F243Ss. 49A-49E inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 5(1)(2)

49BTransitional serial interestsU.K.

Where a person is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property, for the purposes of this Chapter that interest is a “transitional serial interest” only—

(a)if section 49C or 49D below so provides, or

(b)if, and to the extent that, section 49E below so provides.

Textual Amendments

F243Ss. 49A-49E inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 5(1)(2)

49CTransitional serial interest: interest to which person becomes entitled during period 22nd March 2006 to 5th [F244October] 2008U.K.

(1)Where a person (“B”) is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property (“the current interest”), that interest is a transitional serial interest for the purposes of this Chapter if the following conditions are met.

(2)Condition 1 is that—

(a)the settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006, and

(b)immediately before 22nd March 2006, the property then comprised in the settlement was property in which B, or some other person, was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession (“the prior interest”).

(3)Condition 2 is that the prior interest came to an end at a time on or after 22nd March 2006 but before 6th [F245October] 2008.

(4)Condition 3 is that B became beneficially entitled to the current interest at that time.

(5)Condition 4 is that—

(a)section 71A below does not apply to the property in which the interest subsists, and

(b)the interest is not a disabled person's interest.

Textual Amendments

F243Ss. 49A-49E inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 5(1)(2)

F244S. 49C: word in heading substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 141(1)(a)(2)

F245Word in s. 49C(3) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 141(1)(a)(2)

49DTransitional serial interest: interest to which person becomes entitled on death of spouse or civil partner on or after 6th [F246October] 2008U.K.

(1)Where a person (“E”) is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property (“the successor interest”), that interest is a transitional serial interest for the purposes of this Chapter if the following conditions are met.

(2)Condition 1 is that—

(a)the settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006, and

(b)immediately before 22nd March 2006, the property then comprised in the settlement was property in which a person other than E was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession (“the previous interest”).

(3)Condition 2 is that the previous interest came to an end on or after 6th [F247October] 2008 on the death of that other person (“F”).

(4)Condition 3 is that, immediately before F died, F was the spouse or civil partner of E.

(5)Condition 4 is that E became beneficially entitled to the successor interest on F's death.

(6)Condition 5 is that—

(a)section 71A below does not apply to the property in which the successor interest subsists, and

(b)the successor interest is not a disabled person's interest.

Textual Amendments

F243Ss. 49A-49E inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 5(1)(2)

F246S. 49D: word in heading substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 141(1)(b)(2)

F247Word in s. 49D(3) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 141(1)(b)(2)

49ETransitional serial interest: contracts of life insuranceU.K.

(1)Where—

(a)a person (“C”) is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property (“the present interest”), and

(b)on C's becoming beneficially entitled to the present interest, the settled property consisted of, or included, rights under a contract of life insurance entered into before 22nd March 2006,

the present interest so far as subsisting in rights under the contract, or in property comprised in the settlement that directly or indirectly represents rights under the contract, is a “transitional serial interest” for the purposes of this Chapter if the following conditions are met.

(2)Condition 1 is that—

(a)the settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006, and

(b)immediately before 22nd March 2006—

(i)the property then comprised in the settlement consisted of, or included, rights under the contract, and

(ii)those rights were property in which C, or some other person, was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession (“the earlier interest”).

(3)Condition 2 is that—

(a)the earlier interest came to an end at a time on or after 6th [F248October] 2008 (“the earlier-interest end-time”) on the death of the person beneficially entitled to it and C became beneficially entitled to the present interest—

(i)at the earlier-interest end-time, or

(ii)on the coming to an end, on the death of the person beneficially entitled to it, of an interest in possession to which that person became beneficially entitled at the earlier-interest end-time, or

(iii)on the coming to an end of the second or last in an unbroken sequence of two or more consecutive interests in possession to the first of which a person became beneficially entitled at the earlier-interest end-time and each of which ended on the death of the person beneficially entitled to it, or

(b)C became beneficially entitled to the present interest—

(i)on the coming to an end, on the death of the person entitled to it, of an interest in possession that is a transitional serial interest under section 49C above, or

(ii)on the coming to an end of the second or last in an unbroken sequence of two or more consecutive interests in possession the first of which was a transitional serial interest under section 49C above and each of which ended on the death of the person beneficially entitled to it.

(4)Condition 3 is that rights under the contract were comprised in the settlement throughout the period beginning with 22nd March 2006 and ending with C's becoming beneficially entitled to the present interest.

(5)Condition 4 is that—

(a)section 71A below does not apply to the property in which the present interest subsists, and

(b)the present interest is not a disabled person's interest.]

Textual Amendments

F243Ss. 49A-49E inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 5(1)(2)

F248Word in s. 49E(3) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 141(1)(c)(2)

50 Interests in part, etc.U.K.

(1)Where the person referred to in section 49(1) above is entitled to part only of the income (if any) of the property, the interest shall be taken to subsist in such part only of the property as bears to the whole the same proportion as the part of the income to which he is entitled bears to the whole of the income.

(2)Where the part of the income of any property to which a person is entitled is a specified amount (or the whole less a specified amount) in any period, his interest in the property shall be taken, subject to subsection (3) below, to subsist in such part (or in the whole less such part) of the property as produces that amount in that period.

(3)The Treasury may from time to time by order prescribe a higher and a lower rate for the purposes of this section; and where tax is chargeable in accordance with subsection (2) above by reference to the value of the part of a property which produces a specified amount or by reference to the value of the remainder (but not where chargeable transfers are made simultaneously and tax is chargeable by reference to the value of that part as well as by reference to the value of the remainder) the value of the part producing that specified amount—

(a)shall, if tax is chargeable by reference to the value of that part, be taken to be not less than it would be if the property produced income at the higher rate so prescribed, and

(b)shall, if tax is chargeable by reference to the value of the remainder, be taken to be not more than it would be if the property produced income at the lower rate so prescribed;

but the value to be taken by virtue of paragraph (a) above as the value of part of a property shall not exceed the value of the whole of the property.

(4)The power to make orders under subsection (3) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

(5)Where the person referred to in section 49(1) above is not entitled to any income of the property but is entitled, jointly or in common with one or more other persons, to the use and enjoyment of the property, his interest shall be taken to subsist in such part of the property as corresponds to the proportion which the annual value of his interest bears to the aggregate of the annual values of his interest and that or those of the other or others.

(6)Where, under section 43(3) above, a lease of property is to be treated as a settlement, the lessee’s interest in the property shall be taken to subsist in the whole of the property less such part of it as corresponds to the proportion which the value of the lessor’s interest (as determined under Part VI of this Act) bears to the value of the property.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C20 See S.I. 1980/1000 (in Part III Statutory Regulations etc.)for the current rates applicable.

51 Disposal of interest in possession.U.K.

(1)Where a person beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property disposes of his interest the disposal—

(a)is not a transfer of value, but

(b)shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as the coming to an end of his interest;

and tax shall be charged accordingly under section 52 below.

[F249(1A)Where the interest disposed of is one to which the person became beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006, subsection (1) above applies in relation to the disposal only if the interest is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest,

(b)a disabled person's interest within section 89B(1)(c) or (d) below, or

(c)a transitional serial interest,

[F250or falls within section 5(1B) above.]

(1B)Where the interest disposed of is one to which the person became beneficially entitled before 22nd March 2006, subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to the disposal if, immediately before the disposal, section 71A or 71D below applies to the property in which the interest subsists.]

(2)Where a disposition satisfying the conditions of section 11 above is a disposal of an interest in possession in settled property, the interest shall not by virtue of subsection (1) above be treated as coming to an end.

(3)References in this section to any property or to an interest in any property include references to part of any property or interest.

Textual Amendments

F249S. 51(1A)(1B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 12

F250Words in s. 51(1A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(4)(b)

52 Charge on termination of interest in possession.U.K.

(1)Where at any time during the life of a person beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property his interest comes to an end, tax shall be charged, subject to section 53 below, as if at that time he had made a transfer of value and the value transferred had been equal to the value of the property in which his interest subsisted.

(2)If the interest comes to an end by being disposed of by the person beneficially entitled to it and the disposal is for a consideration in money or money’s worth, tax shall be chargeable under this section as if the value of the property in which the interest subsisted were reduced by the amount of the consideration; but in determining that amount the value of a reversionary interest in the property or of any interest in other property comprised in the same settlement shall be left out of account.

[F251(2A)Where the interest mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above is one to which the person became beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006, that subsection applies in relation to the coming to an end of the interest only if the interest is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest,

(b)a disabled person's interest, or

(c)a transitional serial interest,

[F252or falls within section 5(1B) above.]]

(3)Where a transaction is made between the trustees of the settlement and a person who is, or is connected with,—

(a)the person beneficially entitled to an interest in the property, or

(b)a person beneficially entitled to any other interest in that property or to any interest in any other property comprised in the settlement, or

(c)a person for whose benefit any of the settled property may be applied,

and, as a result of the transaction, the value of the first-mentioned property is less than it would be but for the transaction, a corresponding part of the interest shall be deemed for the purposes of this section to come to an end, unless the transaction is such that, were the trustees beneficially entitled to the settled property, it would not be a transfer of value.

[F253(3A)Where the interest mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) above is one to which the person mentioned in that paragraph became beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006, that subsection applies in relation to the transaction only if the interest is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest,

(b)a disabled person's interest, or

(c)a transitional serial interest,

[F252or falls within section 5(1B) above.]]

(4)References in this section or section 53 below to any property or to an interest in any property include references to part of any property or interest; and—

(a)the tax chargeable under this section on the coming to an end of part of an interest shall be charged as if the value of the property (or part) in which the interest subsisted were a corresponding part of the whole; and

(b)if the value of the property (or part) to which or to an interest in which a person becomes entitled as mentioned in subsection (2) of section 53 below is less than the value on which tax would be chargeable apart from that subsection, tax shall be chargeable on a value equal to the difference.

Textual Amendments

F251S. 52(2A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 13(2)

F252Words in s. 52(2A)(3A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(4)(c)

F253S. 52(3A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 13(3)

53 Exceptions from charge under section 52.U.K.

(1)Tax shall not be chargeable under section 52 above if the settled property is excluded property.

[F254(1A)Tax shall not be chargeable under section 52 above if—

(a)the person whose interest comes to an end became beneficially entitled to the interest before 22nd March 2006,

(b)the interest comes to an end on or after that day, and

(c)immediately before the interest comes to an end, section 71A or 71D below applies to the property in which the interest subsists.]

(2)Tax shall not be chargeable under section 52 above (except in the case mentioned in subsection (4)(b) of that section) if the person whose interest in the property comes to an end becomes on the same occasion beneficially entitled to the property or to another interest in possession in the property.

[F255[F256(2A)Subsection (2) above applies by virtue of the person becoming beneficially entitled on or after 12 March 2008 to another interest in possession in the property only if that other interest is—

(a)a disabled person's interest, or

(b)a transitional serial interest;

and that is the case irrespective of whether the person's beneficial entitlement to the interest in possession in the property which comes to an end is one which began before, or on or after, 22 March 2006.]]

(3)Tax shall not be chargeable under section 52 above if the interest comes to an end during the settlor’s life and on the same occasion the property in which the interest subsisted reverts to the settlor.

(4)Tax shall not be chargeable under section 52 above if on the occasion when the interest comes to an end—

(a)the settlor’s spouse [F257or civil partner], or

(b)where the settlor has died less than two years earlier, the settlor’s widow or widower [F258or surviving civil partner],

becomes beneficially entitled to the settled property and is domiciled in the United Kingdom.

(5)Subsections (3) and (4) above shall not apply in any case where—

(a)the settlor or the spouse [F259or civil partner] (or in a case within subsection (4)(b), the widow or widower [F260or surviving civil partner]) of the settlor had acquired a reversionary interest in the property for a consideration in money or money’s worth, or

(b)their application depends upon a reversionary interest having been transferred into a settlement on or after 10th March 1981.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (5) above a person shall be treated as acquiring an interest for a consideration in money or money’s worth if he becomes entitled to it as a result of transactions which include a disposition for such consideration (whether to him or another) of that interest or of other property.

(7)Where the acquisition of the interest was before 12th April 1978, subsection (5)(a) above shall have effect, so far as it relates to subsection (3) above, with the omission of the reference to the spouse [F261or civil partner] of the settlor.

(8)Subsection (6) above shall not apply where the person concerned became entitled to the interest before 12th April 1978.

Textual Amendments

F254S. 53(1A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 14(2)

F255S. 53(2A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 14(3)

F256S. 53(2A) substituted (retrospective to 22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 140(1)(2)

F257Words in s. 53(4)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 13(2)(a)

F258Words in s. 53(4)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 13(2)(b)

F259Words in s. 53(5)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 13(3)(a)

F260Words in s. 53(5)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 13(3)(b)

F261Words in s. 53(7) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 13(4)

54 Exceptions from charge on deathU.K.

(1)Where a person is entitled to an interest in possession in settled property which on his death, but during the settlor’s life, reverts to the settlor, the value of the settled property shall be left out of account in determining for the purposes of this Act the value of the deceased’s estate immediately before his death.

(2)Where on the death of a person entitled to an interest in possession in settled property—

(a)the settlor’s spouse [F262or civil partner], or

(b)if the settlor has died less than two years earlier, the settlor’s widow or widower [F263or surviving civil partner],

becomes beneficially entitled to the settled property and is domiciled in the United Kingdom, the value of the settled property shall be left out of account in determining for the purposes of this Act the value of the deceased’s estate immediately before his death.

[F264(2A)Where a person becomes beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006 to an interest in possession in settled property, subsections (1) and (2) above apply in relation to the interest only if it is—

(a)a disabled person's interest, or

(b)a transitional serial interest.

(2B)Where—

(a)a person (“B”) becomes beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006 to an interest in possession in settled property,

(b)B dies,

(c)the interest in possession, throughout the period beginning with when B becomes beneficially entitled to it and ending with B's death, is an immediate post-death interest,

(d)the settlor died before B's death but less than two years earlier, and

(e)on B's death, the settlor's widow or widower, or surviving civil partner, becomes beneficially entitled to the settled property and is domiciled in the United Kingdom,

the value of the settled property shall be left out of account in determining for the purposes of this Act the value of B's estate immediately before his death.]

(3)Subsections (5) and (6) of section 53 above shall apply in relation to subsections [F265(1), (2) and (2B)] above as they apply in relation to section 53(3) and (4) [F266, but as if the reference in section 53(5)(a) above to section 53(4)(b) above were to subsection (2)(b) or (2B) above.] .

(4)For the purposes of this section, where it cannot be known which of two or more persons who have died survived the other or others they shall be assumed to have died at the same instant.

Textual Amendments

F262Words in s. 54(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 14(a)

F263Words in s. 54(2)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 14(b)

F264S. 54(2A)(2B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras 7, 15(2)

F265Words in s. 54(3) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 15(3)(a)

F266Words in s. 54(3) added (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 15(3)(b)

[F26754A Special rate of charge where settled property affected by potentially exempt transfer.U.K.

(1)If the circumstances fall within subsection (2) below, this section applies to any chargeable transfer made—

(a)under section 52 above, on the coming to an end of an interest in possession in settled property during the life of the person beneficially entitled to it, or

(b)on the death of a person beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in settled property;

and in the following provisions of this section the interest in possession mentioned in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above is referred to as “the relevant interest”.

[F268(1A)Where a person becomes beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006 to an interest in possession in settled property, subsection (1)(b) above applies in relation to the person's death only if the interest is—

(a)a disabled person's interest, or

(b)a transitional serial interest.]

(2)The circumstances referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a)that the whole or part of the value transferred by the transfer is attributable to property in which the relevant interest subsisted and which became settled property in which there subsisted an interest in possession (whether the relevant interest or any previous interest) on the making by the settlor of a potentially exempt transfer at any time on or after 17th March 1987 and within the period of seven years ending with the date of the chargeable transfer; and

(b)that the settlor is alive at the time when the relevant interest comes to an end; and

(c)that, on the coming to an end of the relevant interest, any of the property in which that interest subsisted becomes settled property in which no qualifying interest in possession (as defined in section 59 below) subsists F269. . . ; and

(d)that, within six months of the coming to an end of the relevant interest, any of the property in which that interest subsisted has neither—

(i)become settled property in which a qualifying interest in possession subsists F269. . . , nor

(ii)become property to which an individual is beneficially entitled.

(3)In the following provisions of this section “the special rate property”, in relation to a chargeable transfer to which this section applies, means the property in which the relevant interest subsisted or, in a case where—

(a)any part of that property does not fall within subsection (2)(a) above, or

(b)any part of that property does not become settled property of the kind mentioned in subsection (2)(c) above,

so much of that property as appears to the Board or, on appeal, to the [F270tribunal] to be just and reasonable.

(4)Where this section applies to a chargeable transfer (in this section referred to as “the relevant transfer”), the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the transfer shall be whichever is the greater of the tax that would have been chargeable apart from this section and the tax determined in accordance with subsection (5) below.

(5)The tax determined in accordance with this subsection is the aggregate of—

(a)the tax that would be chargeable on a chargeable transfer of the description specified in subsection (6) below, and

(b)so much (if any) of the tax that would, apart from this section, have been chargeable on the value transferred by the relevant transfer as is attributable to the value of property other than the special rate property.

(6)The chargeable transfer postulated in subsection (5)(a) above is one—

(a)the value transferred by which is equal to the value transferred by the relevant transfer or, where only part of that value is attributable to the special rate property, that part of that value;

(b)which is made at the time of the relevant transfer by a transferor who has in the preceding seven years made chargeable transfers having an aggregate value equal to the aggregate of the values transferred by any chargeable transfers made by the settlor in the period of seven years ending with the date of the potentially exempt transfer; and

(c)for which the applicable rate or rates are one-half of the rate or rates referred to in section 7(1) above.

(7)This section has effect subject to section 54B below.]

Textual Amendments

F267Finance Act 1987 (No. 2) Sch. 7 para. 1,with effect from 17March 1987.

F268S. 54(1A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 16(2)

F269Words in s. 54A(2)(c)(d)(i) repealed (22.3.2006 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 para. 16(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), ss. 156, 160, Sch. 20 para. 16(3)(a)(b), {Sch. 26 Pt. 6 Note 1}

F270Word in s. 54A(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 110

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C21S. 54A modified (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 2(4)(6)

C22S. 54A modified (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 20(4)

[F27154B Provisions supplementary to section 54A.U.K.

(1)The death of the settlor, at any time after a chargeable transfer to which section 54A above applies, shall not increase the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the transfer unless, at the time of the transfer, the tax determined in accordance with subsection (5) of that section is greater than the tax that would be chargeable apart from that section.

(2)The death of the person who was beneficially entitled to the relevant interest, at any time after a chargeable transfer to which section 54A above applies, shall not increase the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the transfer unless, at the time of the transfer, the tax that would be chargeable apart from that section is greater than the tax determined in accordance with subsection (5) of that section.

(3)Where the tax chargeable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer to which section 54A above applies falls to be determined in accordance with subsection (5) of that section, the amount referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as tax attributable to the value of the property in which the relevant interest subsisted.

(4)Subsection (5) below shall apply if—

(a)during the period of seven years preceding the date on which a chargeable transfer to which section 54A above applies (“the current transfer”) is made, there has been another chargeable transfer to which that section applied, and

(b)the person who is for the purposes of the current transfer the settlor mentioned in subsection (2)(a) of that section is the settlor for the purposes of the other transfer (whether or not the settlements are the same);

and in subsections (5) and (6) below the other transfer is referred to as the “previous transfer”.

(5)Where this subsection applies, the appropriate amount in relation to the previous transfer (or, if there has been more than one previous transfer, the aggregate of the appropriate amounts in relation to each) shall, for the purposes of calculating the tax chargeable on the current transfer, be taken to be the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made by the settlor immediately before the potentially exempt transfer was made.

(6)In subsection (5) above “the appropriate amount”, in relation to a previous transfer, means so much of the value transferred by the previous transfer as was attributable to the value of property which was the special rate property in relation to that transfer.

(7)In this section—

“the relevant interest” has the meaning given by subsection (1) of section 54A above; and
“the special rate property” has the meaning given by subsection (3) of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F271Finance Act 1987 (No. 2) Sch. 7 para. 1,with effect from 17March 1987.

[F27255A Purchased settlement powersU.K.

(1)Where a person makes a disposition by which he acquires a settlement power for consideration in money or money’s worth—

(a)section 10(1) above shall not apply to the disposition;

(b)the person shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to make a transfer of value;

(c)the value transferred shall be determined without bringing into account the value of anything which the person acquires by the disposition; and

(d)sections 18 and 23 to 27 above shall not apply in relation to that transfer of value.

(2)For the purposes of this section, a person acquires a settlement power if he becomes entitled—

(a)to a settlement power,

(b)to exercise, or to secure or prevent the exercise of, a settlement power (whether directly or indirectly), or

(c)to restrict, or secure a restriction on, the exercise of a settlement power (whether directly or indirectly),

as a result of transactions which include a disposition (whether to him or another) of a settlement power or of any power of a kind described in paragraph (b) or (c) above which is exercisable in relation to a settlement power.]

Textual Amendments

F272S. 55A inserted (24.7.2002 with effect as mentioned in s. 119(6) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 119(3)(6)

55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

56 Exclusion of certain exemptions.U.K.

(1)Sections 18 and 23 to 27 above shall not apply in relation to property which is given in consideration of the transfer of a reversionary interest if, by virtue of section 55(1) above, that interest does not form part of the estate of the person acquiring it.

(2)Where a person acquires a reversionary interest in any settled property for a consideration in money or money’s worth, section 18 above shall not apply in relation to the property when it becomes the property of that person on the termination of the interest on which the reversionary interest is expectant.

(3)Sections 23 to 27 above shall not apply in relation to any property if—

(a)the property is an interest in possession in settled property and the settlement does not come to an end in relation to that settled property on the making of the transfer of value, or

(b)immediately before the time when it becomes the property of the exempt body it is comprised in a settlement and, at or before that time, an interest under the settlement is or has been acquired for a consideration in money or money’s worth by that or another exempt body.

(4)In subsection (3)(b) above “exempt body” means a charity, political party or other body within sections 23 [F274to 25] above or the trustees of a settlement in relation to which a direction under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act has effect; and for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) there shall be disregarded any acquisition from a charity, political party or body within sections 23 to 25.

(5)For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) above, a person shall be treated as acquiring an interest for a consideration in money or money’s worth if he becomes entitled to it as a result of transactions which include a disposition [F275for such consideration] (whether to him or another) of that interest or of other property.

(6)Nothing in this section shall apply to a transfer of value if or to the extent that it is a disposition whereby the use of money or other property is allowed by one person to another.

(7)Subsection (2) above shall not apply where the acquisition of the reversionary interest was before 16th April 1976; and where the acquisition was on or after that date but before 12th April 1978 that subsection shall have effect—

(a)with the substitution for the words “section 18 above” of the words “sections 18 and 23 [F274to 25] above”, and

(b)with the insertion after the word “person” in both places where it occurs of the words “or body”.

(8)Subsection (3)(b) above shall not apply where the acquisition of the interest was before 12th April 1978; and subsection (5) above shall not apply where the person concerned became entitled to the interest before that date.

Textual Amendments

F274Words in s. 56(4)(7) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to any property becoming the property of any person on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(3)

F275Finance Act 1987 (No. 2) Sch. 7, para. 2,with effect from 17March 1987.

57 Application of certain exemptions.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (3) below, references to transfers of value in sections 19 and 22 above shall be construed as including references to events on the happening of which tax is chargeable under section 52 above, and references to the transferor and (in section 22(3) and (4)) to a disposition shall be construed accordingly.

(2)For the purposes of its application, by virtue of subsection (1) above, to the termination of interests in possession in settled property, section 22 above shall have effect as if—

(a)references to transfers of value made by gifts in consideration of marriage [F276or civil partnership] were references to the termination of such interests in consideration of marriage [F276or civil partnership];

(b)references to outright gifts were references to cases where the property ceases on the termination to be settled property; and

(c)references to cases where the property is settled by the gift were references to cases where it remains settled property after the termination.

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a transfer of value—

(a)unless the transferor has in accordance with subsection (4) below given to the trustees of the settlement a notice informing them of the availability of an exemption, and

(b)except to the extent specified in that notice.

(4)A notice under subsection (3) above shall be in such form as may be prescribed by the Board and shall be given before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date of the transfer of value.

(5)Section 27 above shall apply where the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to property which immediately after the transfer remains comprised in a settlement as it applies where property becomes comprised in a settlement by virtue of the transfer.

Textual Amendments

F276Words in s. 57(2)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 15

[F27757A Relief where property enters maintenance fund.U.K.

(1)Subject to the following provisions, subsection (2) below applies where—

(a)a person dies who immediately before his death was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in property comprised in a settlement, and

(b)within two years after his death the property becomes held on trusts (whether of that or another settlement) by virtue of which a direction under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act is given in respect of the property.

[F278(1A)Where the interest mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above is one to which the person became beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006, subsection (2) below does not apply unless, immediately before the person's death, the interest was—

(a)an immediate post-death interest,

(b)a disabled person's interest, or

(c)a transitional serial interest,

[F279or fell within section 5(1B) above.]]

(2)Where this subsection applies, this Act shall have effect as if the property had on the death of the deceased become subject to the trusts referred to in subsection (1)(b) above; and accordingly no disposition or other event occurring between the date of the death and the date on which the property becomes subject to those trusts shall, so far as it relates to the property, be a transfer of value or otherwise constitute an occasion for a charge to tax.

(3)Where property becomes held on trusts of the kind specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above as the result of proceedings before a court and could not have become so held without such proceedings, that paragraph shall have effect as if it referred to three years instead of two.

(4)Subsection (2) above shall not apply if—

(a)the disposition by which the property becomes held on the trusts referred to in subsection (1)(b) above depends on a condition or is defeasible; or

(b)the property which becomes held on those trusts is itself an interest in settled property; or

(c)the trustees who hold the property on those trusts have, for a consideration in money or money’s worth, acquired an interest under a settlement in which the property was comprised immediately before the death of the person referred to in subsection (1)(a) above or at any time thereafter; or

(d)the property which becomes held on those trusts does so for a consideration in money or money’s worth, or is acquired by the trustees for such a consideration, or has at any time since the death of the person referred to in subsection (1)(a) above been acquired by any other person for such a consideration.

(5)If the value of the property when it becomes held on the trusts referred to in subsection (1)(b) above is lower than so much of the value transferred on the death of the person referred to in subsection (1)(a) as is attributable to the property, subsection (2) above shall apply to the property only to the extent of the lower value.

(6)For the purposes of this section, a person shall be treated as acquiring property for a consideration in money or money’s worth if he becomes entitled to it as a result of transactions which include a disposition for such consideration (whether to him or another) of that or other property. F277]]

Textual Amendments

F277Finance Act 1987 Sch. 9, para. 1,in relation to deaths occurring on or after 17March 1987.

F278S. 57A(1A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 17

F279Words in s. 57A(1A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(5)

CHAPTER IIIU.K. SETTLEMENTS WITHOUT INTERESTS IN POSSESSION [F280, AND CERTAIN SETTLEMENTS IN WHICH INTERESTS IN POSSESSION SUBSIST]

Textual Amendments

F280Words in Pt. 3 Ch. 3 heading added (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 20(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C23 See Finance Act 1990 s. 126—exemption for pools payments to trustees for football ground improvements in respect of events on or after 6April 1990.

C24Pt. 3 Ch. 3 modified (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 283, Sch. 36 para. 57(1) (with s. 283(5))

C25Pt. 3 Ch. 3 modified (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 283, Sch. 36 para. 56(2)(b) (with s. 283(5))

C26Part III Chapter III (ss.58-85) excluded by Finance Act 1991 (c.31, SIF 63:1), s. 121(4).

Pt. III Ch. III (ss. 58-85) restricted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 248

InterpretationU.K.

58 Relevant property.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter “relevant property” means settled property in which no qualifying interest in possession subsists, other than—

(a)property held for charitable purposes only, whether for a limited time or otherwise;

(b)property to which section 71, [F28171A, 71D,] 73, 74 or 86 below applies [F282(but see subsection (1A) below)] ;

(c)property held on trusts which comply with the requirements mentioned in paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 4 to this Act, and in respect of which a direction given under paragraph 1 of that Schedule has effect;

[F283(d)property which is held for the purposes of a registered pension scheme [F284, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a]section 615(3) scheme;]

(e)property comprised in a trade or professional compensation fund;

[F285(ea)property comprised in an asbestos compensation settlement, F286. . . ]

[F287(eb)property comprised in a decommissioning security settlement; and]

(f)excluded property.

[F288(1A)Settled property to which section 86 below applies is “relevant property” for the purposes of this Chapter if—

(a)an interest in possession subsists in that property, and

(b)that interest falls within subsection (1B) or (1C) below.

(1B)An interest in possession falls within this subsection if—

(a)an individual is beneficially entitled to the interest in possession,

(b)the individual became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession on or after 22nd March 2006, and

(c)the interest in possession is—

(i)not an immediate post-death interest,

(ii)not a disabled person's interest, and

(iii)not a transitional serial interest.

(1C)An interest in possession falls within this subsection if—

(a)a company is beneficially entitled to the interest in possession,

(b)the business of the company consists wholly or mainly in the acquisition of interests in settled property,

(c)the company has acquired the interest in possession for full consideration in money or money's worth from an individual who was beneficially entitled to it,

(d)the individual became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession on or after 22nd March 2006, and

(e)immediately before the company acquired the interest in possession, the interest in possession was neither an immediate post-death interest nor a transitional serial interest.]

(2)The reference in subsection (1)(d) above to property which is F289. . . held for the purposes of a F289. . . scheme does not include a reference to a benefit which, having become payable under the F289. . . scheme, becomes comprised in a settlement.

[F290(2A)For the purposes of subsection (1)(d) above—

(a)property applied to pay lump sum death benefits within section 168(1) of the Finance Act 2004 in respect of a member of a registered pension scheme is to be taken to be held for the purposes of the scheme from the time of the member's death until the payment is made, and

(b)property applied to pay lump sum death benefits in respect of a member of [F291a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or] a section 615(3) scheme is to be taken to be so held if the benefits are paid within the period of two years beginning with the earlier of the day on which the member's death was first known to the trustees or other persons having the control of the fund and the day on which they could first reasonably be expected to have known of it.]

(3)In subsection (1)(e) above “trade or professional compensation fund” means a fund which is maintained or administered by a representative association of persons carrying on a trade or profession and the only or main objects of which are compensation for or relief of losses or hardship that, through the default or alleged default of persons carrying on the trade or profession or of their agents or servants, are incurred or likely to be incurred by others.

[F292(4)In subsection (1)(ea) above “asbestos compensation settlement” means a settlement—

(a)the sole or main purpose of which is making compensation payments to or in respect of individuals who have, or had before their death, an asbestos-related condition, and

(b)which is made before 24 March 2010 in pursuance of an arrangement within subsection (5) below.

(5)An arrangement is within this subsection if it is—

(a)a voluntary arrangement that has taken effect under Part 1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 or Part 2 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989,

(b)a compromise or arrangement that has taken effect under section 425 of the Companies Act 1985, Article 418 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 or Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006, or

(c)an arrangement or compromise of a kind corresponding to any of those mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above that has taken effect under, or as a result of, the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.]

[F293(6)For the purposes of subsection (1)(eb) above a settlement is a “decommissioning security settlement” if the sole or main purpose of the settlement is to provide security for the performance of obligations under an abandonment programme.

(7)In subsection (6)—

“abandonment programme” means an abandonment programme approved under Part 4 of the Petroleum Act 1998 (including such a programme as revised);
“security” has the same meaning as in section 38A of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F281Words in s. 58(1)(b) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 18

F282Words in s. 58(1)(b) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 19(2)

F283S. 58(1)(d) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(3), 284 (with Sch. 36)

F284Words in s. 58(1)(d) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 92, Sch. 29 para. 18(3)(a)(8)

F285S. 58(1)(ea) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) for word at end of s. 58(1)(e) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 31, Sch. 14 para. 1(2)(4)

F286Word in s. 58(1) omitted (retrospective to 20.3.1993) by virtue of Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(4) (with s. 86(5)(6))

F287S. 58(1)(eb) and word inserted (retrospective to 20.3.1993) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 86(2)(4) (with s. 86(5)(6))

F288S. 58(1A)-(1C) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 19(3)

F289Words in s. 58(2) repealed (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 326, Sch. 42 Pt. 3 (with Sch. 36)

F290S. 58(2A) inserted (with effect in relation to lump sum death benefits paid on or after 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 70, Sch. 20 paras. 20, 24(9)

F291Words in s. 58(2A)(b) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 92, Sch. 29 para. 18(3)(b)(8)

F292S. 58(4)(5) inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 31, Sch. 14 para. 1(3)(4)

F293S. 58(5)(6) inserted (retrospective to 20.3.1993) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 86(3)(4) (with s. 86(5)(6))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C27S. 58 applied (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), reg. 33

59 Qualifying interest in possession.U.K.

[F294(1)In this Chapter “qualifying interest in possession” means—

(a)an interest in possession—

(i)to which an individual is beneficially entitled, and

(ii)which, if the individual became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession on or after 22nd March 2006, is an immediate post-death interest, a disabled person's interest or a transitional serial interest, or

(b)an interest in possession to which, where subsection (2) below applies, a company is beneficially entitled.]

(2)This subsection applies where—

(a)the business of the company consists wholly or mainly in the acquisition of interests in settled property, and

(b)the company has acquired the interest for full consideration in money or money’s worth from an individual who was beneficially entitled to it [F295, and

(c)if the individual became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession on or after 22nd March 2006, the interest is an immediate post-death interest, or a disabled person's interest within section 89B(1)(c) or (d) below or a transitional serial interest, immediately before the company acquires it.]

(3)Where the acquisition mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (2) above was before 14th March 1975—

(a)the condition set out in paragraph (a) of that subsection shall be treated as satisfied if the business of the company was at the time of the acquisition such as is described in that paragraph, and

(b)that condition need not be satisfied [F296if the company [F297—

(i)is an insurance company (within the meaning of Part 2 of the Finance Act 2012), and

(ii)has permission under Part 4A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to effect or carry out contracts of long-term insurance.]]

[F298(4)In subsection (3)(b) above “contracts of long-term insurance” means contracts which fall within Part II of Schedule 1 to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001.]

Textual Amendments

F294S. 59(1) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 20(2)

F295S. 59(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 20(3)

F296Words in s. 59(3) substituted (1.5.1995 with effect as mentioned in s. 52(5) of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 4, s. 52(4)

F297Words in s. 59(3)(b) substituted (31.1.2020) by The Taxes (Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/689), regs. 1, 3(2) (with regs. 39-41); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F298S. 59(4) added (1.12.2001 with effect as mentioned in art. 5(4) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 5(1)(3)(4)

F29960 Commencement of settlement.U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F299S. 60 omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(4)

61 Ten-year anniversary.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter “ten-year anniversary” in relation to a settlement means the tenth anniversary of the date on which the settlement commenced and subsequent anniversaries at ten-yearly intervals, but subject to subsections (2) to (4) below.

(2)The ten-year anniversaries of a settlement treated as made under section 80 below shall be the dates that are (or would but for that section be) the ten-year anniversaries of the settlement first mentioned in that section.

(3)No date falling before 1st April 1983 shall be a ten-year anniversary.

(4)Where—

(a)the first ten-year anniversary of a settlement would apart from this subsection fall during the year ending with 31st March 1984, and

(b)during that year an event occurs in respect of the settlement which could not have occurred except as the result of some proceedings before a court, and

(c)the event is one on which tax was chargeable under Chapter II of Part IV of the M9Finance Act 1982 (or, apart from Part II of Schedule 15 to that Act, would have been so chargeable),

the first ten-year anniversary shall be taken to be 1st April 1984 (but without affecting the dates of later anniversaries).

Marginal Citations

M91982 c. 39.

62 Related settlements.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter two settlements are related if and only if—

(a)the settlor is the same in each case, and

(b)they commenced on the same day,

but subject to subsection (2) below.

(2)Two settlements are not related for the purposes of this Chapter if all the property comprised in one or both of them was immediately after the settlement commenced held for charitable purposes only without limit of time (defined by a date or otherwise).

[F30062ASame-day additionsU.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter, there is a “same-day addition”, in relation to a settlement (“settlement A”), if—

(a)there is a transfer of value by a person as a result of which the value immediately afterwards of the property comprised in settlement A is greater than the value immediately before,

(b)as a result of the same transfer of value, or as a result of another transfer of value made by that person on the same day, the value immediately afterwards of the property comprised in another settlement (“settlement B”) is greater than the value immediately before,

(c)that person is the settlor of settlement A and settlement B,

(d)at any point in the relevant period, all or any part of the property comprised in settlement A was relevant property, and

(e)at that point, or at any other point in the relevant period, all or any part of the property comprised in settlement B was relevant property.

For exceptions, see section 62B.

(2)Where there is a same-day addition, references in this Chapter to its value are to the difference between the two values mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

(3)“The relevant period” means—

(a)in the case of settlement A, the period beginning with the commencement of settlement A and ending immediately after the transfer of value mentioned in subsection (1)(a), and

(b)in the case of settlement B, the period beginning with the commencement of settlement B and ending immediately after the transfer of value mentioned in subsection (1)(b)).

(4)The transfer or transfers of value mentioned in subsection (1) include a transfer or transfers of value as a result of which property first becomes comprised in settlement A or settlement B; but not if settlements A and B are related settlements.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, it is immaterial whether the amount of the property comprised in settlement A or settlement B (or neither) was increased as a result of the transfer or transfers of value mentioned in that subsection.

Textual Amendments

F300Ss. 62A-62C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 2

62BSame day additions: exceptionsU.K.

(1)There is not a same-day addition for the purposes of this Chapter if any of the following conditions is met—

(a)immediately after the transfer of value mentioned in section 62A(1)(a) all the property comprised in settlement A was held for charitable purposes only without limit of time (defined by a date or otherwise),

(b)immediately after the transfer of value mentioned in section 62A(1)(b) all the property comprised in settlement B was so held,

(c)either or each of settlement A and settlement B is a protected settlement (see section 62C), and

(d)the transfer of value, or either or each of the transfers of value, mentioned in section 62A(1)(a) and (b)—

(i)results from the payment of a premium under a contract of life insurance the terms of which provide for premiums to be due at regular intervals of one year or less throughout the contract term, or

(ii)is made to fund such a payment.

(2)If the transfer of value, or each of the transfers of value, mentioned in section 62A(1) is not the transfer of value under section 4 on the settlor's death, there is a same-day addition for the purposes of this Chapter only if conditions A and B are met.

(3)Condition A is that—

(a)the difference between the two values mentioned in section 62A(1)(a) exceeds £5,000, or

(b)in a case where there has been more than one transfer of value within section 62A(1)(a) on the same day, the difference between—

(i)the value of the property comprised in settlement A immediately before the first of those transfers, and

(ii)the value of the property comprised in settlement A immediately after the last of those transfers,

exceeds £5,000.

(4)Condition B is that—

(a)the difference between the two values mentioned in section 62A(1)(b) exceeds £5,000, or

(b)in a case where there has been more than one transfer of value within section 62A(1)(b), the difference between—

(i)the value of the property comprised in settlement B immediately before the first of those transfers, and

(ii)the value of the property comprised in settlement B immediately after the last of those transfers,

exceeds £5,000.

Textual Amendments

F300Ss. 62A-62C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 2

62CProtected settlementsU.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter, a settlement is a “protected settlement” if it commenced before 10 December 2014 and either condition A or condition B is met.

(2)Condition A is met if there have been no transfers of value by the settlor on or after 10 December 2014 as a result of which the value of the property comprised in the settlement was increased.

(3)Condition B is met if—

(a)there has been a transfer of value by the settlor on or after 10 December 2014 as a result of which the value of the property comprised in the settlement was increased, and

(b)that transfer of value was the transfer of value under section 4 on the settlor's death before 6 April 2017 and it had the result mentioned by reason of a protected testamentary disposition.

(4)In subsection (3)(b) “protected testamentary disposition” means a disposition effected by provisions of the settlor's will that at the settlor's death are, in substance, the same as they were immediately before 10 December 2014.]

Textual Amendments

F300Ss. 62A-62C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 2

63 Minor interpretative provisions.U.K.

In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires—

“payment” includes a transfer of assets other than money;
“quarter” means period of three months.

Principal charge to taxU.K.

64 Charge at ten-year anniversary.U.K.

[F301(1)]Where immediately before a ten-year anniversary all or any part of the property comprised in a settlement is relevant property, tax shall be charged at the rate applicable under sections 66 and 67 below on the value of the property or part at that time.

[F302(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, property held by the trustees of a settlement immediately before a ten-year anniversary is to be regarded as relevant property comprised in the settlement at that time if—

(a)it is income of the settlement,

(b)the income arose before the start of the five years ending immediately before the ten-year anniversary,

(c)the income arose (directly or indirectly) from property comprised in the settlement that, when the income arose, was relevant property, and

(d)when the income arose, no person was beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the property from which the income arose.

(1B)Where the settlor of [F303property comprised in] a settlement was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the [F304property became comprised in the settlement (but see also subsection (1BA))] [F305and is not a formerly domiciled resident for the tax year in which the ten-year anniversary falls], income of the settlement [F306that arose (directly or indirectly) from the property] is not to be regarded as relevant property comprised in the settlement as a result of subsection (1A) above so far as the income—

(a)is situated outside the United Kingdom, or

(b)is represented by a holding in an authorised unit trust or a share in an open-ended investment company.

[F307(1BA)If—

(a)an amount is payable in respect of property (“the existing property”) comprised in a settlement, and

(b)the amount represents an accumulation of income which (once accumulated) becomes comprised in the settlement,

subsection (1B) has effect, in the case of the amount, as if any reference to the time it became comprised in the settlement were to the time the existing property became comprised in the settlement.]

(1C)Income of the settlement is not to be regarded as relevant property comprised in the settlement as a result of subsection (1A) above so far as the income—

(a)is represented by securities issued by the Treasury subject to a condition of the kind mentioned in subsection (2) of section 6 above, and

(b)it is shown that all known persons for whose benefit the settled property or income from it has been or might be applied, or who are or might become beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in it, are persons of a description specified in the condition in question.]

[F308(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a foreign-owned work of art which is situated in the United Kingdom for one or more of the purposes of public display, cleaning and restoration (and for no other purpose) is not to be regarded as relevant property.]

Textual Amendments

F301S. 64 renumbered (6.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in art. 13(5) of the amending S.I.) as s. 64(1) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/730), art. 13(3)

F302S. 64(1A)-(1C) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 4(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 4(1)

F303Words in s. 64(1B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(5)(a)(i)

F304Words in s. 64(1B) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(5)(a)(ii)

F305Words in s. 64(1B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(5)

F306Words in s. 64(1B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(5)(a)(iii)

F307S. 64(1BA) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(5)(b)

F308S. 64(2) inserted (6.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in art. 13(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/730), art. 13(3)

65 Charge at other times.U.K.

(1)There shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where the property comprised in a settlement or any part of that property ceases to be relevant property (whether because it ceases to be comprised in the settlement or otherwise); and

(b)in a case in which paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees of the settlement make a disposition as a result of which the value of relevant property comprised in the settlement is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(2)The amount on which tax is charged under this section shall be—

(a)the amount by which the value of relevant property comprised in the settlement is less immediately after the event in question that it would be but for the event, or

(b)where the tax payable is paid out of relevant property comprised in the settlement immediately after the event, the amount which, after deducting the tax, is equal to the amount on which tax would be charged by virtue of paragraph (a) above.

(3)The rate at which tax is charged under this section shall be the rate applicable under section 68 or 69 below.

(4)Subsection (1) above does not apply if the event in question occurs in a quarter beginning with the day on which the settlement commenced or with a ten-year anniversary.

(5)Tax shall not be charged under this section in respect of—

(a)a payment of costs or expenses (so far as they are fairly attributable to relevant property), or

(b)a payment which is (or will be) income of any person for any of the purposes of income tax or would for any of those purposes be income of a person not resident in the United Kingdom if he were so resident,

or in respect of a liability to make such a payment.

(6)Tax shall not be charged under this section by virtue of subsection (1)(b) above if the disposition is such that, were the trustees beneficially entitled to the settled property, section 10 or section 16 above would prevent the disposition from being a transfer of value.

(7)Tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that property comprised in a settlement ceases to be situated in the United Kingdom and thereby becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(3)(a) above.

[F309(7A)Tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that property comprised in a settlement becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(3A)(a) (holding in an authorised unit trust or a share in an open-ended investment company is excluded property unless settlor domiciled in UK when [F310property became comprised in settlement]).]

[F311(7B)Tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that property comprised in a settlement becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(3E) ceasing to apply in relation to it.]

[F312(7C)Tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that property comprised in a settlement ceases to any extent to be property to which paragraph 2 or 3 of Schedule A1 applies and thereby becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(3)(a) above.

(7D)Tax shall not be charged under this section where property comprised in a settlement or any part of that property—

(a)is, by virtue of paragraph 5(2)(a) of Schedule A1, not excluded property for the two year period referred to in that paragraph, but

(b)becomes excluded property at the end of that period.]

(8)If the settlor of [F313property comprised in] a settlement was not domiciled in the United Kingdom when the [F314property became comprised in the settlement (but see also subsection (8A))], tax shall not be charged under this section by reason only that [F315the property] is invested in securities issued by the Treasury subject to a condition of the kind mentioned in section 6(2) above and thereby becomes excluded property by virtue of section 48(4)(b) above.

[F316(8A)If—

(a)an amount is payable in respect of property (“the existing property”) comprised in a settlement, and

(b)the amount represents an accumulation of income which (once accumulated) becomes comprised in the settlement,

subsection (8) has effect, in the case of the amount, as if any reference to the time it became comprised in the settlement were to the time the existing property became comprised in the settlement.]

(9)For the purposes of this section trustees shall be treated as making a disposition if they omit to exercise a right (unless it is shown that the omission was not deliberate) and the disposition shall be treated as made at the time or latest time when they could have exercised the right.

Textual Amendments

F309S. 65(7A) inserted (retrospective to 16.10.2002) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 175

F310Words in s. 65(7A) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(6)(a)

F311S. 65(7B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(6)

F312S. 65(7C)(7D) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 5

F313Words in s. 65(8) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(6)(b)(i)

F314Words in s. 65(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(6)(b)(ii)

F315Words in s. 65(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(6)(b)(iii)

F316S. 65(8A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(6)(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C28S. 65 restricted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 161(1) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 161(3)

C29S. 65 restricted (retrospective to 20.3.1993) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 86(4)(6)

Rates of principal chargeU.K.

66 Rate of ten-yearly charge.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the rate at which tax is charged under section 64 above at any time shall be three tenths of the effective rate (that is to say the rate found by expressing the tax chargeable as a percentage of the amount on which it is charged) at which tax would be charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer of the description specified in subsection (3) below.

(2)Where the whole or part of the value mentioned in section 64 above is attributable to property which was not relevant property, or was not comprised in the settlement, throughout the period of ten years ending immediately before the ten-year anniversary concerned, the rate at which tax is charged on that value or part shall be reduced by one-fortieth for each of the successive quarters in that period which expired before the property became, or last became, relevant property comprised in the settlement.

[F317(2A)Subsection (2) above does not apply to property which is regarded as relevant property as a result of section 64(1A) (and accordingly that property is charged to tax at the rate given by subsection (1) above).]

(3)The chargeable transfer postulated in subsection (1) above is one—

(a)the value transferred by which is equal to an amount determined in accordance with subsection (4) below;

(b)which is made immediately before the ten-year anniversary concerned by a transferor who has in the [F318preceding seven years] made chargeable transfers having an aggregate value determined in accordance with subsection (5) below; and

[F319(c)on which tax is charged in accordance with section 7(2) of this Act].

(4)The amount referred to in subsection (3)(a) above is equal to the aggregate of—

(a)the value on which is charged under section 64 above;

F320(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the value, immediately after a related settlement commenced, of the [F321relevant] property then comprised in it;

[F322(d)the value of any same-day addition; and

(e)where—

(i)an increase in the value of the property comprised in another settlement is represented by the value of a same-day addition aggregated under paragraph (d) above, and

(ii)that other settlement is not a related settlement,

the value immediately after that other settlement commenced of the relevant property then comprised in that other settlement;]

but subject to subsection (6) below.

(5)The aggregate value referred to in subsection (3)(b) above is equal to the aggregate of—

(a)the values transferred by any chargeable transfers made by the settlor in the period of [F323seven] years ending with the day on which the settlement commenced, disregarding transfers made on that day or before 27th March 1974, and

(b)the amounts on which any charges to tax were imposed under section 65 above in respect of the settlement in the ten years before the anniversary concerned;

but subject to subsection (6) and section 67 below.

(6)In relation to a settlement which commenced before 27th March 1974—

(a)subsection (4) above shall have effect with the omission of [F324paragraphs (c) to (e)] ; and

(b)subsection (5) above shall have effect with the omission of paragraph (a);

and where tax is chargeable under section 64 above by reference to the first ten-year anniversary of a settlement which commenced before 9th March 1982, the aggregate mentioned in subsection (5) above shall be increased by the amounts of any distribution payments (determined in accordance with the rules applicable under paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the M10Finance Act 1975) made out of settled property before 9th March 1982 (or, where paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 15 to the M11Finance Act 1982 applied, 1st April 1983, or, as the case may be, 1st April 1984) and within the period of ten years before the anniversary concerned.

Textual Amendments

F317S. 66(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 4(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 4(2)

F318Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 16(1), with effect from 18 March 1986 originally “preceding ten years”.

F319Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 16(2), with effect from 18 March 1986. Originally “(c) for which the appropriate Table of rates is the second Table in Schedule 1 to this Act.”

F320S. 66(4)(b) and word omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(a)

F321Word in s. 66(4)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(b)

F322S. 66(4)(d)(e) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 3(2)(c)

F323Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 16(3), with effect from 18 March 1986. Originally “ten”.

F324Words in s. 66(6)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 3(3)

Marginal Citations

M101975 c.7.

M111982 c.39.

67 Added property, etc.U.K.

(1)This subsection applies where, after the settlement commenced and after 8th March 1982, but before the anniversary concerned, the settlor made a chargeable transfer as a result of which the value of the property comprised in the settlement was increased.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, it is immaterial whether the amount of the property so comprised was increased as a result of the transfer, but a transfer as a result of which the value increased but the amount did not shall be disregarded if it is shown that the transfer—

(a)was not primarily intended to increase the value, and

(b)did not result in the value being greater immediately after the transfer by an amount exceeding five per cent. of the value immediately before the transfer.

(3)Where subsection (1) above applies in relation to a settlement which commenced after 26th March 1974, section 66(5)(a) above shall have effect as if it referred to the greater of—

(a)the aggregate of the values there specified, and

(b)the aggregate of the values transferred by any chargeable transfers made by the settlor in the period of [F325seven] years ending with the day on which the chargeable transfer falling within subsection (1) above was made—

(i)disregarding transfers made on that day or before 27th March 1974, and

(ii)excluding the values mentioned in subsection (5) below;

and where the settlor made two or more chargeable transfers falling within subsection (1) above, paragraph (b) above shall be taken to refer to the transfer in relation to which the aggregate there mentioned is the greatest.

(4)Where subsection (1) above applies in relation to a settlement which commenced before 27th March 1974, the aggregate mentioned in section 66(5) above shall be increased (or further increased) by the aggregate of the values transferred by any chargeable transfers made by the settlor in the period of [F326seven] years ending with the day on which the chargeable transfer falling within subsection (1) above was made—

(a)disregarding transfers made on that day or before 27th March 1974, and

(b)excluding the values mentioned in subsection (5) below; and where the settlor made two or more chargeable transfers falling within subsection (1) above, this subsection shall be taken to refer to the transfer in relation to which the aggregate to be added is the greatest.

(5)The values excluded by subsections (3)(b)(ii) and (4)(b) above are—

(a)any value attributable to property whose value is taken into account in determining the amount mentioned in section 66(4) above; and

(b)any value attributable to property in respect of which a charge to tax has been made under section 65 above and by reference to which an amount mentioned in section 66(5)(b) above is determined.

(6)Where the property comprised in a settlement immediately before the ten-year anniversary concerned, or any part of that property, had on any occasion within the preceding ten years ceased to be relevant property then, if on that occasion tax was charged in respect of the settlement under section 65 above, the aggregate mentioned in section 66(5) above shall be reduced by an amount equal to the lesser of—

(a)the amount on which tax was charged under section 65 (or so much of that amount as is attributable to the part in question), and

(b)the value on which tax is charged under section 64 above (or so much of that value as is attributable to the part in question);

and if there were two or more such occasions relating to the property or the same part of it, this subsection shall have effect in relation to each of them.

(7)References in subsection (6) above to the property comprised in a settlement immediately before an anniversary shall, if part only of the settled property was then relevant property, be construed as references to that part.

Textual Amendments

F325Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 17,with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“ten”.

F326Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 17,with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“ten”.

68 Rate before first ten-year anniversary.U.K.

(1)The rate at which tax is charged under section 65 above on an occasion preceding the first ten-year anniversary after the settlement’s commencement shall be the appropriate fraction of the effective rate at which tax would be charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer of the description specified in subsection (4) below (but subject to subsection (6) below).

(2)For the purposes of this section the appropriate fraction is three tenths multiplied by so many fortieths as there are complete successive quarters in the period beginning with the day on which the settlement commenced and ending with the day before the occasion of the charge, but subject to subsection (3) below.

(3)Where the whole or part of the amount on which tax is charged is attributable to property which was not relevant property, or was not comprised in the settlement, throughout the period referred to in subsection (2) above, then in determining the appropriate fraction in relation to that amount or part—

(a)no quarter which expired before the day on which the property became, or last became, relevant property comprised in the settlement shall be counted, but

(b)if that day fell in the same quarter as that in which the period ends, that quarter shall be counted whether complete or not.

(4)The chargeable transfer postulated in subsection (1) above is one—

(a)the value transferred by which is equal to an amount determined in accordance with subsection (5) below;

(b)which is made at the time of the charge to tax under section 65 by a transferor who has in the period of [F327seven] years ending with the day of the occasion of the charge made chargeable transfers having an aggregate value equal to that of any chargeable transfers made by the settlor in the period of [F328seven] years ending with the day on which the settlement commenced, disregarding transfers made on that day or before 27th March 1974; and

[F329(c)on which tax is charged in accordance with section 7(2) of this Act.]

(5)The amount referred to in subsection (4)(a) above is equal to the aggregate of—

(a)the value, immediately after the settlement commenced, of the [F330relevant ] property then comprised in it;

(b)the value, immediately after a related settlement commenced, of the [F331 relevant ] property then comprised in it; F332...

[F333(c)the value, immediately after it became comprised in the settlement, of property which—

(i)became comprised in the settlement after the settlement commenced and before the occasion of the charge under section 65 above, and

(ii)was relevant property immediately after it became so comprised,

whether or not the property has remained relevant property comprised in the settlement;

(d)the value, at the time it became (or last became) relevant property, of property which—

(i)was comprised in the settlement immediately after the settlement commenced and was not then relevant property but became relevant property before the occasion of the charge under section 65 above, or

(ii)became comprised in the settlement after the settlement commenced and before the occasion of the charge under section 65 above, and was not relevant property immediately after it became comprised in the settlement, but became relevant property before the occasion of the charge under that section,

whether or not the property has remained relevant property comprised in the settlement;]

(e)the value of any same-day addition; and

(f)where—

(i)an increase in the value of the property comprised in another settlement is represented by the value of a same-day addition aggregated under paragraph (e) above, and

(ii)that other settlement is not a related settlement,

the value immediately after that other settlement commenced of the relevant property then comprised in that other settlement.

(6)Where the settlement commenced before 27th March 1974, subsection (1) above shall have effect with the substitution of a reference to three tenths for the reference to the appropriate fraction; and in relation to such a settlement the chargeable transfer postulated in that subsection is one—

(a)the value transferred by which is equal to the amount on which tax is charged under section 65 above;

(b)which is made at the time of that charge to tax by a transferor who has in the period of [F334seven] years ending with the day of the occasion of the charge made chargeable transfers having an aggregate value equal to the aggregate of—

(i)any amounts on which any charges to tax have been imposed under section 65 above in respect of the settlement in [F335the period of ten years ending with that day]; and

(ii)the amounts of any distribution payments (determined in accordance with the rules applicable under paragraph 11 of Schedule 5 to the M12Finance Act 1975) made out of the settled property before 9th March 1982 (or, where paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 15 to the M13Finance Act 1982 applied, 1st April 1983, or, as the case may be, 1st April 1984) and within the said period of ten years; and

[F336(c)on which tax is charged in accordance with section 7(2) of this Act.]

Textual Amendments

F327Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 18(1),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“ten”.

F328Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 18(1),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“ten”.

F329Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 18(2),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“(c) for which the appropriate Table of rates is the second Table in Schedule 1 to this Act.”.

F330Word in s. 68(5)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)

F331Word in s. 68(5)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 4(a)

F332Word in s. 68(5) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 4(b)

F333S. 68(5)(c)-(f) substituted for s. 68(5)(c) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 4(c)

F334Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 18(3)(a),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“ten”.

F335Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 18(3)(b),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“that period of ten years”.

F336Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 18(2),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“for which the appropriate Table of rates is the second Table in Schedule 1 to this Act.”

Marginal Citations

M121975 c. 7.

M131982 c. 39.

69 Rate between ten-year anniversaries.U.K.

(1)Subject to [F337subsection (2A)] below, the rate at which tax is charged under section 65 above on an occasion following one or more ten-year anniversaries after the settlement’s commencement shall be the appropriate fraction of the rate at which it was last charged under section 64 (or would have been charged apart from section 66(2)).

[F338(2)Subsection (2A) below applies—

(a)if, at any time in the period beginning with the most recent ten-year anniversary and ending immediately before the occasion of the charge under section 65 above (the “relevant period”), property has become comprised in the settlement which was relevant property immediately after it became so comprised, or

(b)if—

(i)at any time in the relevant period, property has become comprised in the settlement which was not relevant property immediately after it became so comprised, and

(ii)at a later time in the relevant period, that property has become relevant property, or

(c)if property which was comprised in the settlement immediately before the relevant period, but was not then relevant property, has at any time during the relevant period become relevant property.

(2A)Whether or not all of the property within any of paragraphs (a) to (c) of subsection (2) above has remained relevant property comprised in the settlement, the rate at which tax is charged under section 65 is to be the appropriate fraction of the rate at which it would last have been charged under section 64 above (apart from section 66(2) above) if—

(a)immediately before the most recent ten-year anniversary, all of that property had been relevant property comprised in the settlement with a value determined in accordance with subsection (3) below, and

(b)any same-day addition made on or after the most recent ten-year anniversary had been made immediately before that anniversary.]

(3)In the case of property within subsection (2)(a) above F339...

the value to be attributed to it for the [F340purposes of subsection (2A)] above is its value immediately after it became comprised in the settlement; and in any other case the value to be so attributed is the value of the property when it became (or last became) relevant property.

(4)For the purposes of this section the appropriate fraction is so many fortieths as there are complete successive quarters in the period beginning with the most recent ten-year anniversary and ending with the day before the occasion of the charge; but subsection (3) of section 68 above shall have effect for the purposes of this subsection as it has effect for the purposes of subsection (2) of that section.

Textual Amendments

F337Words in s. 69(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 5(2)

F338S. 69(2)(2A) substituted for s. 69(2) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 5(3)

F339Words in s. 69(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(a)

F340Words in s. 69(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 5(4)(b)

Special cases—charges to taxU.K.

70 Property leaving temporary charitable trusts.U.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property held for charitable purposes only until the end of a period (whether defined by a date or in some other way).

(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which this section applies, otherwise than by virtue of an application for charitable purposes, and

(b)in a case in which paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees make a disposition (otherwise than by an application of property for charitable purposes) as a result of which the value of settled property to which this section applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(3)Tax shall not be charged under this section in respect of—

(a)a payment of costs or expenses (so far as they are fairly attributable to property to which this section applies), or

or in respect of a liability to make such a payment.

(4)Tax shall not be charged under this section by virtue of subsection (2)(b) above if the disposition is such that, were the trustees beneficially entitled to the settled property, section 10 or section 16 above would prevent the disposition from being a transfer of value.

(5)The amount on which tax is charged under this section shall be—

(a)the amount by which the value of property which is comprised in the settlement and to which this section applies is less immediately after the event giving rise to the charge than it would be but for the event, or

(b)where the tax payable is paid out of settled property to which this section applies immediately after the event, the amount which, after deducting the tax, is equal to the amount on which tax would be charged by virtue of paragraph (a) above.

(6)The rate at which tax is charged under this section shall be the aggregate of the following percentages—

(a)0.25 per cent. for each of the first forty complete successive quarters in the relevant period,

(b)0.20 per cent. for each of the next forty,

(d)0.10 per cent. for each of the next forty, and

(e)0.05 per cent. for each of the next forty.

(7)Where the whole or part of the amount on which tax is charged under this section is attributable to property which was excluded property at any time during the relevant period then, in determining the rate at which tax is charged under this section in respect of that amount or part, no quarter throughout which that property was excluded property shall be counted.

(8)In subsections (6) and (7) above “the relevant period” means the period beginning with the later of—

(a)the day on which the property in respect of which tax is chargeable became (or last became) property to which this section applies, and

(b)13th March 1975,

and ending with the day before the event giving rise to the charge.

(9)Where the property in respect of which tax is chargeable—

(a)was relevant property immediately before 10th December 1981, and

(b)became (or last became) property to which this section applies on or after that day and before 9th March 1982 (or, where paragraph 6, 7 or 8 of Schedule 15 to the M14Finance Act 1982 applied, 1st April 1983 or, as the case may be, 1st April 1984),

subsection (8) above shall have effect as if the day referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection were the day on which the property became (or last became) relevant property before 10th December 1981.

(10)For the purposes of this section trustees shall be treated as making a disposition if they omit to exercise a right (unless it is shown that the omission was not deliberate) and the disposition shall be treated as made at the time or latest time when they could have exercised the right.

Marginal Citations

M141982 c.39.

71 Accumulation and maintenance trusts.U.K.

(1)Subject to [F341subsections (1A) to](2) below, this section applies to settled property if—

(a)one or more persons (in this section referred to as beneficiaries) will, on or before attaining a specified age not exceeding [F342eighteen] , become beneficially entitled to it F343. . . , and

(b)no interest in possession subsists in it and the income from it is to be accumulated so far as not applied for the maintenance, education or benefit of a beneficiary.

[F344(1A)This section does not apply to settled property at any particular time on or after 22nd March 2006 unless this section—

(a)applied to the settled property immediately before 22nd March 2006, and

(b)has applied to the settled property at all subsequent times up to the particular time.

(1B)This section does not apply to settled property at any particular time on or after 22nd March 2006 if, at that time, section 71A below applies to the settled property.]

(2)This section does not apply to settled property unless either—

(a)not more than twenty-five years have elapsed since the commencement of the settlement or, if it was later, since the time (or latest time) when the conditions stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above became satisfied with respect to the property, or

(b)all the persons who are or have been beneficiaries are or were either—

(i)grandchildren of a common grandparent, or

(ii)children, widows or widowers [F345or surviving civil partners] of such grandchildren who were themselves beneficiaries but died before the time when, had they survived, they would have become entitled as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above.

(3)Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which this section applies, and

(b)in a case in which paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees make a disposition as a result of which the value of settled property to which this section applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(4)Tax shall not be charged under this section—

(a)on a beneficiary’s becoming beneficially entitled to, or to an interest in possession in, settled property on or before attaining the specified age, or

(b)on the death of a beneficiary before attaining the specified age.

(5)Subsections (3) to (8) and (10) of section 70 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section (with the substitution of a reference to subsection (3)(b) above for the reference in section 70(4) to section 70(2)(b)).

(6)Where the conditions stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) above were satisfied on 15th April 1976 with respect to property comprised in a settlement which commenced before that day, subsection (2)(a) above shall have effect with the substitution of a reference to that day for the reference to the commencement of the settlement, and the condition stated in subsection (2)(b) above shall be treated as satisfied if—

(a)it is satisfied in respect of the period beginning with 15th April 1976, or

(b)it is satisfied in respect of the period beginning with 1st April 1977 and either there was no beneficiary living on 15th April 1976 or the beneficiaries on 1st April 1977 included a living beneficiary, or

(c)there is no power under the terms of the settlement whereby it could have become satisfied in respect of the period beginning with 1st April 1977, and the trusts of the settlement have not been varied at any time after 15th April 1976.

(7)In subsection (1) above “persons” includes unborn persons; but the conditions stated in that subsection shall be treated as not satisfied unless there is or has been a living beneficiary.

(8)For the purposes of this section a person’s children shall be taken to include his illegitimate children, his adopted children and his stepchildren.

Textual Amendments

F341Words in s. 71(1) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 2(2)(6)

F342Word in s. 71(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2008 in accordance with Sch. 20 para. 3(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 3(1)(a)

F343Words in s. 71(1)(a) repealed (6.4.2008 in accordance with Sch. 20 para. 3(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 3(1)(b), Sch. 26 Pt. 6

F344S. 71(1A)(1B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 2(3)(6)

F345Words in s. 71(2)(b)(ii) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 16

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C30S. 71 excluded (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 3(3)

C31S. 71 modified (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 2(5)(6)

[F34671ATrusts for bereaved minorsU.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property (including property settled before 22nd March 2006) if—

(a)it is held on statutory trusts for the benefit of a bereaved minor under sections 46 and 47(1) of the Administration of Estates Act 1925 (succession on intestacy and statutory trusts in favour of issue of intestate), or

(b)it is held on trusts for the benefit of a bereaved minor and subsection (2) below applies to the trusts,

but this section does not apply to property in which a disabled person's interest subsists.

(2)This subsection applies to trusts—

(a)established under the will of a deceased parent of the bereaved minor, or

(b)established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme,[F347 or

(c)established under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme,]

which secure that the conditions in subsection (3) below are met.

(3)Those conditions are—

(a)that the bereaved minor, if he has not done so before attaining the age of 18, will on attaining that age become absolutely entitled to—

(i)the settled property,

(ii)any income arising from it, and

(iii)any income that has arisen from the property held on the trusts for his benefit and been accumulated before that time,

(b)that, for so long as the bereaved minor is living and under the age of 18, if any of the settled property is applied for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of the bereaved minor, and

(c)that, for so long as the bereaved minor is living and under the age of 18, either—

(i)the bereaved minor is entitled to all of the income (if there is any) arising from any of the settled property, or

[F348(ii)if any of the income arising from any of the settled property is applied for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of the bereaved minor.]

(4)Trusts such as are mentioned in paragraph (a) [F349, (b) or (c)] of subsection (2) above are not to be treated as failing to secure that the conditions in subsection (3) above are met by reason only of—

[F350(za)the trustees' having powers that enable them to apply otherwise than for the benefit of the bereaved minor amounts (whether consisting of income or capital, or both) not exceeding the annual limit,]

(a)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925 (powers of advancement),

(b)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by proviso (a) of subsection (1) of that section,

(c)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 33 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland),

(d)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by subsection (1)(a) of that section, or

(e)the trustees' having powers to the like effect as the powers mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above.

[F351(4A)For the purposes of this section and section 71B, the “annual limit” is whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)£3,000, and

(b)3% of the amount that is the maximum value of the settled property during the period in question.

(4B)For those purposes the annual limit applies in relation to each period of 12 months that begins on 6 April.

(4C)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument—

(a)specify circumstances in which subsection (4)(za) is, or is not, to apply in relation to a trust, and

(b)amend the definition of “the annual limit” in subsection (4A).

(4D)An order under subsection (4C) may—

(a)make different provision for different cases, and

(b)contain transitional and saving provision.

(4E)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (4C) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.]

(5)In this section “the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme” means—

(a)the schemes established by arrangements made under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995,

(b)arrangements made by the Secretary of State for compensation for criminal injuries in operation before the commencement of those schemes, and

(c)the scheme established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002.

(6)The preceding provisions of this section apply in relation to Scotland as if, in subsection (2) above, before “which” there were inserted the purposes of.

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

F347S. 71A(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (8.4.2010) by Crime and Security Act 2010, ss. 48(4), 59(2)(b), {Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(a)}

F348S. 71A(3)(c)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 2(2)

F349Words in s. 71A(4) substituted (8.4.2010) by Crime and Security Act 2010, ss. 48(4), 59(2)(b), {Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(b)}

F350S. 71A(4)(za) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 2(3)

F351Ss. 71A(4A)-(4E) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 2(4)

71BCharge to tax on property to which section 71A appliesU.K.

(1)Subject to subsections (2) [F352, (2B)] and (3) below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which section 71A above applies, and

(b)in a case where paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees make a disposition as a result of which the value of settled property to which section 71A above applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(2)Tax is not charged under this section where settled property ceases to be property to which section 71A applies as a result of—

(a)the bereaved minor attaining the age of 18 or becoming, under that age, absolutely entitled as mentioned in section 71A(3)(a) above, or

(b)the death under that age of the bereaved minor, or

(c)being paid or applied for the advancement or benefit of the bereaved minor.

[F353(2A)Subsection (2B) applies in a case in which—

(a)an amount is paid or applied otherwise than for the benefit of the bereaved minor, and

(b)the exemptions provided by subsection (2) of this section and subsections (3) and (4) of section 70 do not apply.

(2B)In such a case, tax is not charged under this section in respect of whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)the amount paid or applied, and

(b)the annual limit.]

(3)Subsections (3) to (8) and (10) of section 70 above apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section, but—

(a)with the substitution of a reference to subsection (1)(b) above for the reference in subsection (4) of section 70 above to subsection (2)(b) of that section,

(b)with the substitution of a reference to property to which section 71A above applies for each of the references in subsections (3), (5) and (8) of section 70 above to property to which that section applies,

(c)as if, for the purposes of section 70(8) above as applied by this subsection, property—

(i)which is property to which section 71A above applies,

(ii)which, immediately before it became property to which section 71A above applies, was property to which section 71 above applied, and

(iii)which, by the operation of section 71(1B) above, ceased on that occasion to be property to which section 71 above applied,

had become property to which section 71A above applies not on that occasion but on the occasion (or last occasion) before then when it became property to which section 71 above applied, and

(d)as if, for the purposes of section 70(8) above as applied by this subsection, property—

(i)which is property to which section 71A above applies,

(ii)which, immediately before it became property to which section 71A above applies, was property to which section 71D below applied, and

(iii)which, by the operation of section 71D(5)(a) below, ceased on that occasion (“the 71D-to-71A occasion”) to be property to which section 71D below applied,

had become property to which section 71A above applies not on the 71D-to-71A occasion but on the relevant earlier occasion.

(4)In subsection (3)(d) above—

(a)“the relevant earlier occasion” means the occasion (or last occasion) before the 71D-to-71A occasion when the property became property to which section 71D below applied, but

(b)if the property, when it became property to which section 71D below applied, ceased at the same time to be property to which section 71 above applied without ceasing to be settled property, “the relevant earlier occasion” means the occasion (or last occasion) when the property became property to which section 71 above applied.

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

F352Word in s. 71B(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 3(2)

F353S. 71B(2A)(2B) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 3(3)

71CSections 71A and 71B: meaning of “bereaved minor”U.K.

In sections 71A and 71B above “bereaved minor” means a person—

(a)who has not yet attained the age of 18, and

(b)at least one of whose parents has died.

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

71DAge 18-to-25 trustsU.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property (including property settled before 22nd March 2006), but subject to subsection (5) below, if—

(a)the property is held on trusts for the benefit of a person who has not yet attained the age of 25,

(b)at least one of the person's parents has died, and

(c)subsection (2) below applies to the trusts.

(2)This subsection applies to trusts—

(a)established under the will of a deceased parent of the person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, or

(b)established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme,[F354 or

(c)established under the Victims of Overseas Terrorism Compensation Scheme,]

which secure that the conditions in subsection (6) below are met.

(3)Subsection (4) has effect where—

(a)at any time on or after 22nd March 2006 but before 6th April 2008, or on the coming into force of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 2006, any property ceases to be property to which section 71 above applies without ceasing to be settled property, and

(b)immediately after the property ceases to be property to which section 71 above applies—

(i)it is held on trusts for the benefit of a person who has not yet attained the age of 25, and

(ii)the trusts secure that the conditions in subsection (6) below are met.

(4)From the time when the property ceases to be property to which section 71 above applies, but subject to subsection (5) below, this section applies to the property (if it would not apply to the property by virtue of subsection (1) above) for so long as—

(a)the property continues to be settled property held on trusts such as are mentioned in subsection (3)(b)(i) above, and

(b)the trusts continue to secure that the conditions in subsection (6) below are met.

(5)This section does not apply—

(a)to property to which section 71A above applies,

(b)to property to which section 71 above, or section 89 below, applies, or

(c)to settled property if a person is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the settled property and—

(i)the person became beneficially entitled to the interest in possession before 22nd March 2006, or

(ii)the interest in possession is an immediate post-death interest, or a transitional serial interest, and the person became beneficially entitled to it on or after 22nd March 2006.

(6)Those conditions are—

(a)that the person mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (3)(b)(i) above (“B”), if he has not done so before attaining the age of 25, will on attaining that age become absolutely entitled to—

(i)the settled property,

(ii)any income arising from it, and

(iii)any income that has arisen from the property held on the trusts for his benefit and been accumulated before that time,

(b)that, for so long as B is living and under the age of 25, if any of the settled property is applied for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of B, and

(c)that, for so long as B is living and under the age of 25, either—

(i)B is entitled to all of the income (if there is any) arising from any of the settled property, or

[F355(ii)if any of the income arising from any of the settled property is applied for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of B.]

[F356(6A)Where the income arising from the settled property is held on trusts of the kind described in section 33 of the Trustee Act 1925 (protective trusts), paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (6) have effect as if for “living and under the age of 25,” there were substituted “under the age of 25 and the income arising from the settled property is held on trust for B,]

(7)For the purposes of this section, trusts are not to be treated as failing to secure that the conditions in subsection (6) above are met by reason only of—

[F357(za)the trustees' having powers that enable them to apply otherwise than for the benefit of B amounts (whether consisting of income or capital, or both) not exceeding the annual limit,]

(a)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925 (powers of advancement),

(b)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by proviso (a) of subsection (1) of that section,

(c)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 33 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland),

(d)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by subsection (1)(a) of that section, or

(e)the trustees' having powers to the like effect as the powers mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (d) above.

[F358(7A)For the purposes of this section and section 71E, the “annual limit” is whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)£3,000, and

(b)3% of the amount that is the maximum value of the settled property during the period in question.

(7B)For those purposes the annual limit applies in relation to each period of 12 months that begins on 6 April.

(7C)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument—

(a)specify circumstances in which subsection (7)(za) is, or is not, to apply in relation to a trust, and

(b)amend the definition of “the annual limit” in subsection (7A).

(7D)An order under subsection (7C) may—

(a)make different provision for different cases, and

(b)contain transitional and saving provision.

(7E)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (7C) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.]

(8)In this section “the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme” means—

(a)the schemes established by arrangements made under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995,

(b)arrangements made by the Secretary of State for compensation for criminal injuries in operation before the commencement of those schemes, and

(c)the scheme established under the Criminal Injuries Compensation (Northern Ireland) Order 2002.

(9)The preceding provisions of this section apply in relation to Scotland—

(a)as if, in subsection (2) above, before “which” there were inserted the purposes of, and

(b)as if, in subsections (3)(b)(ii) and (4)(b) above, before “trusts” there were inserted purposes of the.

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

F354S. 71D(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (8.4.2010) by Crime and Security Act 2010, ss. 48(4), 59(2)(b), {Sch. 2 para. 2(3)}

F355S. 71D(6)(c)(ii) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 4(2)

F356S. 71D(6A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 4(3)

F357S. 71D(7)(za) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 4(4)

F358Ss. 71D(7A)-(7E) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 4(5)

71ECharge to tax on property to which section 71D appliesU.K.

(1)Subject to subsections (2) to [F359(4A)] below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which section 71D above applies, or

(b)in a case where paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees make a disposition as a result of which the value of the settled property to which section 71D above applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(2)Tax is not charged under this section where settled property ceases to be property to which section 71D above applies as a result of—

(a)B becoming, at or under the age of 18, absolutely entitled as mentioned in section 71D(6)(a) above,

(b)the death, under the age of 18, of B,

(c)becoming, at a time when B is living and under the age of 18, property to which section 71A above applies, or

(d)being paid or applied for the advancement or benefit of B—

(i)at a time when B is living and under the age of 18, or

(ii)on B's attaining the age of 18.

(3)Tax is not charged under this section in respect of—

(a)a payment of costs or expenses (so far as they are fairly attributable to property to which section 71D above applies), or

or in respect of a liability to make such a payment.

(4)Tax is not charged under this section by virtue of subsection (1)(b) above if the disposition is such that, were the trustees beneficially entitled to the settled property, section 10 or section 16 above would prevent the disposition from being a transfer of value.

[F360(4A)If an amount is paid or applied otherwise than for the benefit of B and the exemptions provided by subsections (2) to (4) do not apply, tax is not charged under this section in respect of whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)the amount paid or applied, and

(b)the annual limit.]

(5)For the purposes of this section the trustees shall be treated as making a disposition if they omit to exercise a right (unless it is shown that the omission was not deliberate) and the disposition shall be treated as made at the time or latest time when they could have exercised the right.

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

F359Word in s. 71E(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 5(2)

F360S. 71E(4A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 5(3)

71FCalculation of tax charged under section 71E in certain casesU.K.

(1)Where—

(a)tax is charged under section 71E above by reason of the happening of an event within subsection (2) below, and

(b)that event happens after B has attained the age of 18,

the tax is calculated in accordance with this section.

(2)Those events are—

(a)B becoming absolutely entitled as mentioned in section 71D(6)(a) above,

(b)the death of B, and

(c)property being paid or applied for the advancement or benefit of B.

(3)The amount of the tax is given by—

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, the “Chargeable amount” is—

(a)the amount by which the value of property which is comprised in the settlement and to which section 71D above applies is less immediately after the event giving rise to the charge than it would be but for the event, or

(b)where the tax is payable out of settled property to which section 71D above applies immediately after the event, the amount which, after deducting the tax, is equal to the amount on which tax would be charged by virtue of paragraph (a) above.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, the “Relevant fraction” is three tenths multiplied by so many fortieths as there are complete successive quarters in the period—

(a)beginning with the day on which B attained the age of 18 or, if later, the day on which the property became property to which section 71D above applies, and

(b)ending with the day before the occasion of the charge.

(6)Where the whole or part of the Chargeable amount is attributable to property that was excluded property at any time during the period mentioned in subsection (5) above then, in determining the “Relevant fraction” in relation to that amount or part, no quarter throughout which that property was excluded property shall be counted.

(7)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, the “Settlement rate” is the effective rate (that is to say, the rate found by expressing the tax chargeable as a percentage of the amount on which it is charged) at which tax would be charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer of the description specified in subsection (8) below.

(8)The chargeable transfer postulated in subsection (7) above is one—

(a)the value transferred by which is equal to an amount determined in accordance with subsection (9) below,

(b)which is made at the time of the charge to tax under section 71E above by a transferor who has in the period of seven years ending with the day of the occasion of the charge made chargeable transfers having an aggregate value equal to that of any chargeable transfers made by the settlor in the period of seven years ending with the day on which the settlement commenced, disregarding transfers made on that day, and

(c)on which tax is charged in accordance with section 7(2) above.

(9)The amount referred to in subsection (8)(a) above is equal to the aggregate of—

(a)the value, immediately after the settlement commenced, of the property then comprised in it,

(b)the value, immediately afer a related settlement commenced, of the property then comprised in it [F361which was property to which section 71D above applied] , and

(c)the value, immediately after it became comprised in the settlement, of any property which became so comprised after the settlement commenced and before the occasion of the charge under section 71E above (whether or not it has remained so comprised).

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

F361Words in s. 71F(9)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 7 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 1 para. 6

71GCalculation of tax charged under section 71E in all other casesU.K.

(1)Where—

(a)tax is charged under section 71E above, and

(b)the tax does not fall to be calculated in accordance with section 71F above,

the tax is calculated in accordance with this section.

(2)The amount on which the tax is charged is—

(3)The rate at which the tax is charged is the rate that would be given by subsections (6) to (8) of section 70 above—

(a)if the reference to section 70 above in subsection (8)(a) of that section were a reference to section 71D above,

(b)if the other references in those subsections to section 70 above were references to section 71E above, and

(c)if, for the purposes of section 70(8) above, property—

(i)which is property to which section 71D above applies,

(ii)which, immediately before it became property to which section 71D above applies, was property to which section 71 applied, and

(iii)which ceased on that occasion to be property to which section 71 above applied without ceasing to be settled property,

had become property to which section 71D above applies not on that occasion but on the occasion (or last occasion) before then when it became property to which section 71 above applied.

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

71HSections 71A to 71G: meaning of “parent”U.K.

(1)In sections 71A to 71G above “parent” includes step-parent.

(2)For the purposes of sections 71A to 71G above, a deceased individual (“D”) shall be taken to have been a parent of another individual (“Y”) if, immediately before D died, D had—

(a)parental responsibility for Y under the law of England and Wales,

(b)parental responsibilities in relation to Y under the law of Scotland, or

(c)parental responsibility for Y under the law of Northern Ireland.

(3)In subsection (2)(a) above “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989.

(4)In subsection (2)(b) above “parental responsibilities” has the meaning given by section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995.

(5)In subsection (2)(c) above “parental responsibility” has the same meaning as in the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995.]

Textual Amendments

F346Ss. 71A-71H inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 1(1)(2)

72 Property leaving employee trusts and newspaper trusts.U.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property to which section 86 below applies [F362if—

(a)no interest in possession subsists in it to which an individual is beneficially entitled, and

(b)no company-purchased interest in possession subsists in it].

[F363(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above, an interest in possession is “company-purchased” if—

(a)a company is beneficially entitled to the interest in possession,

(b)the business of the company consists wholly or mainly in the acquisition of interests in settled property, and

(c)the company has acquired the interest in possession for full consideration in money or money's worth from an individual who was beneficially entitled to it.

(1B)Section 59(3) and (4) above apply for the purposes of subsection (1A)(c) above as for those of section 59(2)(b) above, but as if the references to the condition set out in section 59(2)(a) above were to the condition set out in subsection (1A)(b) above.]

(2)Subject to subsections [F364(3A),] (4) [F365, (4A)] and (5) below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which this section applies, otherwise than by virtue of a payment out of the settled property, and

(b)where a payment is made out of settled property to which this section applies for the benefit of a person within subsection (3) below, or a person connected with such a person, and

(c)in a case which paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply, where the trustees make a disposition (otherwise than by way of a payment out of the settled property) as a result of which the value of settled property to which this section applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(3)A person is within this subsection if—

(a)he has directly or indirectly provided any of the settled property otherwise than by additions not exceeding in value £1,000 in any one year; or

(b)in a case where the employment in question is employment by a close company, he is a participator in relation to that company and either—

(i)is beneficially entitled to, or to rights entitling him to acquire, not less than 5 per cent. of, or of any class of the shares comprised in, its issued share capital, or

(ii)would, on a winding-up of the company, be entitled to not less than 5 per cent. of its assets; or

(c)he has acquired an interest in the settled property for a consideration in money or money’s worth.

[F366(3A)Where settled property ceases to be property to which this section applies because paragraph (d) of section 86(3) no longer applies, tax is not chargeable under this section by virtue of subsection (2)(a) if the only reason that paragraph no longer applies is that one or both of the trading requirement and the controlling interest requirement mentioned in that paragraph are no longer met with respect to the company so mentioned.]

(4)If the trusts are those of a profit sharing scheme approved in accordance with Schedule 9 to the [F367Taxes Act 1988], tax shall not be chargeable under this section by virtue of subsection (3)(b) above on an appropriation of shares in pursuance of the scheme.

[F368(4A)If the trusts are those of [F369a share incentive plan approved under Schedule 2 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003], tax shall not be chargeable under this section by virtue of subsection (3)(b) above on an appropriation of shares to, or acquisition of shares on behalf of, an individual under the plan.]

(5)Subsections (3) to (10) of section 70 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section (with the substitution of a reference to subsection (2)(c) above for the reference in section 70(4) to section 70(2)(b)).

(6)In this section—

(a)“close company” and “participator” have the same meanings as in Part IV of this Act; and

(b)“year” means the period beginning with 26th March 1974 and ending with 5th April 1974, and any subsequent period of twelve months ending with 5th April;

and a person shall be treated for the purposes of this section as acquiring an interest for a consideration in money or money’s worth if he becomes entitled to it as a result of transactions which include a disposition for such consideration (whether to him or another) of that interest or of other property.

Textual Amendments

F362Words in s. 72(1) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 21(2)

F363S. 71(1A)(1B) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 21(3)

F364Word in s. 72(2) inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 13(2)(4)

F365Word in s. 72(2) inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 138(3)(a)

F366S. 72(3A) inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 13(3)(4)

F367 Substituted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), Sch. 29, para. 32. Originally “Finance Act 1978”.

F368S. 72(4A) inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 138(3)(b)

F369Words in s. 72(4A) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 723(1)(a)(b) (subject to Sch. 7) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), ss. 722, 723(1), Sch. 6 para. 151(1)(b)(2)

73 Pre-1978 protective trusts.U.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property which is held on trusts to the like effect as those specified in section 33(1)(ii) of the M15Trustee Act 1925 and which became held on those trusts on the failure or determination before 12th April 1978 of trusts to the like effect as those specified in section 33(1)(i).

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which this section applies, otherwise than by virtue of a payment out of the settled property for the benefit of the principal beneficiary within the meaning of section 33 of the Trustee Act 1925, and

(b)in a case which paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees make a disposition (otherwise than by way of such a payment) as a result of which the value of settled property to which this section applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(3)Subsections (3) to (10) of section 70 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

Marginal Citations

M151925 c.19.

74 Pre-1981 trusts for disabled persons.U.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property transferred into settlement before 10th March 1981 and held on trusts under which, during the life of a disabled person, no interest in possession in the settled property subsists, and which secure that any of the settled property which is applied during his life is applied only or mainly for his benefit.

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, there shall be a charge to tax under this section—

(a)where settled property ceases to be property to which this section applies, otherwise than by virtue of a payment out of the settled property for the benefit of the person mentioned in subsection (1) above, and

(b)in a case in which paragraph (a) above does not apply, where the trustees make a disposition (otherwise than by way of such a payment) as a result of which the value of settled property to which this section applies is less than it would be but for the disposition.

(3)Subsections (3) to (10) of section 70 above shall apply for the purposes of this section as they apply for the purposes of that section.

(4)In this section “disabled person” means a person who—

(a)is by reason of mental disorder (within the meaning of the M16Mental Health Act 1983) incapable of administering his property or managing his affairs, or

(b)is in receipt of an attendance allowance under section [F37064 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or] [F371section 64 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992] [F372, or

(c)is in receipt of a disability living allowance under section [F37071 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992] [F373or [F371section 71 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992]] by virtue of entitlement to the care component at the highest or middle rate.] [F374, or

(d)is in receipt of pension age disability payment which is a category of disability assistance specifically for older people given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018.]

Textual Amendments

F370Words in s. 74(4)(b)(c) substituted (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 66(1)(2).

F371Words in s. 74(4)(b)(c) substituted (1.7.1992) by virtue of Social Security (Consequential Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 9), ss. 4, 7(2), Sch. 2 para. 29 (1)(2).

F372S. 74(4)(c) and 'or' preceding it inserted (3.2.1992 for certain purposes and 6.4.1992) by Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (c. 21, SIF 113:1), s. 4(2), Sch. 2 para. 14(1); S.I. 1991/2617, art. 2(c)(f).

F373Words in s. 74(4)(c) inserted (6.4.1992) by S.I. 1991/2874, art. 4(2); S.R. 1992/94, art. 2.

F374S. 74(4)(d) and word inserted (21.10.2024) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1048), arts. 1(2), 7(2)

Marginal Citations

M161983 c.20.

[F37574AArrangements involving acquisition of interest in settled property etcU.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)one or more persons enter into arrangements,

(b)in the course of the arrangements—

(i)an individual (“the individual”) domiciled in the United Kingdom acquires or becomes able to acquire (directly or indirectly) an interest in property comprised in a settlement ( “ the relevant settled property ”), and

(ii)consideration in money or money's worth is given by one or more of the persons mentioned in paragraph (a) (whether or not in connection with the acquisition of that interest or the individual becoming able to acquire it),

(c)there is a relevant reduction in the value of the individual's estate, and

(d)condition A or condition B is met.

(2)Condition A is that—

(a)the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time the [F376relevant settled property became comprised in the settlement], and

(b)the relevant settled property is situated outside the United Kingdom at any time during the course of the arrangements.

(3)Condition B is that—

(a)the settlor was not an individual or a close company at the time the [F377relevant settled property became comprised in the settlement], and

(b)condition A is not met.

(4)Subsection (6) applies if all or a part of a relevant reduction (“amount A”) is attributable to the value of the individual's section 49(1) property being less than it would have been in the absence of the arrangements.

(5)“The individual's section 49(1) property” means settled property to which the individual is treated as beneficially entitled under section 49(1) by reason of the individual being beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the property.

(6)Where this subsection applies—

(a)a part of that interest in possession is deemed, for the purposes of section 52, to come to an end at the relevant time, and

(b)that section applies in relation to the coming to an end of that part as if the reference in subsection (4)(a) of that section to a corresponding part of the whole value of the property in which the interest in possession subsists were a reference to amount A.

(7)Subsection (8) applies to so much (if any) of a relevant reduction as is not amount A (“amount B”).

(8)Tax is to be charged as if the individual had made a transfer of value at the relevant time and the value transferred by it had been equal to amount B.

Textual Amendments

F375Ss. 74A-74C inserted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(3)

F376Words in s. 74A(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(7)(a)

F377Words in s. 74A(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(7)(b)

74BSection 74A: supplementary provisionU.K.

(1)A transfer of value arising by virtue of section 74A is to be taken to be a transfer which is not a potentially exempt transfer.

(2)For the purposes of section 74A—

(a)when determining the value transferred by a transfer of value arising by virtue of that section, no account is to be taken of section 3(2),

(b)nothing in section 10(1) applies to prevent such a transfer, and

(c)nothing in sections 102 to 102C of the Finance Act 1986 applies in relation to such a transfer.

(3)Where, ignoring this subsection, a transfer of value would arise by virtue of section 74A (“the current transfer”), the value transferred by a relevant related transfer is to be treated as reducing the value transferred by the current transfer.

But this subsection does not apply if and to the extent that the relevant related transfer has already been applied to reduce another transfer of value arising by virtue of that section.

(4)“Relevant related transfer” means—

(a)where the arrangements consist of a series of operations, any transfer of value constituted by one or more of those operations which occur before or at the same time as the current transfer, other than a transfer of value arising by virtue of section 74A, and

(b)where the arrangements consist of a single operation, any transfer of value which arises from that operation, other than a transfer of value arising by virtue of section 74A.

(5)Section 268(3) does not apply to a transfer of value arising by virtue of section 74A.

(6)Where—

(a)a transfer of value has arisen by virtue of section 74A,

(b)in the course of the arrangements the individual acquires an interest in possession in settled property, and

(c)section 5(1B) applies to the interest in possession so that it forms part of the individual's estate,

this Act has effect as if that transfer of value had never arisen.

Textual Amendments

F375Ss. 74A-74C inserted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(3)

74CInterpretation of sections 74A and 74BU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) to (4) have effect for the purposes of sections 74A and 74B.

(2)An individual has an interest in property comprised in a settlement if—

(a)the property, or any derived property, is or will or may become payable to, or applicable for the benefit of—

(i)the individual,

(ii)the individual's spouse or civil partner, or

(iii)a close company in relation to which the individual or the individual's spouse or civil partner is a participator or a company which is a 51% subsidiary of such a close company,

in any circumstances whatsoever, or

(b)a person within sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (a) enjoys a benefit deriving (directly or indirectly) from the property or any derived property.

(3)A “relevant reduction” in the value of the individual's estate occurs—

(a)if and when the value of the individual's estate first becomes less than it would have been in the absence of the arrangements, and

(b)on each subsequent occasion when the value of that estate becomes less than it would have been in the absence of the arrangements and that difference in value is greater than the sum of any previous relevant reductions.

(4)The amount of a relevant reduction is—

(a)in the case of a reduction within subsection (3)(a), the difference between the value of the estate and its value in the absence of the arrangements, and

(b)in the case of a reduction within subsection (3)(b), the amount by which the difference in value mentioned in that provision exceeds the sum of any previous relevant reductions.

(5)In sections 74A and 74B and this section—

“arrangements” includes any scheme, transaction or series of transactions, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable, and any associated operations;
“close company” has the meaning given in section 102;
“derived property”, in relation to any property, means—
(a)
income from that property,
(b)
property directly or indirectly representing—
(i)
proceeds of that property, or
(ii)
proceeds of income from that property, or
(c)
income from property which is derived property by virtue of paragraph (b);
“operation” includes an omission;
“participator” has the meaning given in section 102;
“the relevant time” means—
(a)
the time the relevant reduction occurs, or
(b)
if later, the time section 74A first applied;
“51% subsidiary” has the same meaning as in the Corporation Tax Acts (see Chapter 3 of Part 24 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010).]

Textual Amendments

F375Ss. 74A-74C inserted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(3)

Special cases—reliefsU.K.

75 Property becoming subject to employee trusts.U.K.

(1)Tax shall not be charged under section 65 above in respect of shares in or securities of a company which cease to be relevant property on becoming held on trusts of the description specified in section 86(1) below if the conditions in subsection (2) below are satisfied.

(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a)that the persons for whose benefit the trusts permit the settled property to be applied include all or most of the persons employed by or holding office with the company;

(b)that, at the date when the shares or securities cease to be relevant property or at a subsequent date not more than one year thereafter, both the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) of section 28 above (read with subsections (3) and (7)) are satisfied, without taking account of shares or securities held on other trusts; and

(c)that the trusts do not permit any of the property to be applied at any time (whether during any such period as is referred to in section 86(1) below or later) for the benefit of any of the persons mentioned in subsection (4) of section 28 above (read with subsections (5) to (7)) or for the benefit of the settlor or of any person connected with him.

(3)In its application for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above, section 28(4) shall be construed as if—

(a)references to section 28(1) were references to subsection (2) above, and

(b)references to the time of the transfer of value were references to the time when the property ceases to be relevant property.

[F37875AProperty becoming subject to employee-ownership trustU.K.

(1)Tax is not charged under section 65 in respect of shares in or securities of a company (“C”) which cease to be relevant property on becoming held on trusts of the description specified in section 86(1) if the conditions in subsection (2) are satisfied.

(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1) are—

(a)that C meets the trading requirement,

(b)that the trusts are of a settlement which meets the all-employee benefit requirement, and

(c)that the settlement does not meet the controlling interest requirement immediately before the beginning of the tax year in which the shares or securities cease to be relevant property but does meet it at the end of that year.

(3)Sections 236I, 236J, 236K, 236M and 236T (but not 236L) of the 1992 Act apply to determine whether—

(a)C meets the trading requirement;

(b)the settlement meets the all-employee benefit requirement;

(c)the settlement meets the controlling interest requirement;

with references in those sections to “C” being read accordingly.

(4)In this section “tax year” means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April.]

Textual Amendments

F378S. 75A inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 14(1)(2)

76 Property becoming held for charitable purposes, etc.U.K.

(1)Tax shall not be charged under this Chapter (apart from section 79 below) in respect of property which ceases to be relevant property, or ceases to be property to which section 70, 71, [F37971A, 71D,] 72, 73 or 74 above or paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to this Act applies, on becoming—

(a)property held for charitable purposes only without limit of time (defined by a date or otherwise);

(b)the property of a political party qualifying for exemption under section 24 above; [F380or]

(c)the property of a body within Schedule 3 to this Act;. . .

F381(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F382(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)If the amount on which tax would be charged apart from this section in respect of any property exceeds the value of the property immediately after it becomes property of a description specified in paragraphs (a) [F383to (c)] of subsection (1) above (less the amount of any consideration for its transfer received by the trustees), that subsection shall not apply but the amount on which tax is charged shall be equal to the excess.

(4)The reference in subsection (3) above to the amount on which tax would be charged is a reference to the amount on which it would be charged—

(a)assuming (if it is not in fact so) that the tax is not paid out of settled property, and

(b)apart from Chapters I and II of Part V of this Act;

and the reference in that subsection to the amount on which tax is charged is a reference to the amount on which it would be charged on that assumption and apart from those Chapters.

(5)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to any property if the disposition by which it becomes property of the relevant description is defeasible; but for this purpose a disposition which has not been defeated at a time twelve months after the property concerned becomes property of the relevant description and is not defeasible after that time shall be treated as not being defeasible, whether or not it was capable of being defeated before that time.

(6)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to any property if it or any part of it may become applicable for purposes other than charitable purposes or purposes of a body mentioned in subsection (1)(b), [F384or (c)] above.

(7)Subsection (1) shall not apply in relation to any property if, at or before the time when it becomes property of the relevant description, an interest under the settlement is or has been acquired for a consideration in money or money’s worth by an exempt body otherwise than from a charity or a body mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (c) above.

(8)In subsection (7) above “exempt body” means a charity or a body mentioned in subsection (1)(b), [F384or (c)] above; and for the purposes of subsection (7) above a body shall be treated as acquiring an interest for a consideration in money or money’s worth if it becomes entitled to the interest as a result of transactions which include a disposition for such consideration (whether to that body or to another person) of that interest or of other property.

Textual Amendments

F379Words in s. 76(1) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 22

F380Word in s. 76(1)(b) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 143(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(4)(a)

F381S. 76(1)(d) and word “or”immediately preceding repealed (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 143(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, ss. 143(4)(a), 165, Sch. 27 Pt. IV note 1

F382S. 76(2) repealed (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 143(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, ss. 143(4)(a), 165, Sch. 27 Pt. IV note 1

F383Words in s. 76(3) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 143(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(4)(b)

F384Words in s. 76(6)(8) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in s. 143(5) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(4)(c)

Works of art, historic buildings, etc.U.K.

77 Maintenance funds for historic buildings, etc.U.K.

Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect.

78 Conditionally exempt occasions. U.K.

(1)A transfer of property or other event shall not constitute an occasion on which tax is chargeable under any provision of this Chapter other than section 64 if the property in respect of which the charge would have been made has been comprised in the settlement throughout the six years ending with the transfer or event, and—

(a)the property is, on a claim made for the purpose, designated by the Treasury under section 31 above, and

(b)the requisite undertaking described in that section is given with respect to the property by such person as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case [F385or (where the property is an area of land within subsection (1)(d) of that section) the requisite undertakings described in that section are given with respect to the property by such person or persons as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case.]

[F386(1A)A claim under subsection (1) above must be made no more than two years after the date of the transfer or other event in question or within such longer period as the Board may allow.]

(2)References in this Chapter to a conditionally exempt occasion are to—

(a)a transfer or event which by virtue of subsection (1) above does not constitute an occasion on which tax is chargeable under this Chapter;

(b)a transfer or event which, by virtue of section 81(1) of the M17Finance Act 1976, did not constitute an occasion on which tax was chargeable under Chapter II of Part IV of the M18Finance Act 1982;

(c)a conditionally exempt distribution within the meaning given by section 81(2) of the Finance Act 1976 as it had effect in relation to events before 9th March 1982.

(3)Where there has been a conditionally exempt occasion in respect of any property, sections 32, [F38732A], 33(1), [F38833(2ZA)] to (7) and 35(2) above shall have effect (and tax shall accordingly be chargeable under section 32 [F387or 32A]) as if—

(a)references to a conditionally exempt transfer and to such a transfer of property included references respectively to a conditionally exempt occasion and to such an occasion in respect of property;

(b)references to a disposal otherwise than by sale included references to any occasion on which tax is chargeable under any provision of this Chapter other than section 64;

(c)references to an undertaking given under section 30 above included references to an undertaking given under this section;

and the references in section 33(5) above to the person who made a conditionally exempt transfer shall have effect in relation to a conditionally exempt occasion as references to the person who is the settlor of the settlement in respect of which the occasion occurred (or if there is more than one such person, whichever of them the Board may select).

(4)Where by virtue of subsection (3) above the relevant person for the purposes of section 33 above is the settlor of a settlement, the rate (or each of the rates) mentioned in section 33(1)(b)(i) or (ii)—

(a)shall, if the occasion occurred before the first ten-year anniversary to fall after the property became comprised in the settlement concerned, be 30 per cent. of what it would be apart from this subsection, and

(b)shall, if the occasion occurred after the first and before the second ten-year anniversary to fall after the property became so comprised, be 60 per cent. of what it would be apart from this subsection;

[F389and the appropriate provision of section 7 for the purposes of section 33(1)(b)(ii) is, if the settlement was created on his death, subsection (1) and, if not, subsection (2).]

(5)Where by virtue of subsection (3) above the relevant person for the purposes of section 33 above is the settlor of a settlement and that settlor died before 13th March 1975, section 33(1)(b) above shall have effect (subject to subsection (4) above) with the substitution for sub-paragraph (ii) of the following sub-paragraph:—

“(ii)the rate or rates that would have applied to that amount (“the chargeable amount”) [F390in accordance with the appropriate provision of section 7 above] if the relevant person had died when the chargeable event occurred, the value transferred on his death had been equal to the amount on which estate duty was chargeable when he in fact died, and the chargeable amount had been added to that value and had formed the highest part of it.”

(6)Section 34 above shall not apply to a chargeable event in respect of property if the last conditionally exempt transfer of the property has been followed by a conditionally exempt occasion in respect of it.

Textual Amendments

F385Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 8(a),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F386S. 78(1A) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to transfers of property made, and other events occurring, on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 3(1)(2)

F387Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 8(b),in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F388Word in s. 78(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 5

F389Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 19(1),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“and the appropriate Table for the purposes of section 33(1)(b)(ii) is, if the settlement was created on his death, the first Table in Schedule 1 to this Act and, if not, the second Table.”

F390Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 19(2),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“under the appropriate Table”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C32 By Finance Act 1985 s. 95,the functions of the Treasury were transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (“the Board”).

Marginal Citations

M171976 c. 40.

M181982 c. 39.

79 Exemption from ten-yearly charge.U.K.

(1)Where property is comprised in a settlement and there has been a conditionally exempt transfer of the property on or before the occasion on which it became comprised in the settlement, section 64 above shall not have effect in relation to the property on any ten-year anniversary falling before the first occurrence after the transfer of a chargeable event with respect to the property.

(2)Where property is comprised in a settlement and there has been, on or before the occasion on which it became comprised in the settlement, a disposal of the property in relation to which subsection (4) of section [F391258 of the 1992 Act] (capital gains tax relief for works of art etc.) had effect, section 64 above shall not have effect in relation to the property on any ten-year anniversary falling before the first occurrence after the disposal of an event on the happening of which the property is treated as sold under subsection (5) of the said section [F391258].

(3)Where property is comprised in a settlement and there has been no such transfer or disposal of the property as is mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above on or before the occasion on which it became comprised in the settlement, [F392subsection (3A) below applies if] —

(a)the property [F393has, on a claim made for the purpose, been] designated by the Treasury under section 31 above,

[F394(aa)that claim is made during the period beginning with the date of a ten-year anniversary of the settlement (“the relevant ten-year anniversary”) and ending—

(i)two years after that date, or

(ii)on such later date as the Board may allow,]

(b)the requisite undertaking described in [F395section 31 is given] [F396with respect to the property] by such person as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case, [F396or (where the property is an area of land within subsection (1)(d) of that section) the requisite undertakings described in that section [F397 are given] with respect to the property by such person or persons as the Treasury think appropriate in the circumstances of the case], and

(c)the property is relevant property,

F398...

[F399(3A)Tax is not chargeable under section 64 above in relation to the property by reference to the relevant ten-year anniversary concerned or any subsequent ten-year anniversaries; but on the first occurrence of an event which, if there had been a conditionally exempt transfer of the property immediately before that relevant ten-year anniversary, would be a chargeable event with respect to the property—

(a)there is a charge to tax under this subsection, and

(b)on any ten-year anniversary falling after that event, tax is chargeable under section 64 above in relation to the property.]

(4)Tax shall not be charged under [F400subsection (3A) above in respect of property if, after the occasion mentioned in subsection (3) above and before the occurrence mentioned in subsection (3A)] , there has been a conditionally exempt occasion in respect of the property.

(5)The amount on which tax is charged under [F401subsection (3A)] above shall be an amount equal to the value of the property at the time of the event.

[F402(5A)Where the event giving rise to a charge to tax under [F403subsection (3A)] above is a disposal on sale, and the sale—

(a)was not intended to confer any gratuitous benefit on any person, and

(b)was either a transaction at arm's length between persons not connected with each other or a transaction such as might be expected to be made at arm's length between persons not connected with each other,

the value of the property at the time of that event shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (5) above to be equal to the proceeds of the sale.]

(6)The rate at which tax is charged under [F404subsection (3A) ] above shall be the aggregate of the following percentages—

(a)0·25 per cent. for each of the first forty complete successive quarters in the relevant period,

(b)0·20 per cent. for each of the next forty,

(d)0·10 per cent. for each of the next forty, and

(e)0·5 per cent. for each of the next forty.

[F405(7)In subsection (6) above “the relevant period” means the period given by subsection (7A) below or, if shorter, the period given by subsection (7B) below.

(7A)The period given by this subsection is the period beginning with the latest of—

(a)the day on which the settlement commenced,

(b)the date of the last ten-year anniversary of the settlement to fall before the day on which the property became comprised in the settlement,

(c)the date of the last ten-year anniversary of the settlement to fall before the [F406relevant ten-year anniversary] , and

(d)13th March 1975,

and ending with the day before the event giving rise to the charge.

(7B)The period given by this subsection is the period equal in length to the number of relevant-property days in the period—

(a)beginning with the day that is the latest of those referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (7A) above, and

(b)ending with the day before the event giving rise to the charge.

(7C)For the purposes of subsection (7B) above, a day is a “relevant-property day” if at any time on that day the property was relevant property.]

(8)Subsection (9) below shall have effect where—

(a)by virtue of [F407subsection (3A)] above, section 64 does not have effect in relation to property [F408by reference to the relevant ten-year anniversary of the settlement] ,

(b)on that anniversary a charge to tax falls to be made in respect of the settlement under section 64, and

(c)the property became comprised in the settlementF409... within the period of ten years ending with that anniversary.

[F410(9A)Subsection (9B) below applies where the same event gives rise—

(a)to a charge under [F411subsection (3A)] above in relation to any property, and

(b)to a charge under section 32 or 32A above in relation to that property.

(9B)If the amount of each of the charges is the same, each charge shall have effect as a charge for one half of the amount that would be charged apart from this subsection; otherwise, whichever of the charges is lower in amount shall have effect as if it were a charge the amount of which is nil.]

(9)In calculating the rate at which tax is charged under section 64 above, the value of the consideration given for the property on its becoming comprised in the settlement shall be treated for the purposes of section 66(5)(b) above as if it were an amount on which a charge to tax was imposed in respect of the settlement under section 65 above at the time of the property becoming so comprised.

(10)In subsection (1) above, the reference to a conditionally exempt transfer of any property includes a reference to a transfer of value in relation to which the value of any property has been left out of account under the provisions of sections 31 to 34 of the M19Finance Act 1975 and, in relation to such property, the reference to a chargeable event includes a reference to an event on the occurrence of which tax becomes chargeable under Schedule 5 to this Act.

Textual Amendments

F391Words in s. 79(2) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289 , 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(3) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F392Words in s. 79(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(2)(a)

F393Words in s. 79(3)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(2)(b)

F394S. 79(3)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(2)(c)

F395Words in s. 79(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(2)(d)(i)

F396Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26 para. 9,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F397Words in s. 79(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(2)(d)(ii)

F398Words in s. 79(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(2)(e)

F399S. 79(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(3)

F400Words in s. 79(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(4)

F401Words in s. 79(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(5)

F402S. 79(5A) inserted (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 34(2)

F403Words in s. 79(5A) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(5)

F404Words in s. 79(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(5)

F405S. 79(7)-(7C) substituted for s. 79(7) (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 34(3)

F406Words in s. 79(7A)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(6)

F407Words in s. 79(8)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(5)

F408Words in s. 79(8)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(7)(a)

F409Words in s. 79(8)(c) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(7)(b)

F410S. 79(9A)(9B) inserted (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 para. 34(4)

F411Words in s. 79(9A)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C33 By Finance Act 1985 s. 95,the functions of the Treasury were transferred to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue (“the Board”).

Marginal Citations

M191975 c. 7.

[F41279A Variation of undertakings.U.K.

(1)An undertaking given under section 78 or 79 above may be varied from time to time by agreement between the Board and the person bound by the undertaking.

(2)Where [F413the tribunal] is satisfied that—

(a)the Board have made a proposal for the variation of such an undertaking to the person bound by the undertaking,

(b)that person has failed to agree to the proposed variation within six months after the date on which the proposal was made, and

(c)it is just and reasonable, in all the circumstances, to require the proposed variation to be made,

[F414the tribunal may direct that the undertaking is to have effect from a specified date] as if the proposed variation had been agreed to by the person bound by the undertaking.

(3)The date specified by the [F415tribunal] must not be less than sixty days after the date of [F416the tribunal's direction].

(4)A direction under this section shall not take effect if, before the date specified by the [F417tribunal], a variation different from that to which the direction relates is agreed between the Board and the person bound by the undertaking.]

Textual Amendments

F412S. 79A inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 25 para. 8(4) of the amending Act) by 1998 c. 36, s. 142, Sch. 25 para. 8(2)

F413Words in s. 79A(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 111(2)(a)

F414Words in s. 79A(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 111(2)(b)

F415Word in s. 79A(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 111(3)(a)

F416Words in s. 79A(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 111(3)(b)

F417Word in s. 79A(4) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 111(4)

MiscellaneousU.K.

80 Initial interest of settlor or spouse [F418or civil partner].U.K.

(1)Where a settlor or his spouse [F419or civil partner] is beneficially entitled to [F420a qualifying interest in possession] in property immediately after it becomes comprised in the settlement, the property shall for the purposes of this Chapter be treated as not having become comprised in the settlement on that occasion; but when the property or any part of it becomes held on trusts under which neither of those persons is beneficially entitled to [F420a qualifying interest in possession] , the property or part shall for those purposes be treated as becoming comprised in a separate settlement made by that one of them who ceased (or last ceased) to be beneficially entitled to [F420a qualifying interest in possession] in it.

(2)References in subsection (1) above to the spouse [F421or civil partner] of a settlor include references to the widow or widower [F422or surviving civil partner] of a settlor.

(3)This section shall not apply if the occasion first referred to in subsection (1) above occurred before 27th March 1974.

[F423(4)Where the occasion first referred to in subsection (1) above occurs on or after 22nd March 2006, this section applies—

(a)as though for “ [F420a qualifying interest in possession] ” in each place where that appears in subsection (1) above there were substituted a postponing interest, and

(b)as though, for the purposes of that subsection, each of the following were a “postponing interest”—

(i)an immediate post-death interest;

(ii)a disabled person's interest.]

Textual Amendments

F418Words in s. 80 sidenote inserted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 17(4)

F419Words in s. 80(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 17(2)

F420Words in s. 80 substituted (19.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 13(1)(2) (with s. 13(3)-(7))

F421Words in s. 80(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 17(3)(a)

F422Words in s. 80(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 17(3)(b)

F423S. 80(4) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 23

81 Property moving between settlements.U.K.

(1)Where property which ceases to be comprised in one settlement becomes comprised in another then, unless in the meantime any person becomes beneficially entitled to the property (and not merely to an interest in possession in the property), it shall for the purposes of this Chapter be treated as remaining comprised in the first settlement.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where the property ceased to be comprised in the first settlement before 10th December 1981; but where property ceased to be comprised in one settlement before 10th December 1981 and after 26th March 1974 and, by the same disposition, became comprised in another settlement, it shall for the purposes of this Chapter be treated as remaining comprised in the first settlement.

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where a reversionary interest in the property expectant on the termination of a qualifying interest in possession subsisting under the first settlement was settled on the trusts of the other settlement before 10th December 1981.

[F42481AReversionary interests in relevant propertyU.K.

(1)Where a reversionary interest in relevant property to which—

(a)a person who acquired it for a consideration in money or money's worth, or

(b)the settlor or the spouse or civil partner of the settlor,

(a “relevant reversioner”) is beneficially entitled comes to an end by reason of the relevant reversioner becoming entitled to an interest in possession in the relevant property, the relevant reversioner is to be treated as having made a disposition of the reversionary interest at that time.

(2)A transfer of value of a reversionary interest in relevant property to which a relevant reversioner is beneficially entitled is to be taken to be a transfer which is not a potentially exempt transfer.]

Textual Amendments

F424S. 81A inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 52(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 52(1)

[F42581BExcluded property: property to which section 80 appliesU.K.

(1)This section applies to property to which section 80 (initial interest of settlor etc) applies.

(2)If the property would apart from this section be excluded property by virtue of section 48(3)(a) or (3A)(a), the property is at any time in a tax year to be regarded as excluded property for the purposes of this Chapter, except sections 78 and 79, only if Conditions A and B are met.

(3)Section 65(8) has effect in relation to the property only if Condition A is met (in addition to any condition mentioned in that provision).

(4)Condition A is that the actual settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time of the occasion first referred to in section 80(1).

(5)Condition B is that the actual settlor is not a formerly domiciled resident for the tax year.

(6)In this section “the actual settlor” means the person who is the settlor of the property in relation to the settlement first mentioned in section 80(1).

(7)Where the occasion first referred to in section 80(1) occurred before the day on which the Finance Act 2020 was passed, this section has effect as if, in subsection (2), “or (3A)(a)” were omitted.]

Textual Amendments

F425S. 81B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(2)

82 Excluded property[F426: property to which section 81 applies (old cases)] U.K.

[F427(1)In a case where, apart from this section, property to which section F428... 81 applies would be excluded property by virtue of section 48(3)(a) above, that property shall not be taken to be excluded property at any time (“the relevant time”) for the purposes of this Chapter (except sections 78 and 79) unless Conditions A and B are satisfied.]

(2)Section 65(8) above shall not have effect in relation to property to which section F429... 81 applies unless [F430Condition A ] below is satisfied (in addition to the condition in section 65(8) that the settlor was not domiciled in the United Kingdom when the [F431property became comprised in the settlement]).

(3)[F432Condition A] referred to in subsections (1) and (2) above is—

F433(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in the case of property to which subsection (1) or (2) of section 81 above applies, that the person who is the settlor in relation to the second of the settlements mentioned in the subsection concerned,

was not domiciled in the United Kingdom when that settlement was made.

[F434(4)Condition B referred to in subsection (1) above is—

F435(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)in the case of property to which subsection (1) or (2) of section 81 above applies, that the person who is the settlor in relation to the first or second of the settlements mentioned in that subsection,

was not a formerly domiciled resident for the tax year in which the relevant time falls.]

[F436(5)This section does not apply in relation to a case to which section 82A applies.]

Textual Amendments

F426Words in s. 82 heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(f)

F427S. 82(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(7)(a)

F428Words in s. 82(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(a)

F429Words in s. 82(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(b)(i)

F430Words in s. 82(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(7)(b)

F431Words in s. 82(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(b)(ii)

F432Words in s. 82(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(7)(c)

F433S. 82(3)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(c)

F434S. 82(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(7)(d)

F435S. 82(4)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(d)

F436S. 82(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(3)(e)

[F43782AExcluded property: property to which section 81 applies (new cases)U.K.

(1)This section—

(a)applies where, at any time on or after the day on which the Finance Act 2020 is passed, property ceases to be comprised in a settlement (“the first settlement”) but is treated as a result of section 81 as remaining comprised in that settlement for the purposes of this Chapter, and

(b)applies whether or not at any subsequent time the property is comprised in the first settlement without regard to that section.

(2)If the property would apart from this section be excluded property by virtue of section 48(3)(a) or (3A)(a), the property is to be regarded as excluded property for the purposes of this Chapter, except sections 78 and 79, at any time only if the non-domicile condition is met in relation to each qualifying transfer occurring on or before that time.

(3)Section 65(8) has effect in relation to the property at any time only if (in addition to the condition mentioned there) the non-domicile condition is met in relation to each qualifying transfer occurring on or before that time; but, for the purposes of this subsection, the non-domicile condition has effect with the omission of subsection (6)(a)(ii).

(4)For the purposes of this section each of the following is a “qualifying transfer”—

(a)the occasion on which section 81 applies to the property; and

(b)any subsequent occasion on which the property would, if the effect of section 81 were ignored, become comprised in a settlement to which this Chapter applies (including the first settlement).

(5)But a qualifying transfer does not occur as a result of—

(a)an assignment by a beneficiary of an interest in a settlement, or

(b)an exercise of a general power of appointment,

unless the time of the assignment or exercise of the power falls on or after the day on which the Finance Act 2020 is passed.

(6)For the purposes of this section “the non-domicile condition” is—

(a)in a case where a qualifying transfer occurs as a result of an assignment by a beneficiary of an interest in a settlement or an exercise of a general power of appointment, that the beneficiary or the person exercising the power—

(i)was not domiciled in the United Kingdom at the time of the assignment or exercise of the power, and

(ii)is not a formerly domiciled resident for the tax year in which the time mentioned in subsection (2) falls;

(b)in a case in which section 81 applies which is not within paragraph (a), that the person who was the settlor of the property in relation to the first settlement was not domiciled in the United Kingdom immediately before the time when the property ceased to be comprised in the first settlement;

(c)in any other case, that the person who was the settlor of the property in relation to the first settlement was not domiciled in the United Kingdom immediately before the time of the subsequent occasion.

(7)If—

(a)the settlor mentioned in subsection (6)(b) or (c) has died before the time mentioned there, and

(b)the death does not give rise to a qualifying transfer,

the non-domicile condition is treated as met.

(8)In this section any reference to a qualifying transfer occurring as a result of—

(a)an assignment by a beneficiary of an interest in a settlement, or

(b)an exercise of a general power of appointment,

includes the transfer occurring partly as a result of the assignment or exercise of the power.

(9)In this section any reference to an assignment includes an assignation.]

Textual Amendments

F437S. 82A inserted (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 74(4)

83 Property becoming settled on a death.U.K.

Property which becomes comprised in a settlement in pursuance of a will or intestacy shall for the purposes of this Chapter be taken to have become comprised in it on the death of the testator or intestate (whether it occurred before or after the passing of this Act).

84 Income applied for charitable purposes.U.K.

For the purposes of this Chapter (except sections 78 and 79) where the trusts on which settled property is held require part of the income of the property to be applied for charitable purposes, a corresponding part of the settled property shall be regarded as held for charitable purposes.

85 Credit for annual charges under Finance Act 1975.U.K.

Any tax charged under paragraph 12(2) of Schedule 5 to the M20Finance Act 1975 and not already allowed as a credit under paragraph 12(3) of that Schedule or under section 125 of the M21Finance Act 1982 or under this section shall be allowed as a credit against tax chargeable under this Chapter (apart from section 79) in respect of the settled property or part concerned.

Marginal Citations

M201975 c. 7.

M211982 c. 39.

CHAPTER IVU.K. MISCELLANEOUS

86 Trusts for benefit of employees.U.K.

(1)Where settled property is held on trusts which, either indefinitely or until the end of a period (whether defined by a date or in some other way) do not permit any of the settled property to be applied otherwise than for the benefit of—

(a)persons of a class defined by reference to employment in a particular trade or profession, or employment by, or office with, a body carrying on a trade, profession or undertaking, or

(b)persons of a class defined by reference to marriage [F438to or civil partnership with,] or relationship to, or dependence on, persons of a class defined as mentioned in paragraph (a) above,

then, subject to subsection (3) below, this section applies to that settled property or, as the case may be, applies to it during that period.

(2)Where settled property is held on trusts permitting the property to be applied for the benefit of persons within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above, those trusts shall not be regarded as outside the description specified in that subsection by reason only that they also permit the settled property to be applied for charitable purposes.

(3)Where any class mentioned in subsection (1) above is defined by reference to employment by or office with a particular body, this section applies to the settled property only if—

(a)the class comprises all or most of the persons employed by or holding office with the body concerned, or

(b)the trusts on which the settled property is held are those of a profit sharing scheme approved in accordance with Schedule 9 to the M22[F439Taxes Act 1988][F440; or

(c)the trusts on which the settled property is held are those of [F441a share incentive plan approved under Schedule 2 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003]][F442, or

(d)the settled property consists of or includes ordinary share capital of a company which meets the trading requirement and the trusts on which the settled property is held are those of a settlement which—

(i)meets the controlling interest requirement with respect to the company, and

(ii)meets the all-employee benefit requirement with respect to the company.]

[F443(3A)For the purpose of determining whether subsection (3)(d) is satisfied in relation to settled property which consists of or includes ordinary share capital of a company—

(a)section 236I of the 1992 Act applies to determine whether the company meets the trading requirement (with references to “C” being read as references to that company),

(b)sections 236J, 236K, 236M and 236T (but not 236L) of the 1992 Act apply to determine whether the settlement meets the all-employee benefit requirement and the controlling interest requirement (with references in those sections to “C” being read as references to that company), and

(c)“ordinary share capital” has the meaning given by section 1119 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010.]

(4)Where this section applies to any settled property—

(a)the property shall be treated as comprised in one settlement, whether or not it would fall to be so treated apart from this section, and

(b)an interest in possession in any part of the settled property shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Act (except section 55) if that part is less than 5 per cent. of the whole.

(5)Where any property to which this section applies ceases to be comprised in a settlement and, either immediately or not more than one month later, the whole of it becomes comprised in another settlement, then, if this section again applies to it when it becomes comprised in the second settlement, it shall be treated for all the purposes of this Act as if it had remained comprised in the first settlement.

Textual Amendments

F438Words in s. 86(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 18

F439 Substituted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), Sch. 29, para. 32. Originally “Finance Act 1978”.

F440S. 86(3)(c) and word “or” immediately preceding it inserted (28.7.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 138(4)

F441Words in s. 86(3)(c) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 723(1)(a)(b) (subject to Sch. 7) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), ss. 722, 723(1), Sch. 6 para. 151(1)(c)(2)

F442S. 86(3)(d) and preceding word inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 15(2)(4)

F443S. 86(3A) inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 15(3)(4)

Marginal Citations

M221988 c. 1.

87 Newspaper trusts.U.K.

(1)In relation to property comprised in a settlement to which this section applies, section 86 above shall have effect as if newspaper publishing companies were included among the persons within paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of that section.

(2)This section applies to a settlement if shares in a newspaper publishing company or a newspaper holding company are the only or principal property comprised in the settlement.

(3)In this section—

“newspaper publishing company” means a company whose business consists wholly or mainly in the publication of newspapers in the United Kingdom;
“newspaper holding company” means a company which—
(a)
has as its only or principal asset shares in a newspaper publishing company, and
(b)
has powers of voting on all or most questions affecting the publishing company as a whole which if exercised would yield a majority of the votes capable of being exercised on them;
and for the purposes of this section shares shall be treated as the principal property comprised in a settlement or the principal asset of a company if the remaining property comprised in the settlement or the remaining assets of the company are such as may be reasonably required to enable the trustees or the company to secure the operation of the newspaper publishing company concerned.

88 Protective trusts.U.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property (other than property to which section 73 above applies) which is held on trusts to the like effect as those specified in section 33(1) of the M23Trustee Act 1925; and in this section “the principal beneficiary” and “the trust period” have the same meanings as in that section.

(2)For the purposes of this Act—

(a)there shall be disregarded the failure or determination, before the end of the trust period, of trusts to the like effect as those specified in paragraph (i) of the said section 33(1), and

(b)the principal beneficiary shall be treated as beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in any property which is for the time being held on trusts to the like effect as those specified in paragraph (ii) of the said section 33(1).

[F444(3)Where—

(a)settled property became held before 22nd March 2006 on trusts to the like effect as those specified in section 33(1)(i) of the Trustee Act 1925, and

(b)as a result of the failure or determination of those trusts on or after 22nd March 2006, the principal beneficiary is treated by subsection (2)(b) above as beneficially entitled to an interest in possession,

this Act shall apply in relation to that interest in possession as if the principal beneficiary became beneficially entitled to that interest in possession before 22nd March 2006.

(4)Subsection (5) below applies where—

(a)settled property becomes held on or after 22nd March 2006 on trusts to the like effect as those specified in section 33(1)(i) of the Trustee Act 1925,

(b)the interest of the principal beneficiary under those trusts is—

(i)an immediate post-death interest,

(ii)a disabled person's interest within section 89B(1)(c) or (d) below, or

(iii)a transitional serial interest, and

(c)as a result of the failure or determination of those trusts, the principal beneficiary is treated by subsection (2)(b) above as beneficially entitled to an interest in possession.

(5)This Act shall apply—

(a)as if that interest in possession were a continuation of the immediate post-death interest, disabled person's interest or transitional serial interest, and

(b)as if the immediate post-death interest, or disabled person's interest or transitional serial interest, had not come to an end on the failure or determination of the trusts.

(6)Subsection (2) above does not apply in a case where—

(a)settled property becomes held on or after 22nd March 2006 on trusts to the like effect as those specified in section 33(1)(i) of the Trustee Act 1925, and

(b)the interest of the principal beneficiary under those trusts is—

(i)not an immediate post-death interest,

(ii)not a disabled person's interest within section 89B(1)(c) or (d) below, and

(iii)not a transitional serial interest.]

Textual Amendments

F444S. 88(3)-(6) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 24

Marginal Citations

M231925 c. 19.

89 Trusts for disabled persons.U.K.

(1)This section applies to settled property transferred into settlement after 9th March 1981 and held on trusts—

(a)under which, during the life of a disabled person, no interest in possession in the settled property subsists, and

[F445(b)which secure that, if any of the settled property or income arising from it is applied during the disabled person's life for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of the disabled person.]

(2)For the purposes of this Act the person mentioned in subsection (1) above shall be treated as beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the settled property.

[F446(3)The trusts on which the settled property is held are not to be treated as falling outside subsection (1) by reason only of—

(a)the trustees' having powers that enable them to apply otherwise than for the benefit of the disabled person amounts (whether consisting of income or capital, or both) not exceeding the annual limit,

(b)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925 (powers of advancement),

(c)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by proviso (a) of subsection (1) of that section,

(d)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 33 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland),

(e)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by subsection (1)(a) of that section, or

(f)the trustees' having powers to the like effect as the powers mentioned in any of paragraphs (b) to (e).

(3A)For the purposes of this section, the “annual limit” is whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)£3,000, and

(b)3% of the amount that is the maximum value of the settled property during the period in question.

(3B)For those purposes the annual limit applies in relation to each period of 12 months that begins on 6 April.

(3C)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument—

(a)specify circumstances in which subsection (3)(a) is, or is not, to apply in relation to a trust, and

(b)amend the definition of “the annual limit” in subsection (3A).

(3D)An order under subsection (3C) may—

(a)make different provision for different cases, and

(b)contain transitional and saving provision.

(3E)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (3C) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.]

(4)The reference in subsection (1) above to a disabled person is, in relation to any settled property, a reference to a person who, when the property was transferred into settlement, [F447was a disabled person].

[F448(4A)In this section “disabled person” has the meaning given by Schedule 1A to the Finance Act 2005.]

Textual Amendments

F445S. 89(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 6(2) (with Sch. 44 para. 9(2))

F446S. 89(3)-(3E) substituted for s. 89(3) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 44 para. 9(2))

F447Words in s. 89(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 6(4)

F448S. 89(4A) substituted for s. 89(5)(6) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 6(5)

[F44989ASelf-settlement by person [F450expected to fall within the definition of “disabled person”]U.K.

(1)This section applies to property transferred by a person (“A”) into settlement on or after 22nd March 2006 if—

(a)A was beneficially entitled to the property immediately before transferring it into settlement,

(b)A satisfies the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs that, when the property was transferred into settlement, A had a condition that it was at that time reasonable to expect would have such effects on A as to lead to A becoming [F451a person falling within any paragraph of the definition of “disabled person” in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1A to the Finance Act 2005].

(c)the property is held on trusts—

(i)under which, during the life of A, no interest in possession in the settled property subsists, and

(ii)which secure that Conditions 1 and 2 are met.

(2)Condition 1 is that if any of the settled property [F452or income arising from it] is applied during A's life for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of A.

(3)Condition 2 is that any power to bring the trusts mentioned in subsection (1)(c) above to an end during A's life is such that, in the event of the power being exercised during A's life, either—

(a)A or another person will, on the trusts being brought to an end, be absolutely entitled to the settled property, or

(b)on the trusts being brought to an end, a disabled person's interest within section 89B(1)(a) or (c) below will subsist in the settled property.

(4)If this section applies to settled property transferred into settlement by a person, the person shall be treated as beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the settled property.

[F453(5)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), assume—

(a)that A will meet any conditions as to residence or presence that are required to establish entitlement to the allowance, [F454disability assistance,] payment or increased pension in question,

(b)that there will be no provision made by regulations under any of the following—

(i)sections 67(1) and (2), 72(8), 104(3) and 113(2) of SSCBA 1992,

(ii)sections 67(1) and (2), 72(8), 104(3) and 113(2) of SSCB(NI)A 1992, and

(iii)sections 85 and 86 of WRA 2012 and the corresponding provision having effect in Northern Ireland, F455...

(c)that A will not be prevented from receiving the allowance, payment or increased pension in question by any of the following—

(i)section 113(1) of SSCBA 1992,

(ii)section 113(1) of SSCB(NI)A 1992,

(iii)section 87 of WRA 2012 and the corresponding provision having effect in Northern Ireland,

(iv)articles 61 and 64 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 (S.I. 1983/686),

(v)article 53 of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/606), and

(vi)article 42 of the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/517) [F456, F457...

(d)that there will be no provision made by regulations under section 31 of the SS(S)A 2018 for the reduction of the value of a payment of disability assistance to £0 when the person is—

(i)resident in a care home,

(ii)resident in an educational establishment,

(iii)undergoing medical or other treatment as an in-patient in a hospital or similar institution, or

(iv)undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.] [F458, and

(e)that there will be no provision made by regulations under section 31 of the SS(S)A 2018 for the non-satisfaction of eligibility criteria for pension age disability payment in respect of any period when A is undergoing treatment for renal failure in a hospital or similar institution otherwise than as an in-patient.]]

[F459(6A)The trusts on which the settled property is held are not to be treated as falling outside subsection (2) by reason only of—

(b)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925 (powers of advancement),

(c)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by proviso (a) of subsection (1) of that section,

(d)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 33 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland),

(e)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by subsection (1)(a) of that section, or

(f)the trustees' having powers to the like effect as the powers mentioned in any of paragraphs (b) to (e).

(6B)For the purposes of this section, the “annual limit” is whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)£3,000, and

(b)3% of the amount that is the maximum value of the settled property during the period in question.

(6C)For those purposes the annual limit applies in relation to each period of 12 months that begins on 6 April.

(6D)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument—

(a)specify circumstances in which subsection (6A)(a) is, or is not, to apply in relation to a trust, and

(b)amend the definition of “the annual limit” in subsection (6B).

(6E)An order under subsection (6D) may—

(a)make different provision for different cases, and

(b)contain transitional and saving provision.

(6F)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (6D) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.]

(7)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, ignore—

(a)power to give directions as to the settled property that is exercisable jointly by the persons who between them are entitled to the entire beneficial interest in the property, and

(b)anything that could occur as a result of exercise of any such power.

[F460(8)In this section—

[F461“disability assistance” means disability assistance given in accordance with regulations made under section 31 of the SS(S)A 2018,]
[F462“pension age disability payment” means a category of disability assistance specifically for older people,]
“SSCBA 1992” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,
“SSCB(NI)A 1992” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, F463...
[F464“SS(S)A 2018” means the Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018, and]
“WRA 2012” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012.]

Textual Amendments

F449Ss. 89A, 89B inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 6(1)(3)

F450Words in s. 89A heading substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 7(7)

F451Words in s. 89A(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 7(2)

F452Words in s. 89A(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 7(3)

F453S. 89A(5) substituted for s. 89A(5)(6) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 7(4)

F454Words in s. 89A(5)(a) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)(i)

F455Word in s. 89A(5)(b) omitted (26.7.2021) by virtue of The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)(ii)

F456S. 89A(5)(d) and word inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)(iii)

F457Word in s. 89A(5) omitted (21.10.2024) by virtue of The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1048), arts. 1(2), 7(3)(a)(i)

F458S. 89A(5)(e) and word inserted (21.10.2024) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1048), arts. 1(2), 7(3)(a)(ii)

F459Ss. 89A(6A)-(6F) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 7(5)

F460S. 89A(8) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 7(6)

F461Words in s. 89A(8) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(i)

F462Words in s. 89A(8) inserted (21.10.2024) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance) (Consequential Modifications) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/1048), arts. 1(2), 7(3)(b)

F463Word in s. 89A(8) omitted (26.7.2021) by virtue of The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(ii)

F464Words in s. 89A(8) inserted (26.7.2021) by The Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance, Young Carer Grants, Short-term Assistance and Winter Heating Assistance) (Consequential Provision and Modifications) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/886), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)(iii)

89BMeaning of “disabled person's interest”U.K.

(1)In this Act “disabled person's interest” means—

(a)an interest in possession to which a person is under section 89(2) above treated as beneficially entitled,

(b)an interest in possession to which a person is under section 89A(4) above treated as beneficially entitled,

(c)an interest in possession in settled property (other than an interest within paragraph (a) or (b) above) to which a disabled person becomes beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006 [F465if the trusts on which the settled property is held secure that, if any of the settled property is applied during the disabled person's life for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of the disabled person], or

(d)an interest in possession in settled property (other than an interest within paragraph (a) or (b) above) to which a person (“A”) is beneficially entitled if—

(i)A is the settlor,

(ii)A was beneficially entitled to the property immediately before transferring it into settlement,

(iii)A satisfies Her Majesty's Commissioners for Revenue and Customs as mentioned in section 89A(1)(b) above,

(iv)the settled property was transferred into settlement on or after 22nd March 2006, and

(v)the trusts on which the settled property is held secure that, if any of the settled property is applied during A's life for the benefit of a beneficiary, it is applied for the benefit of A.

[F466(2)In subsection (1)(c) “disabled person” has the meaning given by Schedule 1A to the Finance Act 2005.]

[F467(2A)Where the income arising from the settled property is held on trusts of the kind described in section 33 of the Trustee Act 1925 (protective trusts), subsection (1)(d)(v) has effect as if for “A's life” there were substituted “the period during which the income from the property is held on trust for A”.]

(3)Section 71D above does not apply to property in which there subsists a disabled person's interest within subsection (1)(c) above (but see also section 71D(5) above).]

Textual Amendments

F449Ss. 89A, 89B inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 6(1)(3)

F465Words in s. 89B(1)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 10(3)-(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 10(1)

F466S. 89B(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 8(2)

F467S. 89B(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 8(3)

[F46889CDisabled person's interest: powers of advancement etcU.K.

(1)The trusts on which settled property is held are not to be treated for the purposes of section 89B(1)(c) or (d) (meaning of “disabled person's interest”: cases involving an interest in possession) as failing to secure that the settled property is applied for the benefit of a beneficiary by reason only of—

(a)the trustees' having powers that enable them to apply otherwise than for the benefit of the beneficiary amounts (whether consisting of income or capital, or both) not exceeding the annual limit,

(b)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 32 of the Trustee Act 1925 (powers of advancement),

(c)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by proviso (a) of subsection (1) of that section,

(d)the trustees' having the powers conferred by section 33 of the Trustee Act (Northern Ireland) 1958 (corresponding provision for Northern Ireland),

(e)the trustees' having those powers but free from, or subject to a less restrictive limitation than, the limitation imposed by subsection (1)(a) of that section, or

(f)the trustees' having powers to the like effect as the powers mentioned in any of paragraphs (b) to (e).

(2)For the purposes of this section, the “annual limit” is whichever is the lower of the following amounts—

(a)£3,000, and

(b)3% of the amount that is the maximum value of the settled property during the period in question.

(3)For those purposes the annual limit applies in relation to each period of 12 months that begins on 6 April.

(4)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument—

(a)specify circumstances in which subsection (1)(a) is, or is not, to apply in relation to a trust, and

(b)amend the definition of “the annual limit” in subsection (2).

(5)An order under subsection (4) may—

(a)make different provision for different cases, and

(b)contain transitional and saving provision.

(6)A statutory instrument containing an order under subsection (4) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.]

Textual Amendments

F468S. 89C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 44 para. 10(3)-(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 44 para. 10(2)

90 Trustees’ annuities, etc.U.K.

Where under the terms of a settlement a person is entitled by way of remuneration for his services as trustee to an interest in possession in property comprised in the settlement, then, except to the extent that the interest represents more than a reasonable amount of remuneration,—

(a)the interest shall be left out of account in determining for the purposes of this Act the value of his estate immediately before his death, and

(b)tax shall not be charged under section 52 above when the interest comes to an end.

91 Administration period.U.K.

(1)Where a person would have been entitled to an interest in possession in the whole or part of the residue of the estate of a deceased person had the administration of that estate been completed, the same consequences shall follow under this Act as if he had become entitled to an interest in possession in the unadministered estate and in the property (if any) representing ascertained residue, or in a corresponding part of it, on the date as from which the whole or part of the income of the residue would have been attributable to his interest had the residue been ascertained immediately after the death of the deceased person.

(2)In this section—

(a)“unadministered estate” means all the property for the time being held by personal representatives as such, excluding property devolving on them otherwise than as assets for the payment of debts and excluding property that is the subject of a specific disposition, and making due allowance for outstanding charges on residue and for any adjustments between capital and income remaining to be made in due course of administration;

(b)“ascertained residue” means property which, having ceased to be held by the personal representatives as such, is held as part of the residue;

[F469(c)subject to subsection (3) below, “charges on residue” means, in relation to the estate of a deceased person, the following liabilities properly payable out of the estate and interest payable in respect of those liabilities—

(i)funeral, testamentary and administration expenses and debts,

(ii)general legacies, demonstrative legacies, annuities and any sum payable out of the residue of the estate to which a person is entitled under the law of intestacy of any part of the United Kingdom or any other country, and

(iii)any other liabilities of the deceased person's personal representatives as such,

(d)“specific disposition” has the meaning given in section 947(6) of the Corporation Tax Act 2009, and

(e)the reference to the completion of the administration of the estate shall be construed as if it were in Chapter 3 of Part 10 of that Act.]

[F470(3)If, as between—

(a)persons interested under a specific disposition or in a general or demonstrative legacy or in an annuity, and

(b)persons interested in the residue of an estate,

any such liabilities as are mentioned in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) above fall exclusively or primarily on the property that is the subject of the specific disposition or on the legacy or annuity, only such part (if any) of those liabilities as falls ultimately on the residue shall be treated as charges on residue.

(4)In the application of this section to Scotland, “charges on residue” shall include, in addition to the liabilities specified in subsection (2)(c), any sums required to meet—

(a)claims in respect of prior rights or legal rights by a surviving spouse or civil partner, or

(b)claims in respect of legal rights by children.]

Textual Amendments

F469S. 91(2)(c)-(e) substituted (1.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) for s. 91(2)(c) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1322, Sch. 1 para. 316(2)

F470S. 91(3)(4) inserted (1.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1322, Sch. 1 para. 316(3)

92 Survivorship clauses.U.K.

(1)Where under the terms of a will or otherwise property is held for any person on condition that he survives another for a specified period of not more than six months, this Act shall apply as if the dispositions taking effect at the end of the period or, if he does not survive until then, on his death (including any such disposition which has effect by operation of law or is a separate disposition of the income from the property) had had effect from the beginning of the period.

(2)Subsection (1) above does not affect the application of this Act in relation to any distribution or application of property occurring before the dispositions there mentioned take effect.

93 Disclaimers.U.K.

Where a person becomes entitled to an interest in settled property but disclaims the interest, then, if the disclaimer is not made for a consideration in money or money’s worth, this Act shall apply as if he had not become entitled to the interest.

PART IVU.K. CLOSE COMPANIES

Transfers by close companiesU.K.

94 Charge on participators.U.K.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Part of this Act, where a close company makes a transfer of value, tax shall be charged as if each individual to whom an amount is apportioned under this section had made a transfer of value of such amount as after deduction of tax (if any) would be equal to the amount so apportioned, less the amount (if any) by which the value of his estate is more than it would be but for the company’s transfer; but for this purpose his estate shall be treated as not including any rights or interests in the company.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above the value transferred by the company’s transfer of value shall be apportioned among the participators according to their respective rights and interests in the company immediately before the transfer, and any amount so apportioned to a close company shall be further apportioned among its participators, and so on; but—

(a)so much of that value as is attributable to any payment or transfer of assets to any person which falls to be taken into account in computing that person’s profits or gains or losses for the purposes of income tax or corporation tax (or would fall to be so taken into account but for [F471section 1285 of the Corporation Tax Act 2009 (exemption for UK company distributions)]) shall not be apportioned, and

(b)if any amount which would otherwise be apportioned to an individual who is domiciled outside the United Kingdom is attributable to the value of any property outside the United Kingdom, that amount shall not be apportioned.

(3)In determining for the purposes of this section whether a disposition made by a close company is a transfer of value or what value is transferred by such a transfer no account shall be taken of the surrender by the company, in pursuance of section [F472240 or 402 of the M24Taxes Act 1988], of any relief or of the benefit of any amount of advance corporation tax paid by it.

(4)Where the amount apportioned to a person under this section is 5 per cent. or less of the value transferred by the company’s transfer of value then, notwithstanding section 3(4) above, tax chargeable under subsection (1) above shall be left out of account in determining, with respect to any time after the company’s transfer, what previous transfers of value he has made.

(5)References in section 19 above to transfers of value made by a transferor and to the values transferred by them (calculated as there mentioned) shall be treated as including references to apportionments made to a person under this section and to the amounts for the tax on which (if charged) he would be liable.

Textual Amendments

F471Words in s. 94(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1322, Sch. 1 para. 317

F472 Substituted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), Sch. 29, para. 32.Originally

“258 of the Taxes Act or of section 92 of the Finance Act 1972”.

Marginal Citations

M241988 c. 1.

95 Participator in two companies.U.K.

(1)Where—

(a)the value of the estate of a company (“the transferee company”) is increased as the result of a transfer of value made by a close company (“the transferor company”), and

(b)an individual to whom part of the value transferred is apportioned under section 94 above has an interest in the transferee company (or in a company which is a participator of the transferee company or any of its participators, and so on),

subsection (2) below shall apply to the computation, for the purposes of section 94 above, of the amount to be offset, that is to say, the amount by which the value of his estate is more than it would be but for the transfer.

(2)Where this subsection applies—

(a)the increase in the value of the transferee company’s estate shall be taken to be such part of the value transferred as accounts for the increase, and

(b)the increase so computed shall be apportioned among the transferee company’s participators according to their respective rights and interests in the company immediately before the transfer (and, where necessary, further apportioned among their participators, and so on),

and the amount so apportioned to the individual shall be taken to be the amount to be offset.

96 Preference shares disregarded.U.K.

Where part of a close company’s share capital consists of preference shares (within the meaning of [F473section 1023(5) of the Corporation Tax Act 2010]) and a transfer of value made by that or any other close company has only a small effect on the value of those shares, compared with its effect on the value of other parts of the company’s share capital, the preference shares shall be left out of account in determining the respective rights and interests of the participators for the purposes of sections 94 and 95 above.

Textual Amendments

F473Words in s. 96 substituted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 190 (with Sch. 2)

97 Transfers within group, etc.U.K.

(1)Where a close company (“the transferor company”) is a member, but not the principal [F474company], of a group and—

[F475(a)there is—

(i)a disposal of an asset by the transferor company, which is a disposal to which section 171(1) of the 1992 Act applies, or

(ii)by virtue of an election under section 171A(2) of that Act, a deemed transfer by the transferor company to another member of the group,[F476F477. . .

(iii)F477. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(aa)the disposal is also, or [F478the election] gives rise to, a transfer of value, and]

(b)the transfer of value has only a small effect on the value of the minority participators’ rights and interests in that company compared with its effect on the value of the other participators’ rights and interests in the company,

the rights and interests of the minority participators shall be left out of account in determining the respective rights and interests of the transferor company’s participators for the purpose of apportioning the value transferred under section 94 above.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above—

(a)[F479Section [F480170 of the 1992 Act] (groups of companies: definitions) applies as for the purposes of sections [F480171 to 181] of that Act], and

(b)a minority participator is a participator of the transferor company who is not, and is not a person connected with, a participator of the principal [F481company] of the group or of any of the principal [F481company’s] participators;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F482

Textual Amendments

F474Finance Act 1989 s. 138(6)(a),with effect from 14March 1989.Originally

“member”.

F475S. 97(1)(a)(aa) substituted for para. (a) (11.5.2001 with effect as mentioned in s. 106(3) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 9, s. 106

F476S. 97(1)(a)(iii) and preceding word inserted (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 42(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 42(3)(a)

F477S. 97(1)(a)(iii) and preceding word repealed (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 10 para. 8(a)

F478Words in s. 97(1)(aa) substituted (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 42(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 42(3)(b)

F479Finance Act 1989 s. 138(6)(b),with effect from 14March 1989.Originally

“the principal member of a group is the member of which all the other members are 75 per cent subsidiaries”.

F480Words in s. 97 substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(4)(b) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F481Finance Act 1989 s. 138(6)(a),with effect from 14March 1989.Originally

“member”

and

“member's”

respectively.

F482 Repealed by Finance Act 1989 s. 138(6)(c)and Sch.17 Part VII,with effect from 14March 1989.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C34S. 97 amended (28.7.2000 with effect on or after 1.4.2000) by 2000 c. 17, s. 102, Sch. 29 paras. 1, 14

Alterations of capital, etc.U.K.

98 Effect of alterations of capital, etcU.K.

(1)Where there is at any time—

(a)an alteration in so much of a close company’s share or loan capital as does not consist of [F483quoted shares or quoted securities]

(b)an alteration in any rights attaching to [F484unquoted shares in or unquoted debentures of a close company],

the alteration shall be treated as having been made by a disposition made at that time by the participators, whether or not it would fall to be so treated apart from this section, and shall not be taken to have affected the value immediately before that time of the [F485unquoted shares or unquoted debentures].

(2)In this section “alteration” includes extinguishment.

[F486(3)The disposition referred to in subsection (1) above shall be taken to be one which is not a potentially exempt transfer]

Textual Amendments

F483Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8 para. 2(a),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares or securities quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

F484Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8 para. 2(b),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares in or debentures of a close company which are not so quoted”.

F485Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8 para. 2(c),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares or debentures not so quoted”.

F486Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 20,with effect from 18March 1986.

Settled propertyU.K.

99 Transfers where participators are trustees.U.K.

(1)Subsection (1) of section 94 above shall not apply in relation to a person who is a participator in his capacity as trustee of a settlement, but—

(a)the reference in subsection (2) of that section to sub-section (1) shall have effect as including a reference to subsection (2) of this section, and

(b)in relation to tax chargeable by virtue of subsection (2) of this section, sections 94(4) and 95 above shall apply with the necessary modifications.

(2)Where any part of the value transferred by a close company’s transfer of value is apportioned to a trustee of a settlement under section 94 above, then—

(a)if a qualifying interest in possession subsists in the settled property, a part of that interest corresponding to such part of the property as is of a value equal to the part so apportioned less the amount specified in subsection (3) below shall be treated for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of this Act as having come to an end on the making of the transfer, and

(b)if no qualifying interest in possession subsists in the settled property, Chapter III of Part III of this Act shall have effect as if on the making of the transfer the trustee had made a disposition as a result of which the value of the settled property had been reduced by an amount equal to the part so apportioned less the amount specified in subsection (3) below;

and where a qualifying interest in possession subsists in part only of the settled property paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall apply with the necessary adjustments of the values and amounts referred to there.

(3)The amount referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) above is the amount (if any) by which the value of the settled property is more than it would be apart from the company’s transfer, leaving out of account the value of any rights or interests in the company.

100 Alterations of capital, etc. where participators are trustees.U.K.

(1)This section applies where, by virtue of section 98 above, an alteration in a close company’s share or loan capital or of any rights attaching to shares in or debentures of a close company is treated as a disposition made by the participators, and—

(a)a person is a participator in his capacity as trustee of a settlement, and

(b)the disposition would, if the trustee were beneficially entitled to the settled property, be a transfer of value made by him, and

(c)at the time of the alteration an individual is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the whole or part of so much of the settled property as consists of [F487unquoted shares in or unquoted securities of the close company].

[F488(1A)Where the interest in possession is one to which the individual became beneficially entitled on or after 22nd March 2006, this section applies only if the interest in possession is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest,

(b)a disabled person's interest, or

(c)a transitional serial interest,

[F489or falls within section 5(1B) above.]]

(2)Where this section applies, such part of the individual’s interest shall be treated for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of this Act as having come to an end at the time of the alteration as corresponds to the relevant decrease of the value of the property in which the interest subsists, that is to say the decrease caused by the alteration.

Textual Amendments

F487Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8 para. 3,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares in or securities of the close company which are not quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

F488S. 100(1A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 25

F489Words in s. 100(1A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(6)

101 Companies interests in settled property.U.K.

(1)Where a close company is entitled to an interest in possession in settled property the persons who are participators in relation to the company shall be treated for the purposes of this Act (except section 55) as being the persons entitled to that interest according to their respective rights and interests in the company.

[F490(1A)Where the interest in possession mentioned in subsection (1) above is one to which the company became entitled on or after 22nd March 2006 (whether or not the company was a close company when it became entitled to the interest), subsection (1) above applies in relation to the interest only if it is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest, or

(b)a transitional serial interest,

[F491or falls within section 5(1B) above.]

(1B)Subsection (1C) below applies where any of the participators mentioned in subsection (1) above (“the prior participator”) disposes of rights and interests of his in the company to another person (“the later participator”).

(1C)If and so far as the later participator is a participator in the company by virtue of having any of the rights and interests disposed of, subsection (1) above is to be applied to him only as a participator in his own right (in particular, he is not to be treated by virtue of that subsection as having entitlement to the interest in possession as a result of disposal to him of entitlement that the prior participator was treated as having by virtue of that subsection, but this is without prejudice to the application of this Act in relation to the prior participator as the person making the disposal).]

(2)Where—

(a)the participators mentioned in subsection (1) above include the trustees of a settlement, and

(b)a person is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the whole or part of the settled property by virtue of which the trustees are participators,

that person shall be treated for the said purposes as beneficially entitled to the whole or corresponding part of the interest to which the trustees would otherwise be treated as entitled under that subsection.

Textual Amendments

F490S. 101(1A)-(1C) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 26

F491Words in s. 101(1A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 53(10) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 53(7)

GeneralU.K.

102 Interpretation.U.K.

(1)In this Part of this Act—

“close company” means a company within the meaning of the Corporation Tax Acts which is (or would be if resident in the United Kingdom) a close company for the purposes of those Acts;
“participator”, in relation to any company, means any person who is (or would be if the company were resident in the United Kingdom) a participator in relation to that company [F492within the meaning given by section 454 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010], other than a person who would be such a participator by reason only of being a loan creditor;
“qualifying interest in possession” has the meaning given by section 59 above.

(2)References in this Part of this Act to a person’s rights and interests in a company include references to rights and interests in the assets of the company available for distribution among the participators in the event of a winding up or in any other circumstances.

Textual Amendments

F492S. 102(1): words in definition of "participator" substituted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 1177, 1184, Sch. 1 para. 191 (with Sch. 2)

PART VU.K. MISCELLANEOUS RELIEFS

CHAPTER IU.K. BUSINESS PROPERTY

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C35Pt. V Ch. I (ss. 103-114) modified (16.7.1992) by Finance (No.2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14, para. 9(4).

103

(1)In this Chapter references to a transfer of value include references to an occasion on which tax is chargeable under Chapter III of Part III of this Act (apart from section 79), and

(a)references to the value transferred by a transfer of value include references to the amount on which tax is then chargeable, and

(b)references to the transferor include references to the trustees of the settlement concerned.

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter a company and all its subsidiaries are members of a group, and “holding company” and “subsidiary” have [F493the meaning given by section [F4941159 of and Schedule 6 to]] the [F495Companies Act [F4962006]]

(3)In this Chapter “business” includes a business carried on in the exercise of a profession or vocation, but does not include a business carried on otherwise than for gain.

Textual Amendments

F493Companies Act 1989 s. 144(4)and Sch. 18 para. 30(3)with effect from the appointed day—on and after 1November 1990 (S.I. 1990 No. 1392).Originally

“the same meanings as in”.

F494Words in s. 103(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), art. 4(1)(f)

F495Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), Sch. 2,with effect from 1July 1985.

F496Words in s. 103(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), art. 4(1)(f)

104 The relief.U.K.

(1)Where the whole or part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to the value of any relevant business property, the whole or that part of the value transferred shall be treated as reduced—

(a)in the case of property falling within section 105(1)(a) or [F497(b) or (bb)] below by [F498100 per cent];

(b)in the case of other relevant business property, by [F49950 per cent];

but subject to the following provisions of this Chapter.

(2)For the purposes of this section, the value transferred by a transfer of value shall be calculated as a value on which no tax is chargeable.

Textual Amendments

F497Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 4,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“or (b)”.

F498Words in s. 104(1)(a) substituted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 1(a), 8, 9.

F499Words in s. 104(1)(b) substituted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 1(b), 8, 9.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C36S. 104 excluded (1.11.2004 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Estates) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2543), reg. 4(7)

C37Ss. 104, 116 excluded (6.4.2008) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Transfers and Excepted Terminations) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/605), reg. 4(4)

Ss. 104, 116 excluded (6.4.2008) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Transfers and Excepted Terminations) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/605), reg. 5(5)

105 Relevant business property.U.K.

(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section and to sections 106, 108, F500. . . , 112(3) and 113 below, in this Chapter “relevant business property” means, in relation to any transfer of value,—

(a)property consisting of a business or interest in a business;

(b)F501. . . securities of a company which [F502are unquoted and which] (either by themselves or together with other such [F503securities owned by the transferor and any unquoted shares so owned]) gave the transferor control of the company immediately before the transfer;

[F504(bb)any unquoted shares in a company;]

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F505(cc)shares in or securities of a company which are quoted and which (either by themselves or together with other such shares or securities owned by the transferor) gave the transferor control of the company immediately before the transfer;]

(d)any land or building, machinery or plant which, immediately before the transfer, was used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a business carried on by a company of which the transferor then had control or by a partnership of which he then was a partner; and

(e)any land or building, machinery or plant which, immediately before the transfer, was used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a business carried on by the transferor and was settled property in which he was then beneficially entitled to an interest in possession.

F506(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F506(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F507(1ZA)In subsection (1) above “quoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means [F508listed] on a recognised stock exchange and “unquoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means not so [listed].]

(2)Shares in or securities of a company do not fall within subsection (1) F509. . . [F510(cc)] above if—

(a)they would not have been sufficient, without other property, to give the transferor control of the company immediately before the transfer, and

(b)their value is taken by virtue of section 176 below to be less than the value previously determined.

F511(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)A business or interest in a business, or shares in or securities of a company, are not relevant business property if the business or, as the case may be, the business carried on by the company consists wholly or mainly of one or more of the following, that is to say, dealing in securities, stocks or shares, land or buildings or making or holding investments.

(4)Subsection (3) above—

[F512(a)does not apply to any property if the business concerned is wholly that of a market maker or is that of a discount house and (in either case) is carried on in the United Kingdom, and]

(b)does not apply to shares in or securities of a company if the business of the company consists wholly or mainly in being a holding company of one or more companies whose business does not fall within that subsection.

[F513(4A)Subsection (3) above also does not apply to any property if the business concerned is of a description set out in regulations under section 106(5) of the Finance Act 1986.]

(5)Shares in or securities of a company are not relevant business property in relation to a transfer of value if at the time of the transfer a winding-up order has been made in respect of the company or the company has passed a resolution for voluntary winding-up or is otherwise in process of liquidation, unless the business of the company is to continue to be carried on after a reconstruction or amalgamation and the reconstruction or amalgamation either is the purpose of the winding-up or liquidation or takes place not later than one year after the transfer of value.

(6)Land, a building, machinery or plant owned by the transferor and used wholly or mainly for the purposes of a business carried on as mentioned in subsection (1)(d) or (e) above is not relevant business property in relation to a transfer of value, unless the business or the transferor’s interest in it is, or shares or securities of the company carrying on the business immediately before the transfer are, relevant business property in relation to the transfer.

[F514(7)In this section “market maker” means a person who—

(a)holds himself out at all normal times in compliance with the rules of The Stock Exchange as willing to buy and sell securities, stocks or shares at a price specified by him, and

(b)is recognised as doing so by the Council of The Stock Exchange.]

Textual Amendments

F500Words in s. 105(1) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI note 1

F501Words in s. 105(1)(b) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, ss. 184(2)(a)(i), 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI, note 1

F502Words in s. 105(1)(b) inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 2(2), 8, 9.

F503Words in s. 105(1)(b) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 184(2)(a)(ii)

F504S. 105(1)(bb) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 184(2)(b)

F505S. 105(1)(cc) inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 2(3), 8, 9.

F506S. 105(1A)(1B) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI note 1

F507S. 105(1ZA) inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 2(4), 8, 9.

F508Words in s. 105(1ZA) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 38 para. 2(2) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 2(1)(a)

F509Words in s. 105(2) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI note 1

F510Words in s. 105(2) inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 2(5), 8, 9.

F511S. 105(2A) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI, note 1

F512Finance Act 1986 s. 106(1), 25in relation to events on or after 27October 1986“the day of the Stock Exchange reforms”—(as defined in s.106(8)).Originally

“(a) does not apply to any property if the business concerned is that of a jobber (as defined in section 477 of the Taxes Act) or discount house and is carried on in the United Kingdom, and”.

F513S. 105(4A) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Market Makers and Discount Houses) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2903), regs. 1, 4

F514Finance Act 1986 s. 106(2),in relation to events on or after 27October 1986—“the day of The Stock Exchange reforms”—(as defined in s.106(8)).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C38S. 105(4A) modified (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Market Makers and Discount Houses) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2903), regs. 1, 6

C39S. 105(7) amended (6.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3181, reg. 4 as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 135

106 Minimum period of ownership.U.K.

Property is not relevant business property in relation to a transfer of value unless it was owned by the transferor throughout the two years immediately preceding the transfer.

107 Replacements.U.K.

(1)Property shall be treated as satisfying the condition in section 106 above if—

(a)it replaced other property and it, that other property and any property directly or indirectly replaced by that other propery were owned by the transferor for periods which together comprised at least two years falling within the five years immediately preceding the transfer of value, and

(b)any other property concerned was such that, had the transfer of value been made immediately before it was replaced, it would (apart from section 106) have been relevant business property in relation to the transfer.

(2)In a case falling within subsection (1) above relief under this Chapter shall not exceed what it would have been had the replacement or any one or more of the replacements not been made.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above changes resulting from the formation, alteration or dissolution of a partnership, or from the acquisition of a business by a company controlled by the former owner of the business, shall be disregarded.

[F515(4)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above, where any shares falling within section 105(1)(bb) above which are] owned by the transferor immediately before the transfer would under any of the provisions of sections [F516126 to 136 of the 1992 Act] be identified with other shares previously owned by him his period of ownership of the first-mentioned shares shall be treated for the purposes of section 106 above F517. . . as including his period of ownership of the other shares.

Textual Amendments

F515Words in s. 107(4) and “(4)” substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 184(3)

F516Words in s. 107(4) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(5) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F517Words in s. 107(4) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI note 1

108 Successions.U.K.

For the purposes of sections 106 and 107 above, where the transferor became entitled to any property on the death of another person—

(a)he shall be deemed to have owned it from the date of the death, and

(b)if that other person was his spouse [F518or civil partner] he shall also be deemed to have owned it for any period during which the spouse [F518or civil partner] owned it.

Textual Amendments

F518Words in s. 108(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), {19)}

109 Successive transfers.U.K.

(1)Where—

(a)the whole or part of the value transferred by a transfer of value (in this section referred to as the earlier transfer) was eligible for relief under this Chapter (or would have been so eligible if such relief had been capable of being given in respect of transfers of value made at that time), and

(b)the whole or part of the property which, in relation to the earlier transfer, was relevant business property became, through the earlier transfer, the property of the person or of the spouse [F519or civil partner] of the person who is the transferor in relation to a subsequent transfer of value, and

(c)that property or part, or any property directly or indirectly replacing it, would (apart from section 106 above) have been relevant business property in relation to the subsequent transfer of value, and

(d)either the earlier transfer was, or the subsequent transfer of value is, a transfer made on the death of the transferor,

the property which would have been relevant business property but for section 106 above shall be relevant business property notwithstanding that section.

(2)Where the property which, by virtue of subsection (1) above, is relevant business property replaced the property or part referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection, relief under this Chapter shall not exceed what it would have been had the replacement or any one or more of the replacements not been made, but section 107(3) above shall apply with the necessary modifications for the purposes of this subsection.

(3)Where, under the earlier transfer, the amount of the value transferred which was attributable to the property or part referred to in subsection (1)(c) above was part only of its value, a like part only of the value which (apart from this subsection) would fall to be reduced under this Chapter by virtue of this section shall be so reduced.

Textual Amendments

F519Words in s. 109(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 20

F520109A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F520S. 109A repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI note 1

110 Value of business.U.K.

For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a)the value of a business or of an interest in a business shall be taken to be its net value;

(b)the net value of a business is the value of the assets used in the business (including goodwill) reduced by the aggregate amount of any liabilities incurred for the purposes of the business;

(c)in ascertaining the net value of an interest in a business, no regard shall be had to assets or liabilities other than those by reference to which the net value of the entire business would fall to be ascertained.

111 Value of certain shares and securities.U.K.

Where a company is a member of a group and the business of any other company which is a member of the group falls within section 105(3) above, then, unless either—

(a)that business also falls within section 105(4), or

(b)that business consists wholly or mainly in the holding of land or buildings wholly or mainly occupied by members of the group whose business either does not fall within section 105(3) or falls within both section 105(3) and section 105(4),

the value of shares in or securities of the company shall be taken for the purposes of this Chapter to be what it would be if that other company were not a member of the group.

112 Exclusion of value of excepted assets.U.K.

(1)In determining for the purposes of this Chapter what part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to the value of any relevant business property so much of the last-mentioned value as is attributable to any excepted assets within the meaning of subsection (2) below shall be left out of account.

(2)An asset is an excepted asset in relation to any relevant business property if it was neither—

(a)used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the business concerned throughout the whole or the last two years of the relevant period defined in subsection (5) below, nor

(b)required at the time of the transfer for future use for those purposes;

but where the business concerned is carried on by a company which is a member of a group, the use of an asset for the purposes of a business carried on by another company which at the time of the use and immediately before the transfer was also a member of that group shall be treated as use for the purposes of the business concerned, unless that other company’s membership of the group falls to be disregarded under section 111 above.

(3)Subsection (2) above does not apply in relation to an asset which is relevant business property by virtue only of section 105(1)(d) above, and an asset is not relevant business property by virtue only of that provision unless either—

(a)it was used as mentioned in that provision throughout the two years immediately preceding the transfer of value, or

(b)it replaced another asset so used and it and the other asset and any asset directly or indirectly replaced by that other asset were so used for periods which together comprised at least two years falling within the five years immediately preceding the transfer of value;

but in a case where section 109 above applies this condition shall be treated as satisfied if the asset (or it and the asset or assets replaced by it) was or were so used throughout the period between the earlier and the subsequent transfer mentioned in that section (or throughout the part of that period during which it or they were owned by the transferor or the transferor’s spouse [F521or civil partner]).

(4)Where part but not the whole of any land or building is used exclusively for the purposes of any business and the land or building would, but for this subsection, be an excepted asset, or, as the case may be, prevented by subsection (3) above from being relevant business property, the part so used and the remainder shall for the purposes of this section be treated as separate assets, and the value of the part so used shall (if it would otherwise be less) be taken to be such proportion of the value of the whole as may be just.

(5)For the purposes of this section the relevant period, in relation to any asset, is the period immediately preceding the transfer of value during which the asset (or, if the relevant business property is an interest in a business, a corresponding interest in the asset) was owned by the transferor or, if the business concerned is that of a company, was owned by that company or any other company which immediately before the transfer of value was a member of the same group.

(6)For the purposes of this section an asset shall be deemed not to have been used wholly or mainly for the purposes of the business concerned at any time when it was used wholly or mainly for the personal benefit of the transferor or of a person connected with him.

Textual Amendments

F521Words in s. 112(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 21

113 Contracts for sale.U.K.

Where any property would be relevant business property in relation to a transfer of value but a binding contract for its sale has been entered into at the time of the transfer, it is not relevant business property in relation to the transfer unless—

(a)the property is a business or interest in a business and the sale is to a company which is to carry on the business and is made in consideration wholly or mainly of shares in or securities of that company, or

(b)the property is shares in or securities of a company and the sale is made for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation.

[F522113A Transfers within seven years before death of transferor.U.K.

(1)Where any part of the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer would (apart from this section) be reduced in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Chapter, it shall not be so reduced unless the conditions in subsection (3) below are satisfied.

(2)Where—

(a)any part of the value transferred by any chargeable transfer, other than a potentially exempt transfer, is reduced in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Chapter, and

(b)the transfer is made within seven years of the death of the transferor,

then, unless the conditions in subsection (3) below are satisfied, the additional tax chargeable by reason of the death shall be calculated as if the value transferred had not been so reduced.

(3)The conditions referred to in subsections (1) and (2) above are—

(a)that the original property was owned by the transferee throughout the period beginning with the date of the chargeable transfer and ending with the death of the transferor; and

(b)[F523except to the extent that the original property consists of shares or securities to which subsection (3A) below applies] that, in relation to a notional transfer of value made by the transferee immediately before the death, the original property would (apart from section 106 above) be relevant business property.

[F523(3A)This subsection applies to shares or securities—

(a)which were quoted at the time of the chargeable transfer referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2) above; or

(b)which fell within paragraph (b) [F524or (bb)] of section 105(1) above in relation to that transfer and were unquoted throughout the period referred to in subsection (3)(a) above.]

[F525(3B)In subsection (3A) above “quoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means [F526listed] on a recognised stock exchange and “unquoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means not so [F526listed].]

(4)If the transferee has died before the transferor, the reference in subsection (3) above to the death of the transferor shall have effect as a reference to the death of the transferee.

(5)If the conditions in subsection (3) above are satisfied only with respect to part of the original property, then,—

(a)in a case falling within subsection (1) above, only a proportionate part of so much of the value transferred as is attributable to the original property shall be reduced in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Chapter, and

(b)in a case falling within subsection (2) above, the additional tax shall be calculated as if only a proportionate part of so much of the value transferred as was attributable to the original property had been so reduced.

(6)Where any shares owned by the transferee immediately before the death in question—

(a)would under any of the provisions of sections [F527126 to 136 of the 1992 Act] be identified with the original property (or part of it), or

(b)were issued to him in consideration of the transfer of a business or interest in a business consisting of the original property (or part of it),

they shall be treated for the purposes of this section as if they were the original property (or that part of it).

(7)This section has effect subject to section 113B below.

[F528(7A)The provisions of this Chapter for the reduction of value transferred shall be disregarded in any determination for the purposes of this section of whether there is a potentially exempt or chargeable transfer in any case.]

(8)In this section—

“the original property” means the property which was relevant business property in relation to the chargeable transfer referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2) above; and
“the transferee” means the person whose property the original property became on that chargeable transfer or, where on the transfer the original property became or remained settled property in which no qualifying interest in possession (within the meaning of Chapter III of Part III of this Act) subsists, the trustees of the settlement.]

Textual Amendments

F522Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 21,with respect to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 18March 1986.

F523Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 8,in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17March 1987.

F524Words in s. 113A(3A)(b) inserted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(b) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 184(4)

F525S. 113A(3A)(b) inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 3, 8, 9.

F526Words in s. 113A(3B) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 38 para. 2(2) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 2(1)(a)

F527Words in s. 113A(6) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(5) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F528S. 113A(7A) inserted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 184(6)(a) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 184(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C40S. 113A amended (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 para. 9(2)(4) (with Sch. 14 para. 8).

[F529113B Application of section 113A to replacement property.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, this section applies where—

(a)the transferee has disposed of all or part of the original property before the death of the transferor; and

(b)the whole of the consideration received by him for the disposal has been applied by him in acquiring other property (in this section referred to as “the replacement property”).

(2)This section does not apply unless—

(a)the replacement property is acquired, or a binding contract for its acquisition is entered into, within [F530the allowed period] after the disposal of the original property (or, as the case may be, the part concerned); and

(b)the disposal and acquisition are both made in transactions at arm’s length or on terms such as might be expected to be included in a transaction at arm’s length.

(3)Where this section applies, the conditions in section 113A(3) above shall be taken to be satisfied in relation to the original property (or, as the case may be, the part concerned) if—

(a)the replacement property is owned by the transferee immediately before the death of the transferor; and

(b)throughout the period beginning with the date of the chargeable transfer and ending with the death (disregarding any period between the disposal and acqusition) either the original property or the replacement property was owned by transferee; and

(c)in relation to a notional transfer of value made by the transferee immediately before the death, the replacement property would (apart from section 106 above) be relevant business property.

(4)If the transferee has died before the transferor, any reference in subsections (1) to (3) above to the death of the transferor shall have effect as a reference to the death of the transferee.

(5)In any case where—

(a)all or part of the original property has been disposed of before the death of the transferor or is excluded by section 113 above from being relevant business property in relation to the notional transfer of value referred to in section 113A(3)(b) above, and

(b)the replacement property is acquired, or a binding contract for its acquisition is entered into, after the death of the transferor but within [F530the allowed period] after the disposal of the original property or part, and

(c)the transferor dies before the transferee,

subsection (3) above shall have effect with the omission of paragraph (a), and as if any reference to a time immediately before the death of the transferor or to the death were a reference to the time when the replacement property is acquired.

(6)Section 113A(6) above shall have effect in relation to the replacement property as it has effect in relation to the original property.

(7)Where a binding contract for the disposal of any property is entered into at any time before the disposal of the property, the disposal shall be regarded for the purposes of subsections (2)(a) and (5)(b) above as taking place at that time.

(8)In this section “the original property” and “the transferee” have the same meaning as in section 113A above [F531and “allowed period” means the period of three years or such longer period as the Board may allow].]

Textual Amendments

F529Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 21,with respect to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 18March 1986.

F530Words in s. 113B(2)(a)(5)(b) substituted (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 30.11.1993) by 1994 c. 9, s. 247(1)(a)(3)

F531Words in s. 113B(8) added (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 30.11.1993) by 1994 c. 9, s. 247(1)(b)(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C41S. 113B amended (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 para. 9(2)(4) (with Sch. 14 para. 8).

114 Avoidance of double relief.U.K.

(1)Where any part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is reduced under Chapter II of this Part of this Act by reference to the agricultural value of any property, or would be so reduced but for section 121(3), such part of the value transferred as is or would be so reduced under that Chapter shall not be reduced under this Chapter.

(2)Where the value transferred by a transfer of value is reduced under section 129 below by reference to the tax chargeable on the disposal of any trees or underwood, the value to be reduced under section 104 above shall be the value as reduced under section 129 (but subject to section 104(2) above).

CHAPTER IIU.K. AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C42 See Part IIof this volume—Finance Act 1975 Sch. 8—for the transitional relief provisions under Finance Act 1981 s. 96and Sch. 14.

115 Preliminary.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter references to a transfer of value include references to an occasion on which tax is chargeable under Chapter III of Part III of this Act (apart from section 79) and—

(a)references to the value transferred by a transfer of value include references to the amount on which tax is then chargeable, and

(b)references to the transferor include references to the trustees of the settlement concerned.

(2)In this Chapter “agricultural property” means agricultural land or pasture and includes woodland and any building used in connection with the intensive rearing of livestock or fish if the woodland or building is occupied with agricultural land or pasture and the occupation is ancillary to that of the agricultural land or pasture; and also includes such cottages, farm buildings and farmhouses, together with the land occupied with them, as are of a character appropriate to the property.

(3)For the purposes of this Chapter the agricultural value of any agricultural property shall be taken to be the value which would be the value of the property if the property were subject to a perpetual covenant prohibiting its use otherwise than as agricultural property F532....

(4)For the purposes of this Chapter the breeding and rearing of horses on a stud farm and the grazing of horses in connection with those activities shall be taken to be agriculture and any buildings used in connection with those activities to be farm buildings.

[F533(5)This Chapter applies to agricultural property only if it is in the United Kingdom.]

Textual Amendments

F532Words in s. 115(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(7) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 (c. 12), s. 11(3)(a)

F533S. 115(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(7) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 (c. 12), s. 11(3)(b)

116 The relief.U.K.

(1)Where the whole or part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to the agricultural value of agricultural property, the whole or that part of the value transferred shall be treated as reduced by the appropriate percentage, but subject to the following provisions of this Chapter.

(2)The appropriate percentage is [F534100 per cent]. if F535...—

(a)the interest of the transferor in the property immediately before the transfer carries the right to vacant possession or the right to obtain it within the next twelve months, or

(b)the transferor has been beneficially entitled to that interest since before 10th March 1981 and the conditions set out in subsection (3) below are satisfied; [F536or

(c)the interest of the transferor in the property immediately before the transfer does not carry either of the rights mentioned in paragraph (a) above because the property is let on a tenancy beginning on or after 1st September 1995;]

and, subject to subsection (4) below, it is [F53750 per cent]. in any other case.

F538(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)The conditions referred to in subsection (2)(b) above are—

(a)that if the transferor had disposed of his interest by a transfer of value immediately before 10th March 1981 and duly made a claim under paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the M25Finance Act 1975, the value transferred would have been computed in accordance with paragraph 2 of that Schedule and relief would not have been limited by paragraph 5 of that Schedule (restriction to £250,000 or one thousand acres); and

(b)that the transferor’s interest did not at any time during the period beginning with 10th March 1981 and ending with the date of the transfer carry a right mentioned in subsection (2)(a) above, and did not fail to do so by reason of any act or deliberate omission of the transferor during that period.

(4)Where the appropriate percentage would be [F534100 per cent]. but for a limitation on relief that would have been imposed (as mentioned in subsection (3)(a) above) by paragraph 5 of Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 1975, the appropriate percentage shall be [F534100 per cent]. in relation to a part of the value transferred equal to the amount which would have attracted relief under that Schedule and [F53750 per cent]. in relation to the remainder.

(5)In determining for the purposes of subsections (3)(a) and (4) above whether or to what extent relief under Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 1975 would have been limited by paragraph 5 of that Schedule, that paragraph shall be construed as if references to relief given under that Schedule in respect of previous chargeable transfers included references to—

(a)relief given under this Chapter by virtue of subsection (2)(b) or (4) above, and

(b)relief given under Schedule 14 to the M26Finance Act 1981 by virtue of paragraph 2(2)(b) or (4) of that Schedule,

in respect of previous chargeable transfers made on or after 10th March 1981.

[F539(5A)Where, in consequence of the death on or after 1st September 1995 of the tenant or, as the case may be, the last surviving tenant of any property, the tenancy—

(a)becomes vested in a person, as a result of his being a person beneficially entitled under the deceased tenant’s will or other testamentary writing or on his intestacy, and

(b)is or becomes binding on the landlord and that person as landlord and tenant respectively,

subsection (2)(c) above shall have effect as if the tenancy so vested had been a tenancy beginning on the date of the death.

(5B)Where in consequence of the death on or after 1st September 1995 of the tenant or, as the case may be, the last surviving tenant of any property, a tenancy of the property or of any property comprising the whole or part of it—

(a)is obtained by a person under or by virtue of an enactment, or

(b)is granted to a person in circumstances such that he is already entitled under or by virtue of an enactment to obtain such a tenancy, but one which takes effect on a later date, or

(c)is granted to a person who is or has become the only or only remaining applicant, or the only or only remaining person eligible to apply, under a particular enactment for such a tenancy in the particular case,

subsection (2)(c) above shall have effect as if the tenancy so obtained or granted had been a tenancy beginning on the date of the death.

(5C)Subsection (5B) above does not apply in relation to property situate in Scotland.

(5D)If, in a case where the transferor dies on or after 1st September 1995,—

(a)the tenant of any property has, before the death, given notice of intention to retire in favour of a new tenant, and

(b)the tenant’s retirement in favour of the new tenant takes place after the death but not more than thirty months after the giving of the notice,

subsection (2)(c) above shall have effect as if the tenancy granted or assigned to the new tenant had been a tenancy beginning immediately before the transfer of value which the transferor is treated by section 4(1) above as making immediately before his death.

(5E)In subsection (5D) above and this subsection—

“the new tenant” means—
(a)
the person or persons identified in a notice of intention to retire in favour of a new tenant as the person or persons who it is desired should become the tenant of the property to which that notice relates; or
(b)
the survivor or survivors of the persons so identified, whether alone or with any other person or persons;
“notice of intention to retire in favour of a new tenant” means, in the case of any property, a notice or other written intimation given to the landlord by the tenant, or (in the case of a joint tenancy or tenancy in common) all of the tenants, of the property indicating, in whatever terms, his or their wish that one or more persons identified in the notice or intimation should become the tenant of the property;
“the retiring tenant’s tenancy” means the tenancy of the person or persons giving the notice of intention to retire in favour of a new tenant;
“the tenant’s retirement in favour of the new tenant” means—
(a)
the assignment, or (in Scotland) assignation, of the retiring tenant’s tenancy to the new tenant in circumstances such that the tenancy is or becomes binding on the landlord and the new tenant as landlord and tenant respectively; or
(b)
the grant of a tenancy of the property which is the subject of the retiring tenant’s tenancy, or of any property comprising the whole or part of that property, to the new tenant and the acceptance of that tenancy by him;
and, except in Scotland, “grant” and “acceptance” in paragraph (b) above respectively include the deemed grant, and the deemed acceptance, of a tenancy under or by virtue of any enactment.]

(6)For the purposes of this Chapter the interest of one of two or more joint tenants or tenants in common (or, in Scotland, joint owners or owners in common) shall be taken to carry a right referred to in subsection (2)(a) above if the interests of all of them together carry that right.

(7)For the purposes of this section, the value transferred by a transfer of value shall be calculated as a value on which no tax is chargeable.

F540(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F534Words in s. 116(2)(4) substituted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 4(a), 8, 9.

F535Word in s. 116(2) repealed (1.5.1995 with effect in relation to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 1.9.1995) by 1995 c. 4, ss. 155(1)(3), 162, Sch. 29 Pt. XI

F536S. 116(2)(c) and word inserted (1.5.1995 with effect in relation to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 1.9.1995) by 1995 c. 4, s. 155(1)(3)

F537Words in s. 116(2)(4) substituted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 4(b), 8, 9.

F538S. 116(2A) repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 185(6) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, ss. 185(3), 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VI note 2

F539S. 116(5A)-(5E) inserted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 185(5) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 185(2)

F540S. 116(8) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(7) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 (c. 12), s. 11(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C43S. 116 excluded (1.11.2004 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Estates) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2543), reg. 4(7)

C44Ss. 104, 116 excluded (6.4.2008) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Transfers and Excepted Terminations) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/605), reg. 4(4)

Ss. 104, 116 excluded (6.4.2008) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Transfers and Excepted Terminations) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/605), reg. 5(5)

Marginal Citations

M251975 c.7.

M261981 c.35.

117 Minimum period of occupation or ownership.U.K.

Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter, section 116 above does not apply to any agricultural property unless—

(a)it was occupied by the transferor for the purposes of agriculture throughout the period of two years ending with the date of the transfer, or

(b)it was owned by him throughout the period of seven years ending with that date and was throughout that period occupied (by him or another) for the purposes of agriculture.

118 Replacements.U.K.

(1)Where the agricultural property occupied by the transferor on the date of the transfer replaced other agricultural property, the condition stated in section 117(a) above shall be treated as satisfied if it, the other property and any agricultural property directly or indirectly replaced by the other property were occupied by the transferor for the purposes of agriculture for periods which together comprised at least two years falling within the five years ending with that date.

(2)Where the agricultural property owned by the transferor on the date of the transfer replaced other agricultural property, the condition stated in section 117(b) above shall be treated as satisfied if it, the other property and any agricultural property directly or indirectly replaced by the other property were, for periods which together comprised at least seven years falling within the ten years ending with that date, both owned by the transferor and occupied (by him or another) for the purposes of agriculture.

(3)In a case falling within subsection (1) or (2) above relief under this Chapter shall not exceed what it would have been had the replacement or any one or more of the replacements not been made.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) above changes resulting from the formation, alteration or dissolution of a partnership shall be disregarded.

119 Occupation by company or partnership.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of sections 117 and 118 above, occupation by a company which is controlled by the transferor shall be treated as occupation by the transferor.

(2)For the purposes of sections 117 and 118 above, occupation of any property by a Scottish partnership shall, notwithstanding section 4(2) of the M27Partnership Act 1890, be treated as occupation of it by the partners.

Marginal Citations

M271890 c.39.

120 Successions.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of section 117 above, where the transferor became entitled to any property on the death another person—

(a)he shall be deemed to have owned it (and, if he subsequently occupies it, to have occupied it) from the date of the death, and

(b)if that other person was his spouse [F541or civil partner] he shall also be deemed to have occupied it for the purposes of agriculture for any period for which it was so occupied by his spouse [F541or civil partner] , and to have owned it for any period for which his spouse [F541or civil partner] owned it.

(2)Where the transferor became entitled to his interest on the death of his spouse [F541or civil partner] on or after 10th March 1981—

(a)he shall for the purposes of section 116(2)(b) above be deemed to have been beneficially entitled to it for any period for which his spouse [F541or civil partner]was beneficially entitled to it;

(b)the condition set out in section 116(3)(a) shall be taken to be satisfied if and only if it is satisfied in relation to his spouse [F541or civil partner]; and

(c)the condition set out in section 116(3)(b) shall be taken to be satisfied only if it is satisfied both in relation to him and in relation to his spouse [F541or civil partner].

Textual Amendments

F541Words in s. 120(1)(b)(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 22

121 Successive transfers.U.K.

(1)Where—

(b)the whole or part of the property which, in relation to the earlier transfer, was or would have been eligible for relief became, through the earlier transfer, the property of the person (or of the spouse [F542or civil partner] of the person) who is the tranferor in relation to a subsequent transfer of value and is at the time of the subsequent transfer occupied for the purposes of agriculture either by that person or by the personal representative of the transferor in relation to the earlier transfer, and

(c)that property or part or any property directly or indirectly replacing it would (apart from section 117 above) have been eligible for relief in relation to the subsequent transfer of value, and

(d)either the earlier transfer was, or the subsequent transfer of value is, a transfer made on the death of the transferor,

the property which would have been eligible for relief but for section 117 above shall be eligible for relief notwithstanding that section.

(2)Where the property which, by virtue of subsection (1) above, is eligible for relief replaced the property or part referred to in paragraph (c) of that subsection, relief under this Chapter shall not exceed what it would have been had the replacement or any one or more of the replacements not been made, but section 118(4) above shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as it applies for the purposes of section 118(3).

(3)Where, under the earlier transfer the amount of the value transferred which was attributable to the property or part referred to in subsection (1)(c) above was part only of its value, a like part only of the value which (apart from this subsection) would fall to be reduced under this Chapter by virtue of this section shall be so reduced.

Textual Amendments

F542Words in s. 121(1)(b) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 23

122 Agricultural property of companies.U.K.

(1)Where the whole or part of the value transferred is attributable to the value of shares in or securities of a company it shall be taken for the purposes of this Chapter to be attributable (so far as appropriate) to the agricultural value of agricultural property if and only if—

(a)the agricultural property forms part of the company’s assets and part of the value of the shares or securities can be attributed to the agricultural value of the agricultural property, and

(b)the shares or securities gave the transferor control of the company immediately before the transfer.

(2)Shares or securities shall not be regarded for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above as giving the transferor control of a company if—

(a)they would not have been sufficient, without other property, to give him control of the company immediately before the transfer, and

(b)their value is taken by virtue of section 176 below to be less than the value previously determined.

(3)Where subsection (1) above applies—

(a)the references in section 116(2)(a) and (3)(b) above to the transferor’s interest shall be construed as references to the company’s interest, and

(b)section 123(1) below shall apply instead of section 117 above.

123 Provisions supplementary to section 122.U.K.

(1)Section 116 above shall not apply by virtue of section 122(1) above unless—

(a)the agricultural property—

(i)was occupied by the company for the purposes of agriculture throughout the period of two years ending with the date of the transfer, or

(ii)was owned by the company throughout the period of seven years ending with that date and was throughout that period occupied (by the company or another) for the purposes of agriculture, and

(b)the shares or securities were owned by the transferor—

(i)in a case within paragraph (a)(i) above, throughout the period there mentioned, or

(ii)in a case within paragraph (a)(ii) above, throughout the period there mentioned.

(2)Subsections (1) and (2) of section 118 above shall apply in relation to the conditions stated in subsection (1)(a) above as they apply in relation to the conditions stated in section 117 taking references to the transferor as references to the company.

(3)Where the shares or securities owned by the transferor on the date of the transfer replaced other eligible property (that is to say, agricultural property or shares or securities the value of which is wholly or partly attributable to the value of such property) the condition stated in subsection (1)(b) above shall be treated as satisfied if the shares or securities, the other eligible property which they replaced and any eligible property directly or indirectly replaced by the other eligible property were owned by the transferor for periods which together comprised—

(a)in a case within subsection (1)(a)(i) above, at least two years falling within the five years ending with that date, or

(b)in a case within subsection (1)(a)(ii) above, at least seven years falling within the ten years ending with that date.

(4)Subsections (3) and (4) of section 118 above shall have effect in relation to a case falling within subsections (2) and (3) above as they have effect in relation to a case falling within subsections (1) and (2) of that section.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, a company shall be treated as having occupied the agricultural property at any time when it was occupied by a person who subsequently controls the company.

124 Contracts for sale.U.K.

(1)Section 116 above shall not apply to agricultural property if at the time of the transfer the transferor has entered into a binding contract for its sale, except where the sale is to a company and is made wholly or mainly in consideration of shares in or securities of the company which will give the transferor control of the company.

(2)Section 116 above shall not apply by virtue of section 122(1) above if at the time of the transfer the transferor has entered into a binding contract for the sale of the shares or securities concerned, except where the sale is made for the purpose of reconstruction or amalgamation.

[F543124A Transfers within seven years before death of transferor.U.K.

(2)Where—

(a)any part of the value transferred by any chargeable transfer, other than a potentially exempt transfer, is reduced in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Chapter, and

(b)the transfer is made within seven years of the death of the transferor,

then, unless the conditions in subsection (3) below are satisfied, the additional tax chargeable by reason of the death shall be calculated as if the value transferred had not been so reduced.

(3)The conditions referred to in subsections (1) and (2) above are—

(a)that the original property was owned by the transferee throughout the period beginning with the date of the chargeable transfer and ending with the death of the transferor (in this subsection referred to as “the relevant period”) and it is not at the time of the death subject to a binding contract for sale; and

(b)except in a case falling within paragraph (c) below, that the original property is agricultural property immediately before the death and has been occupied (by the transferee or another) for the purposes of agriculture throughout the relevant period; and

(c)where the original property consists of shares in or securities of a company, that throughout the relevant period the agricultural property to which section 116 above applied by virtue of section 122(1) above on the chargeable transfer was owned by the company and occupied (by the company or another) for the purposes of agriculture.

(4)If the transferee has died before the transferor, the reference in subsection (3) above to the death of the transferor shall have effect as a reference to the death of the transferee.

(5)If the conditions in subsection (3) above are satisfied only with respect to part of the original property, then,—

(6)Where any shares owned by the transferee immediately before the death in question—

(a)would under any of the provisions of sections [F544126 to 136 of the 1992 Act] be identified with the original property (or part of it), or

(b)were issued to him in consideration of the transfer of agricultural property consisting of the original property (or part of it),

[F545his period of ownership of the original property shall be treated as including his period of ownership of the shares.]

(7)This section has effect subject to section 124B below.

[F546(7A)The provisions of this Chapter for the reduction of value transferred shall be disregarded in any determination for the purposes of this section of whether there is a potentially exempt or chargeable transfer in any case.]

(8)In this section—

“the original property” means the property which, in relation to the chargeable transfer referred to in subsection (1) or subsection (2) above, was either agricultural property to which section 116 above applied or shares or securities of a company owning agricultural property to which that section applied by virtue of section 122(1) above; and
“the transferee” means the person whose property the original property became on that chargeable transfer or, where on the transfer the original property became or remained settled property in which no qualifying interest in possession (within the meaning of Chapter III of Part III of this Act) subsists, the trustees of the settlement.]

Textual Amendments

F543Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 22,with respect to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 18March 1986.

F544Words in s. 124A(6) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(5) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F545Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 9,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“they shall be treated for the purposes of this section as if they were the original property (or that part of it)”.

F546S. 124A(7A) inserted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to any transfer of value on or after 28.11.1995) by 1996 c. 8, s. 185(4)(7)

[F547124B Application of section 124A to replacement property.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, this section applies where—

(a)the transferee has disposed of all or part of the original property before the death of the transferor; and

(b)the whole of the consideration received by him for the disposal has been applied by him in acquiring other property (in this section referred to as “the replacement property”).

(2)This section does not apply unless—

(a)the replacement property is acquired, or a binding contract for its acquisition is entered into, within [F548the allowed period] after the disposal of the original property (or, as the case may be, the part concerned); and

(b)the disposal and acquisition are both made in transactions at arm’s length or on terms such as might be expected to be included in a transaction at arm’s length.

(3)Where this section applies, the conditions in section 124A(3) above shall be taken to be satisfied in relation to the original property (or, as the case may be, the part concerned) if—

(a)the replacement property is owned by the transferee immediately before the death of the transferor and is not at that time subject to a binding contract for sale; and

(b)throughout the period beginning with the date of the chargeable transfer and ending with the disposal, the original property was owned by the transferee and occupied (by the transferee or another) for the purposes of agriculture; and

(c)throughout the period beginning with the date when the transferee acquired the replacement property and ending with the death, the replacement property was owned by the transferee and occupied (by the transferee or another) for the purposes of agriculture; and

(d)the replacement property is agricultural property immediately before the death.

(4)If the transferee has died before the transferor, any reference in subsections (1) to (3) above to the death of the transferor shall have effect as a reference to the death of the transferee.

(5)In any case where—

(a)all or part of the original property has been disposed of before the death of the transferor or is subject to a binding contract for sale at the time of the death, and

(b)the replacement property is acquired, or a binding contract for its acquisition is entered into, after the death of the transferor but within [F548the allowed period] after the disposal of the original property or part, and

(c)the transferor dies before the transferee,

subsection (3) above shall have effect with the omission of paragraphs (a) and (c), and as if any reference to a time immediately before the death of the transferor were a reference to the time when the replacement property is acquired.

(6)Section 124A(6) above shall have effect in relation to the replacement property as it has effect in relation to the original property.

(8)In this section “the original property” and “the transferee” have the same meaning as in section 124A above [F549and “allowed period” means the period of three years or such longer period as the Board may allow].]

Textual Amendments

F547Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 22,with respect to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 18March 1986.

F548Words in s. 124B(2)(a)(5)(b) substituted (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 30.11.1993) by 1994 c. 9, s. 247(2)(a)(3)

F549Words in s. 124B(8) added (3.5.1994 with effect in relation to transfers of value made, and other events occurring, on or after 30.11.1993) by 1994 c. 9, s. 247(2)(b)(3)

[F550124C Land in habitat schemes.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Chapter, where any land is in a habitat scheme—

(a)the land shall be regarded as agricultural land;

(b)the management of the land in accordance with the requirements of the scheme shall be regarded as agriculture; and

(c)buildings used in connection with such management shall be regarded as farm buildings.

(2)For the purposes of this section land is in a habitat scheme at any time if—

(a)an application for aid under one of the enactments listed in subsection (3) below has been accepted in respect of the land; and

(b)the undertakings to which the acceptance relates have neither been terminated by the expiry of the period to which they relate nor been treated as terminated.

(3)Those enactments are—

(a)regulation 3(1) of the M28Habitat (Water Fringe) Regulations 1994;

(b)the M29Habitat (Former Set-Aside Land) Regulations 1994;

(c)the M30Habitat (Salt-Marsh) Regulations 1994;

(d)the M31Habitats (Scotland) Regulations 1994, if undertakings in respect of the land have been given under regulation 3(2)(a) of those Regulations;

(e)the M32Habitat Improvement Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995, if an undertaking in respect of the land has been given under regulation 3(1)(a) of those Regulations.

(4)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument amend the list of enactments in subsection (3) above.

(5)The power to make an order under subsection (4) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

(6)This section has effect—

(a)in relation to any transfer of value made on or after 26th November 1996; and

(b)in relation to transfers of value made before that date, for the purposes of any charge to tax, or to extra tax, which arises by reason of an event occurring on or after 26th November 1996.]

Textual Amendments

F550S. 124C inserted (19.3.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 94

Marginal Citations

M28S.I. 1994/1291.

M29S.I. 1994/1292.

M30S.I. 1994/1293.

M31S.I. 1994/2710 (S.138).

M32S.R. (N.I.) 1995 No.134.

CHAPTER IIIU.K. WOODLANDS

125 The relief.U.K.

(1)This section applies where—

(a)part of the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death is attributable to the value of land [F551in the United Kingdom] F552... on which trees or underwood are growing but which is not agricultural property within the meaning of Chapter II of this Part of this Act, and

(b)either he was beneficially entitled to the land throughout the five years immediately preceding his death, or he became beneficially entitled to it otherwise than for a consideration in money or money’s worth.

F553(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)Where this section applies and the person liable for the whole or part of the tax so elects—

(a)the value of the trees or underwood shall be left out of account in determining the value transferred on the death, but

(b)tax shall be charged in the circumstances mentioned in section 126 below.

(3)An election under this section must be made by notice in writing to the Board within two years of the death or such longer time as the Board may allow.

Textual Amendments

F551Words in s. 125(1)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(7) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 (c. 12), s. 11(5)(a)

F552Words in s. 125(1)(a) omitted (with effect as mentioned in s. 122(7)-(9) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 122(5)

F553S. 125(1A) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(7) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2024 (c. 12), s. 11(5)(b)

126 Charge to tax on disposal of trees or underwood.U.K.

(1)Where under section 125 above the value of any trees or underwood has been left out of account in determining the value transferred on the death of any person, and the whole or any part of the trees or underwood is disposed of (whether together with or apart from the land on which they were growing) then, if the disposal occurs before any part of the value transferred on the death of any other person is attributable to the value of that land, tax shall be charged in accordance with sections 127 and 128 below.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a disposal made by any person to his spouse [F554or civil partner] .

(3)Where tax has been charged under this section on the disposal of any trees or underwood tax shall not again be charged in relation to the same death on a further disposal of the same trees or underwood.

Textual Amendments

F554Words in s. 126(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), reg. 1(1), 24

127 Amount subject to charge.U.K.

(1)The amount on which tax is charged under section 126 above on a disposal of trees or underwood shall be—

(a)if the disposal is a sale for full consideration in money or money’s worth, an amount equal to the net proceeds of the sale, and

(b)in any other case, an amount equal to the net value of the trees or underwood at the time of the disposal.

(2)Where, if the value of the trees or underwood had not been left out of account in determining the value transferred on the death of the person in question—

(a)it would have been taken into account in determining the value of any relevant business property for the purposes of relief under Chapter I of this Part of this Act in relation to the transfer of value made on his death, or

(b)it would have been so taken into account if this Act had then been in force,

the amount on which tax is charged under section 126 above shall be reduced by 50 per cent.

128 Rate of charge.U.K.

[F555(1)]Tax charged under section 126 above on an amount determined under section 127 above shall be charged at the rate or rates at which it would have been charged on the death first mentioned in section 126 if—

(a)that amount, and any amount on which tax was previously charged under section 126 in relation to that death, had been included in the value transferred on death, and

(b)the amount on which the tax is charged had formed the highest part of that value.

[F556(2)In determining for the purposes of subsection (1) the rate or rates at which tax would have been charged on the amount determined under section 127, the effect of Schedule 1A (if it would have applied) is to be disregarded.]

Textual Amendments

F555S. 128(1) renumbered (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 6(a)

F556S. 128(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 6(b)

129 Credit for tax charged.U.K.

Where a disposal on which tax is chargeable under section 126 above is a chargeable transfer, the value transferred by it shall be calculated as if the value of the trees or underwood had been reduced by the tax chargeable under that section.

130 Interpretation.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter—

(a)references to the value transferred on a death are references to the value transferred by the chargeable transfer made on that death;

(b)references to the net proceeds of sale or the net value of any trees or underwood are references to the proceeds of sale or value after deduction of any expenses allowable under this Chapter so far as those expenses are not allowable for the purposes of income tax; and

(c)references to the disposal of any trees or underwood include references to the disposal of any interest in the trees or underwood (and references to a disposal of the same trees or underwood shall, where the case so requires, be construed as referring to a disposal of the same interest).

(2)The expenses allowable under this Chapter are, in relation to any trees or underwood the value of which has been left out of account on any death,—

(a)the expenses incurred in disposing of the trees or underwood; and

(b)the expenses incurred in replanting within three years of a disposal (or such longer time as the Board may allow) to replace the trees or underwood disposed of; and

(c)the expenses incurred in replanting to replace trees or underwood previously disposed of, so far as not allowable on the previous disposal.

CHAPTER IVU.K. TRANSFERS WITHIN THREE YEARS BEFORE DEATH

131 The relief.U.K.

(1)Subject to section 132 below, this section applies where [F557because of the transferor’s death within seven years of the transfer, tax becomes chargeable in respect of the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer or (by virtue of section 7(4) above) additional tax becomes chargeable in respect of the value transferred by any other chargeable transfer and (in either case)] all or part of the value transferred is attributable to the value of property (“the transferred property”) which—

(a)is, at the date of the death, the property of the person (“the transferee”) whose property it became on the transfer or of his spouse [F558or civil partner] , or

(b)has, before that date, been sold by the transferee or his spouse [F558or civil partner] by a qualifying sale;

and in the following provisions of this section “the relevant date” means, in a case within paragraph (a) above, the date of the death, and in a case within paragraph (b), the date of the qualifying sale.

(2)If—

(a)the market value of the transferred property at the time of the chargeable transfer exceeds its market value on the relevant date, and

(b)a claim is made by a person liable to pay the whole or part of [F559the tax or, as the case may be, additional tax],

[F559the tax or, as the case may be, additional tax] shall be calculated as if the value transferred were reduced by the amount of the excess.

[F560(2ZA)A claim under subsection (2)(b) must be made not more than 4 years after the transferor's death.]

[F561(2A)Where so much of the value transferred as is attributable to the value, or agricultural value, of the transferred property is reduced by any percentage (in this subsection referred to as “the appropriate percentage”), in accordance with Chapter I or Chapter II of this Part of this Act, references in subsection (2) above to the market value of the transferred property at any time shall have effect—

(a)in a case within Chapter I, as references to that market value reduced by the appropriate percentage; and

(b)in a case within Chapter II, as references to that market value less the appropriate percentage of the agricultural value of the transferred property at that time.]

(3)A sale is a qualifying sale for the purposes of this section if—

(a)it is at arm’s length for a price freely negotiated at the time of the sale, and

(b)no person concerned as vendor (or as having an interest in the proceeds of the sale) is the same as or connected with any person concerned as purchaser (or as having an interest in the purchase), and

(c)no provision is made, in or in connection with the agreement for the sale, that the vendor (or any person having an interest in the proceeds of sale) is to have any right to acquire some or all of the property sold or some interest in or created out of it.

Textual Amendments

F557Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 23(1),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“(by virtue of section 7(2) above) additional tax becomes chargeable in respect of the value transferred by a chargeable transfer because of the transferor's death within three years of the transfer and”.

F558Words in s. 131(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 25

F559Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 23(2),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“the additional tax”.

F560S. 131(2ZA) inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 6; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

F561Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 23(3),with effect from 18March 1986.

132 Wasting assets.U.K.

(1)Section 131 above shall not apply if the transferred property is tangible movable property that is a wasting asset.

(2)The transferred property is a wasting asset for the purposes of this section if, immediately before the chargeable transfer, it had a predictable useful life not exceeding fifty years, having regard to the purpose for which it was held by the transferor; and plant and machinery shall in every case be regarded as having a predictable useful life of less than fifty years.

133 Shares—capital receipts.U.K.

(1)If the transferred property consists of shares and at any time before the relevant date the transferee or his spouse [F562or civil partner] becomes entitled to a capital payment is respect of them, then for the purposes of section 131 above the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date shall (except where apart from this section it reflects a right to the payment) be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the payment.

(2)If at any time before the relevant date the transferee or his spouse [F562or civil partner] receives or becomes entitled to receive in respect of the transferred property a provisional allotment of shares and disposes of the rights, the amount of the consideration for the disposal shall be treated for the purposes of this section as a capital payment in respect of the transferred property.

(3)In this section “capital payment” means any money or money’s worth which does not constitute income for the purposes of income tax.

Textual Amendments

F562Words in s. 133(1)(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 26

134 Payments of calls.U.K.

If the transferred property consists of shares and at any time before the relevant date the transferee or his spouse [F563or civil partner] becomes liable to make a payment in pursuance of a call in respect of them, then for the purposes of section 131 above the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date shall (except where apart from this section it reflects the liability) be taken to be reduced by an amount equal to the payment.

Textual Amendments

F563Words in s. 134 inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 27

135 Reorganisation of share capital, etc.U.K.

(1)This section has effect where the transferred property consists of shares in relation to which there occurs before the relevant date a transaction to which [F564127 of the 1992 Act] applies or would apply but for section [F565134] of that Act, that is to say—

(a)a reorganisation within the meaning of section [F565126(1)] of that Act,

(b)the conversion of securities within the meaning of section [F565132] of that Act,

(c)the issue by a company of shares in exchange for shares in another company in such circumstances that section [F565135] of that Act applies, or

(d)the issue by a company of shares under such an arrangement as is referred to in section [F565136]of that Act,

or any transaction relating to a unit trust scheme which corresponds to any of the transactions referred to in paragraph (a) to (d) above and to which section [F565127] of that Act applies by virtue of section [F56599] of that Act.

(2)In the following provisions of this section “the original shares” and “the new holding” shall be construed in accordance with section [F565126(1)].

(3)Where this section has effect the original shares and the new holding shall be treated as the same property for the purposes of this Chapter.

(4)Where this section has effect and, as part of or in connection with the transaction concerned, the transferee or his spouse [F566or civil partner] becomes liable to give any consideration for the new holding or any part of it, then for the purposes of section 131 above the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date shall (except where apart from this section it reflects the liability) be taken to be reduced by an amount equal to that consideration.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) above, there shall not be treated as consideration given for the new holding or any part of it—

(a)any surrender, cancellation or other alteration of any of the original shares or of the rights attached thereto, or

(b)any consideration consisting of any application, in paying up the new holding or any part of it, of assets of the company concerned or of any dividend or other distribution declared out of those assets but not made.

Textual Amendments

F564S. 135: "127 of the 1992 Act" substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) for "section 78 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979" by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(6) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F565Words in s. 135 substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(6) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F566Words in s. 135(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 28

136 Transactions of close companies.U.K.

(1)This section applies where the transferred property consists of shares in a close company and at any time after the chargeable transfer and before the relevant date there is a relevant transaction in relation to the shares; and for this purpose “relevant transaction” means a transaction which is—

(a)the making of a transfer of value by the company, or

(b)an alteration in so much of the company’s share or loan capital as does not consist of [F567quoted shares] or an alteration in any rights attaching to [F568unquoted shares in or unquoted debentures of the company],

but which does not give rise to an adjustment, under any of the preceding sections of this Chapter, in the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date.

(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, where this section applies the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date shall for the purposes of section 131 above be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the difference between—

(a)the market value of the transferred property at the time of the chargeable transfer, and

(b)what that value would have been if the relevant transaction had occurred before rather than after that time.

(3)Where the relevant transaction is the making by the company of a transfer of value by which the value of the estate of the person who made the chargeable transfer or, if his spouse [F569or civil partner] is domiciled in the United Kingdom, his spouse [F569or civil partner] is increased by any amount, the increase provided for by subsection (2) above shall be reduced by that amount.

(4)Where the market value of the transferred property at the time of the chargeable transfer is less than it would have been as mentioned in subsection (2) above, that subsection shall apply as if, instead of providing for an increase, it provided for the market value on the relevant date to be reduced to what it would have been if the relevant transaction had not occurred.

Textual Amendments

F567Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 10,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

F568Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 10,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares in or debentures of the company which are not so quoted”.

F569Words in s. 136(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 29

137 Interests in land.U.K.

(1)Where the transferred property is an interest in land in relation to which the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) below are not satisfied, then, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date shall for the purposes of section 131 above be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the difference between—

(a)the market value of the interest at the time of the chargeable transfer, and

(b)what that market value would have been if the circumstances prevailing on the relevant date and by reason of which the conditions are not satisfied had prevailed at the time of the chargeable transfer.

(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a)that the interest was the same in all respects and with the same incidents at the time of the chargeable transfer and on the relevant date, and

(b)that the land in which the interest subsists was in the same state and with the same incidents at the time of the chargeable transfer and on the relevant date.

(3)If after the date of the chargeable transfer but before the relevant date compensation becomes payable under any enactment to the transferee or his spouse [F570or civil partner]—

(a)because of the imposition of a restriction on the use or development of the land in which the interest subsists, or

(b)because the value of the interest is reduced for any other reason,

the imposition of the restriction or the other cause of the reduction in value shall be ignored for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above, but the market value of the interest on the relevant date shall be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the amount of the compensation.

(4)Where the market value of the interest at the time of the chargeable transfer is less than it would have been as mentioned in subsection (1) above, that subsection shall apply as if, instead of providing for an increase, it provided for the market value on the relevant date to be reduced to what it would have been if the change in circumstances by reason of which the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) above are not satisfied had not occurred.

Textual Amendments

F570Words in s. 137(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 30

138 Leases.U.K.

(1)Where the transferred property is the interest of a lessee under a lease the duration of which at the time of the chargeable transfer does not exceed fifty years, then for the purposes of section 131 above the market value of the interest on the relevant date shall be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the appropriate fraction of the market value of the interest at the time of the chargeable transfer.

(2)In subsection (1) above, “the appropriate fraction” means the fraction—

where

P(1) is the percentage that would be derived from the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule [F5718 to the 1992 Act]for the duration of the lease at the time of the chargeable transfer, and
P(2) is the percentage that would be so derived for the duration of the lease on the relevant date.

Textual Amendments

F571Words in s. 138 substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(7) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

139 Other property.U.K.

(1)Where the transferred property is neither shares nor an interest in land and the condition mentioned in subsection (2) below is not satisfied in relation to it, then, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, the market value of the property on the relevant date shall for the purposes of section 131 above be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the difference between—

(a)the market value of the property at the time of the chargeable transfer, and

(b)what that value would have been if the circumstances prevailing at the relevant date and by reason of which the condition is not satisfied had prevailed at the time of the chargeable transfer.

(2)The condition referred to in subsection (1) above is that the transferred property was the same in all respects at the time of the chargeable transfer and on the relevant date.

(3)Where the market value of the transferred property at the time of the chargeable transfer is less than it would have been as mentioned in subsection (1) above, that subsection shall apply as if, instead of providing for an increase, it provided for the market value on the relevant date to be reduced to what it would have been if the property had remained the same in all respects as it was at the time of the chargeable transfer.

(4)Where the transferred property is neither shares nor an interest in land and during the period between the time of the chargeable transfer and the relevant date benefits in money or money’s worth are derived form it which exceed a reasonable return on its market value at the time of the chargeable transfer, then—

(a)any effect of the benefits on the transferred property shall be ignored for the purposes of the preceding provisions of this section, but

(b)the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date shall be taken for the purposes of section 131 above to be increased by an amount equal to the said excess.

140 Interpretation.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter—

“close company” has the same meaning as in Part IV of this Act;
“interest in land” does not include any estate, interest or right by way of mortgage or other security;
“shares” includes securities;

and “the relevant date”, “the transferee” and “the transferred property” shall be construed in accordance with section 131(1) above.

(2)For the purposes of this Chapter the market value at any time of any property is the price which the property might reasonably be expected to fetch if sold in the open market at that time; but—

(a)that price shall not be assumed to be reduced on the ground that the whole property is on the market at one and the same time, and

(b)in the case of [F572unquoted shares], it shall be assumed that in that market there is available to any prospective purchaser of the shares all the information which a prudent prospective purchaser might reasonably require if he were proposing to purchase them from a willing vendor by private treaty and at arm’s length.

Textual Amendments

F572Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 11,with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“shares not quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

CHAPTER VU.K. MISCELLANEOUS

Successive chargesU.K.

141 Two or more transfers within five years.U.K.

(1)Where the value of a person’s estate was increased by a chargeable transfer (“the first transfer”) made not more than five years before—

(a)his death, or

(b)a chargeable transfer which is made by him otherwise than on his death and as to which the conditions specified in subsection (2) below are satisfied,

the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the transfer made on his death or, as the case may be, referred to in paragraph (b) above (“the later transfer”) shall be reduced by an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (3) below.

(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1)(b) above are—

(a)that the value transferred by the later transfer falls to be determined by reference to the value of settled property in which there subsists an interest in possession to which the transferor is entitled;

(b)that the value transferred by the first transfer also fell to be determined by reference to the value of that property; and

(c)that the first transfer either was or included the making of the settlement or was made after the making of the settlement.

(3)The amount referred to in subsection (1) above is a percentage of the tax charged on so much of the value transferred by the first transfer as is attributable to the increase mentioned in that subsection; and the percentage is—

(a)100 per cent. if the period beginning with the date of the first transfer and ending with the date of the later does not exceed one year;

(b)80 per cent. if it exceeds one year but does not exceed two years;

(d)40 per cent. if it exceeds three years but does not exceed four years; and

(e)20 per cent. if it exceeds four years.

(4)Where in relation to the first transfer there is more than one later transfer, the reduction provided for by this section shall be given only in respect of the earliest of them, unless the reduction represents less than the whole of the tax charged as mentioned in subsection (3) above; and in that case a reduction may be made in respect of subsequent transfers (in chronological order) until reductions representing the whole of that tax have been made.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (4) above, a reduction made in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (3) above represents an equivalent amount of tax, a reduction made in accordance with paragraph (b) represents the amount of tax of which it is 80 per cent., and so on.

(6)In determining for the purposes of this section whether or to what extent the value of the transferor’s estate was increased by a chargeable transfer, there shall be disregarded any excluded property consisting of a reversionary interest to which he became entitled on the occasion of or before the chargeable transfer.

(7)Where—

(a)the value of the transferor’s estate was increased in consequence of—

(i)a gift inter vivos, or

(ii)a disposition or determination of a beneficial interest in possession in property comprised in a settlement, and

(b)tax under section 22(5) of the M33Finance Act 1975 was by reason of the gift or interest payable on a subsequent death,

this section shall apply as if the increase had been by the chargeable transfer made on the occasion of the death.

Marginal Citations

M331975 c. 7.

[F573141AApportionment of relief under section 141U.K.

(1)This section applies if any part of the value transferred by the later transfer qualifies for the lower rate of tax in accordance with Schedule 1A.

(2)The amount of the reduction made under section 141(1) is to be apportioned in accordance with this section.

(3)For each qualifying component, the tax chargeable on so much of the value transferred by the later transfer as is attributable to property in that component (“the relevant part of the tax”) is to be reduced by the appropriate proportion of the amount calculated in accordance with section 141(3).

(4)“The appropriate proportion” is a proportion equal to the proportion that—

(a)the relevant part of the tax, bears to

(b)the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the later transfer as a whole.

(5)If parts of an estate are treated under Schedule 1A as a single component, subsection (3) applies to the single component (and not to individual components forming part of the deemed single component).

(6)If, after making the reductions required by subsection (3), there remains any part of the tax chargeable on the value transferred by the later transfer that has not been reduced, the remaining part of the tax is to be reduced by so much of the amount calculated in accordance with section 141(3) as has not been used up for the purposes of making the reductions required by subsection (3).

(7)In this section—

“component” means a component of the estate, as defined in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1A;
“the later transfer” has the meaning given in section 141(1);
“qualifying component” means a component (or deemed single component) for which the donated amount is at least 10% of the baseline amount, as determined in accordance with Schedule 1A.]

Textual Amendments

F573S. 141A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 7

Changes in distribution of deceased’s estate, etc.U.K.

142 Alteration of dispositions taking effect on death.U.K.

(1)Where within the period of two years after a person’s death—

(a)any of the dispositions (whether effected by will, under the law relating to intestacy or otherwise) of the property comprised in his estate immediately before his death are varied, or

(b)the benefit conferred by any of those dispositions is disclaimed,

by an instrument in writing made by the persons or any of the persons who benefit or would benefit under the dispositions, this Act shall apply as if the variation had been effected by the deceased or, as the case may be, the disclaimed benefit had never been conferred.

[F574(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a variation unless the instrument contains a statement, made by all the relevant persons, to the effect that they intend the subsection to apply to the variation.

(2A)For the purposes of subsection (2) above the relevant persons are—

(a)the person or persons making the instrument, and

(b)where the variation results in additional tax being payable, the personal representatives.

Personal representatives may decline to make a statement under subsection (2) above only if no, or no sufficient, assets are held by them in that capacity for discharging the additional tax.]

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a variation or disclaimer made for any consideration in money or money’s worth other than consideration consisting of the making, in respect of another of the dispositions, of a variation or disclaimer to which that subsection applies.

[F575(3A)Subsection (1) does not apply to a variation by virtue of which any property comprised in the estate immediately before the person's death becomes property in relation to which section 23(1) applies unless it is shown that the appropriate person has been notified of the existence of the instrument of variation.

(3B)For the purposes of subsection (3A) “the appropriate person” is—

(a)the charity or registered club to which the property is given, or

(b)if the property is to be held on trust for charitable purposes or for the purposes of registered clubs, the trustees in question.]

(4)Where a variation to which subsection (1) above applies results in property being held in trust for a person for a period which ends not more than two years after the death, this Act shall apply as if the disposition of the property that takes effect at the end of the period had had effect from the beginning of the period; but this subsection shall not affect the application of this Act in relation to any distribution or application of property occurring before that disposition takes effect.

(5)For the purposes of subsection (1) above the property comprised in a person’s estate includes any excluded property but not any property to which he is treated as entitled by virtue of section 49(1) above [F576or section 102 of the Finance Act 1986].

(6)Subsection (1) above applies whether or not the administration of the estate is complete or the property concerned has been distributed in accordance with the original dispositions.

(7)In the application of subsection (4) above to Scotland, property which is subject to a proper liferent shall be deemed to be held in trust for the liferenter.

Textual Amendments

F574S. 142(2)(2A) substituted for s. 142(2) (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 120(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 120(1)(4)

F575S. 142(3A)(3B) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 33 para. 10(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 33 para. 9

F576Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 24,with effect from 18March 1986.

143 Compliance with testator’s request.U.K.

Where a testator expresses a wish that property bequeathed by his will should be transferred by the legatee to other persons, and the legatee transfers any of the property in accordance with that wish within the period of two years after the death of the testator, this Act shall have effect as if the property transferred had been bequeathed by the will to the transferee.

144 Distribution etc. from property settled by will.U.K.

(1)[F577Subsection (2) below applies] where property comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death is settled by his will and, within the period of two years after his death and before any interest in possession has subsisted in the property, there occurs—

(a)an event on which tax would [F578(apart from subsection (2) below)] be chargeable under any provision, other than section 64 or 79, of Chapter III of Part III of this Act, or

(b)an event on which tax would be so chargeable but for section [F57965(4),] 75 [F580, 75A] or 76 above or paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 4 to this Act.

[F581(1A)Where the testator dies on or after 22nd March 2006, subsection (1) above shall have effect as if the reference to any interest in possession were a reference to any interest in possession that is—

(a)an immediate post-death interest, or

(b)a disabled person's interest.]

(2)Where [F582this subsection] applies by virtue of an event within paragraph (a) of subsection (1) above, tax shall not be charged under the provision in question on that event; and in every case in which [F582this subsection] applies in relation to an event, this Act shall have effect as if the will had provided that on the testator’s death the property should be held as it is held after the event.

[F583(3)Subsection (4) below applies where—

(a)a person dies on or after 22nd March 2006,

(b)property comprised in the person's estate immediately before his death is settled by his will, and

(c)within the period of two years after his death, but before an immediate post-death interest or a disabled person's interest has subsisted in the property, there occurs an event that involves causing the property to be held on trusts that would, if they had in fact been established by the testator's will, have resulted in—

(i)an immediate post-death interest subsisting in the property, or

(ii)section 71A or 71D above applying to the property.

(4)Where this subsection applies by virtue of an event—

(a)this Act shall have effect as if the will had provided that on the testator's death the property should be held as it is held after the event, but

(b)tax shall not be charged on that event under any provision of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of this Act.

(5)Subsection (4) above also applies where—

(a)a person dies before 22nd March 2006,

(b)property comprised in the person's estate immediately before his death is settled by his will,

(c)an event occurs—

(i)on or after 22nd March 2006, and

(ii)within the period of two years after the testator's death,

that involves causing the property to be held on trusts within subsection (6) below,

(d)no immediate post-death interest, and no disabled person's interest, subsisted in the property at any time in the period beginning with the testator's death and ending immediately before the event, and

(e)no other interest in possession subsisted in the property at any time in the period beginning with the testator's death and ending immediately before 22nd March 2006.

(6)Trusts are within this subsection if they would, had they in fact been established by the testator's will and had the testator died at the time of the event mentioned in subsection (5)(c) above, have resulted in—

(a)an immediate post-death interest subsisting in the property, or

(b)section 71A or 71D above applying to the property.]

Textual Amendments

F577Words in s. 144(1) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 27(2)(a)

F578Words in s. 144(1)(a) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 27(2)(b)

F579Word in s. 144(1)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 14(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 14(1)

F580Word in s. 144(1)(b) inserted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 37 para. 16(1)(2)

F581S. 144(1A) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 27(3)

F582Words in s. 144(2) substituted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 27(4)

F583S. 144(3)-(6) inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 27(5)

F584145 Redemption of surviving spouse’s or civil partner's life interest.U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F584S. 145 omitted (1.10.2014) by virtue of Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Act 2014 (c. 16), s. 12(2), Sch. 4 para. 4(b) (with s. 12(4)); S.I. 2014/2039, art. 2

146 Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.U.K.

(1)Where an order is made under section 2 of the M34Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 (“the 1975 Act”) in relation to any property forming part of the net estate of a deceased person, then, without prejudice to section 19(1) of that Act, the property shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as if it had on his death devolved subject to the provisions of the order.

(2)Where an order is made under section 10 of the 1975 Act requiring a person to provide any money or other property by reason of a disposition made by the deceased, then—

(a)if that disposition was a chargeable transfer and the personal representatives of the deceased make a claim for the purpose [F585not more than 4 years after the date on which the order is made]—

(i)tax paid or payable on the value transferred by that chargeable transfer (whether or not by the claimants) shall be repaid to them by the Board or, as the case may be, shall not be payable, and

(ii)the rate or rates of tax applicable to the transfer of value made by the deceased on his death shall be determined as if the values previously transferred by chargeable transfers made by him were reduced by that value;

(b)the money or property shall be included in the deceased’s estate for the purpose of the transfer of value made by him on his death.

(3)Where the money or other property ordered to be provided under section 10 of the 1975 Act is less than the maximum permitted by that section, subsection (2)(a) above shall have effect in relation to such part of the value there mentioned as is appropriate.

(4)The adjustment in consequence of the provisions of this section or of section 19(1) of the 1975 Act of the tax payable in respect of the transfer of value made by the deceased on his death shall not affect—

(a)the amount of any deduction to be made under section 8 of that Act in respect of tax borne by the person mentioned in subsection (3) of that section, or

(b)the amount of tax to which regard is to be had under section 9(2) of that Act;

and where a person is ordered under that Act to make a payment or transfer property by reason of his holding property treated as part of the deceased’s net estate under section 8 or 9 and tax borne by him is taken into account for the purposes of the order, any repayment of that tax shall be made to the personal representatives of the deceased and not to that person.

(5)Tax repaid under paragraph (a)(i) of subsection (2) above shall be included in the deceased’s estate for the purposes of the transfer of value made by him on his death; and tax repaid under that paragraph or under subsection (4) above shall form part of the deceased’s net estate for the purposes of the 1975 Act.

(6)Anything which is done in compliance with an order under the 1975 Act or occurs on the coming into force of such an order, and which would (apart from this subsection) consistitute an occasion on which tax is chargeable under any provision, other than section 79, of Chapter III of Part III of this Act, shall not constitute such an occasion; and where an order under the 1975 Act provides for property to be settled or for the variation of a settlement, and (apart from this subsection) tax would be charged under section 52(1) above on the coming into force of the order, section 52(1) shall not apply.

(7)In subsections (2)(a) and (5) above references to tax include references to interest on tax.

(8)Where an order is made staying or dismissing proceedings under the 1975 Act on terms set out in or scheduled to the order, this section shall have effect as if any of those terms which could have been included in an order under section 2 or 10 of that Act were provisions of such an order.

(9)In this section any reference to, or to any provision of, the 1975 Act includes a reference to, or to the corresponding provision of, the M35Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.

Textual Amendments

F585Words in s. 146(2)(a) inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 7; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

Marginal Citations

M341975 c. 63.

M35S.I. 1979/924 (N.I. 8.).

147 Scotland; legitim. [F586etc.]U.K.

(1)Where a testator dies leaving a surviving spouse [F587or civil partner] and a person under the age of 18 entitled to claim legitim[F588 or rights under section 131 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (“section 131 rights”)], and provision is made in his will or other testamentary document for a disposition to his spouse [F587or civil partner] which, if it could take effect, would leave insufficient property in the estate to satisfy the entitlement of that person in respect of legitim [F589or to section 131 rights] , the following provisions of this section shall apply.

(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, tax shall be charged at the testator’s death as if the disposition to the spouse [F590or civil partner] did not include any amount in respect of legitim [F591or section 131 rights] , but if within the period mentioned in subsection (6) below the person or persons concerned renounce their claim to legitim [F591or section 131 rights] , tax shall be repaid to the estate calculated on the basis that the disposition to the spouse [F590or civil partner] did include the amount renounced.

(3)The executors or judicial factor of the testator may, in accordance with the provisions of this section, elect that subsection (2) above shall not apply but that subsection (4) below shall apply.

(4)Tax shall be charged at the testator’s death as if the disposition to the spouse [F592or civil partner] had taken effect, but where the person or persons concerned claim legitim [F593or section 131 rights] within the period mentioned in subsection (6) below, tax shall be charged on the amount so claimed calculated on the basis that the legitim fund had been paid out in full at the testator’s death (excluding any part of the fund renounced before any claim has been made) [F594or on the basis that all section 131 rights had been claimed in full at the testator's death (excluding any rights renounced before any claim has been made)] and the tax chargeable thereon had been apportioned rateably among the persons entitled to claim legitim [F593or section 131 rights](excluding any who have renounced as aforesaid).

(5)Where the executors or judicial factor of the testator decide to make an election under subsection (3) above they shall give notice in writing of that election to the Board within two years from the date of death of the testator or such longer period as the Board may permit.

(6)For the purposes of subsections (2) and (4) above, a person shall be treated as having claimed legitim [F595or section 131 rights] unless he has renounced his claim before attaining the age of 18 or he renounces his claim within two years of his attaining that age or such longer period as the Board may permit.

(7)Where a person dies before attaining the age of 18 or before making a renunciation under subsection (6) above the provisions of this section shall apply in relation to that person’s executors or judicial factor as they would have applied in relation to that person if that person had attained the age of 18 with the substitution of the date of death of that person for the date on which a person attained that age; but where the executors or factor renounce a claim to legitim [F596or section 131 rights] in respect of a person the amount renounced shall not be treated as part of that person’s estate.

(8)Where subsection (2) above applies in relation to any estate, then notwithstanding anything in section 241 below the Board may repay tax under that subsection without limit of time.

(9)Where subsection (4) above applies in relation to any estate, then notwithstanding anything in section 239 below a certificate of discharge may be given under that section in respect of the whole estate, and notwithstanding anything in section 240 below the giving of the certificate shall not preclude the Board from claiming tax under subsection (4) above without limit of time.

[F597(10)Where the application of subsection (4) in relation to the estate of a person means that too great an increase has been made under subsection (3) of section 8A above in the case of another person, the claim under that section in that case may be amended accordingly by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.]

Textual Amendments

F586Word in s. 147 sidenote inserted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(7)

F587Words in s. 147(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(2)(a)

F588Words in s. 147(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(2)(b)

F589Words in s. 147(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(2)(c)

F590Words in s. 147(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(3)(a)

F591Words in s. 147(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(3)(b)

F592Words in s. 147(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(4)(a)

F593Words in s. 147(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(4)(b)

F594Words in s. 147(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(4)(c)

F595Words in s. 147(6) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(5)

F596Words in s. 147(7) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 32(6)

F597S. 147(10) inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 4 para. 9(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 10, Sch. 4 para. 3

Mutual and voidable transfersU.K.

148, 149.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F598U.K.

Textual Amendments

F598Finance Act 1986 s. 101(3), Sch. 19, para. 25, and Sch. 23, Part X,repealed ss.148and 149 (exemption for mutual transfers)where the donee's transfer is made on or after 18March 1986.

150 Voidable transfers.U.K.

(1)Where on a claim made for the purpose it is shown that the whole or any part of a chargeable transfer (“the relevant transfer”) has by virtue of any enactment or rule of law been set aside as voidable or otherwise defeasible—

(a)tax paid or payable by the claimant (in respect of the relevant transfer or any other chargeable transfer made before the claim) that would not have been payable if the relevant transfer had been void ab initio shall be repaid to him by the Board, or as the case may be shall not be payable, and

(b)the rate or rates of tax applicable to any chargeable transfer made after the claim by the person who made the relevant transfer shall be determined as if that transfer or that part of it had been void as aforesaid.

(2)In subsection (1)(a) above the reference to tax includes a reference to interest on tax.

[F599(3)A claim under this section must be made not more than 4 years after the claimant knew, or ought reasonably to have known, that the relevant transfer has been set aside.]

Textual Amendments

F599S. 150(3) inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 8; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

Pension schemes, etcU.K.

151 Treatment of pension rights, etc.U.K.

(1)F600. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(1A)F600. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)[F601An interest] in or under a [F602registered pension scheme [F603, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a section] 615(3) scheme] which comes to an end on the death of the person entitled to it shall be left out of account in determining for the purposes of this Act the value of his estate immediately before his death, if the interest—

(a)is, or is a right to, a pension or annuity, and

(b)is not an interest resulting (whether by virtue of the instrument establishing the [F604scheme] or otherwise) from the application of any benefit provided under the [F604scheme] otherwise than by way of a pension or annuity.

(3)Sections 49 to 53 above shall not apply in relation to an interest satisfying the conditions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2) above.

(4)In relation to an interest in or under a [F602registered pension scheme [F603, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a section] 615(3) scheme], section 5(2) above shall apply as if the words “other than settled property” were omitted (in both places).

(5)Where a benefit has become payable under a [F602registered pension scheme [F603, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a section] 615(3) scheme], and the benefit becomes comprised in a settlement made by a person other than the person entitled to the benefit, the settlement shall for the purposes of this Act be treated as made by the person so entitled.

Textual Amendments

F600S. 151(1)(1A) repealed (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(4)(a), 284, 326, Sch. 42 Pt. 3 (with Sch. 36)

F601Words in s. 151(2) substituted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 51

F602Words in s. 151(2)(4)(5) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(4)(b), 284 (with Sch. 36)

F603Words in s. 151(2)(4)(5) substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 92, Sch. 29 para. 18(4)(8)

F604Word in s. 151(2)(b) substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(4)(c), 284 (with Sch. 36)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C45S. 151 applied (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), reg. 34

[F605151APerson dying with alternatively secured pension fundU.K.

F606. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F605Ss. 151A-151C inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 4

F606S. 151A omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 48(a)

151BRelevant dependant with pension fund inherited from member over 75U.K.

F607. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F605Ss. 151A-151C inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 4

F607S. 151B omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 48(b)

[F608151BARate or rates of charge under section 151BU.K.

F609. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F605Ss. 151A-151C inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 4

F608S. 151BA inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 19 para. 29(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 69, Sch. 19 para. 22

F609S. 151BA omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 48(c)

151CDependant dying with other pension fundU.K.

F610. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F605Ss. 151A-151C inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 4

F610S. 151C omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 48(d)

[F611151DUnauthorised payment where person dies over 75 with pension or annuityU.K.

F612. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F611Ss. 151D, 151E inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 28 para. 15(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 91, Sch. 28 para. 10

F612S. 151D omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 48(e)

151ERate or rates of charge under section 151DU.K.

F613. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F611Ss. 151D, 151E inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 28 para. 15(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 91, Sch. 28 para. 10

F613S. 151E omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 48(f)

152 Cash options.U.K.

[F614Where on a person’s death an annuity becomes payable under a registered pension scheme [F615, a qualifying non-UK pension scheme or a section] 615(3) scheme to a widow, widower [F616, dependant or nominee] of that person and under the terms of the scheme] a sum of money might at his option have become payable instead to his personal representatives, he shall not, by virtue of section 5(2) above, be treated as having been beneficially entitled to that sum.

Textual Amendments

F614Words in s. 152 substituted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(5), 284 (with Sch. 36)

F615Words in s. 152 substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 92, Sch. 29 para. 18(5)(8)

F616Words in s. 152 substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2015 and with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 11(2)(b) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 5 para. 11(1)(2)(a)

153 Overseas pensions.U.K.

(1)In determining for the purposes of this Act the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death there shall be left out of account any pension payable under the regulations or rules relating to any fund vested in Commissioners under section 273 of the M36Government of India Act 1935 or to any fund administered under a scheme made under section 2 of the M37Overseas Pensions Act 1973 which is certified by the Secretary of State for the purpose of this section to correspond to an Order in Council under subsection (1) of the said section 273.

(2)For the purposes of this Act—

(a)a pension paid under the authority of a scheme made under section 2 of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 which is constituted by the M38Pensions (India, Pakistan and Burma) Act 1955 or is certified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of this section to correspond to the said Act of 1955 shall be treated as if it had been paid by the Government of India or the Government of Pakistan (according as the arrangements in pursuance of which the pension was first paid under the said Act of 1955 were made with the one or the other Government);

(b)a pension paid out of any fund established in the United Kingdom by the Government of any country which, at the time when the fund was established, was, or formed part of, a colony, protectorate, protected state or United Kingdom trust territory shall, if the fund was established for the sole purpose of providing pensions, whether contributory or not, payable in respect of service under the Government be treated as if it had been paid by the Government by which the fund was established;

(c)a pension paid out of the Central African Pension Fund established by section 24 of the M39Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) Order in Council 1963 shall be treated as if it had been paid by the Government of a territory outside the United Kingdom; and

(d)so much of any pension paid to or in respect of any person under—

(i)the scheme which by virtue of subsection (3) of section 2 of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 is constituted under that section by section 2 or subsection (2) of section 4 of the M40Overseas Service Act 1958, or

(ii)such other scheme made under section 2 of the Overseas Pensions Act 1973 as is certified by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Taxes Act to correspond to section 2 or subsection (2) of section 4 of the Overseas Service Act 1958,

as is certified by the Secretary of State to be attributable to service under the Government of an overseas territory shall be treated as if it had been paid by the Government of that territory.

(3)Subsection (1) above shall be construed as if contained in section 273 of the M41Government of India Act 1935; and for the purposes of subsection (2) above—

(a)“pension” includes a gratuity and any sum payable on or in respect of death, and a return of contributions with or without interest thereon or any other addition thereto;

(b)“United Kingdom trust territory” means a territory administered by the Government of the United Kingdom under the trusteeship system of the United Nations;

(c)“overseas territory” means any country or territory outside the United Kingdom;

(d)references to the Government of any such country or territory as is mentioned in paragraph (b) or (d) of that subsection include a Government constituted for two or more such countries or territories and any authority established for the purpose of providing or administering services which are common to, or relate to matters of common interest to, two or more such countries or territories.

(4)If, by reason of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom having assumed responsibility for a pension, allowance or gratuity within the meaning of section 1 of the M42Overseas Pensions Act 1973, payments in respect of it are made under that section, this section shall apply in relation to the pension, allowance or gratuity, exclusive of so much (if any) of it as is paid by virtue of the application to it of any provisions of the M43Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 or any enactment repealed by that Act, as if it continued to be paid by the Government or other body or fund which had responsibility for it before that responsibility was assumed by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

Marginal Citations

[F617Payments to victims of persecution during Second World War eraU.K.

Textual Amendments

F617S. 153ZA and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 95(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 95(1)

153ZAQualifying paymentsU.K.

(1)This section applies where a qualifying payment has at any time been received by a person (“P”), or by the personal representatives of P.

(2)The tax chargeable on the value transferred by the transfer made on P's death (the “value transferred”) is to be reduced by an amount equal to—

(a)the relevant percentage of the amount of the qualifying payment, or

(b)if lower, the amount of tax that would, apart from this section, be chargeable on the value transferred.

(3)In subsection (2) “relevant percentage” means the percentage specified in the last row of the third column of the Table in Schedule 1.

(4)For the purposes of this section, a “qualifying payment” is a payment that meets Condition A, B or C.

(5)Condition A is that the payment—

(a)is of a kind specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5A, and

(b)is made to a person, or the personal representatives of a person, who was—

(i)a victim of National-Socialist persecution, or

(ii)the spouse or civil partner of a person within sub-paragraph (i).

(6)Condition B is that the payment is of a kind listed in Part 2 of Schedule 5A.

(7)Condition C is that the payment—

(a)is of a kind specified in regulations made by the Treasury, and

(b)is made to a person, or the personal representatives of a person, who was—

(i)held as a prisoner of war, or a civilian internee, during the Second World War, or

(ii)the spouse or civil partner of a person within sub-paragraph (i).

(8)The Treasury may by regulations add a payment of a specified kind to the list in Part 1 of Schedule 5A.

[F618(8A)Regulations under this section may have effect in relation to deaths occurring before the regulations are made.]

(9)Regulations under this section are to be made by statutory instrument.

(10)A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.]

Textual Amendments

F618S. 153ZA(8A) inserted (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 75(2)

[F619Emergency servicesU.K.

Textual Amendments

F619S. 153A and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(2)

153ADeath of emergency service personnel etcU.K.

(1)The reliefs in subsection (2) apply where a person—

(a)dies from an injury sustained, accident occurring or disease contracted at a time when that person was responding to emergency circumstances in that person's capacity as an emergency responder, or

(b)dies from a disease contracted at some previous time, the death being due to, or hastened by, the aggravation of the disease during a period when that person was responding to emergency circumstances in that person's capacity as an emergency responder.

(2)The reliefs are—

(a)that no potentially exempt transfer made by the person becomes a chargeable transfer under section 3A(4) because of the death,

(b)that section 4 (transfers on death) does not apply in relation to the death, and

(c)that no additional tax becomes due under section 7(4) because of a transfer made by the person within 7 years of the death.

(3)“Emergency circumstances” means circumstances which are present or imminent and are causing or likely to cause—

(a)the death of a person,

(b)serious injury to, or the serious illness of, a person,

(c)the death of an animal,

(d)serious injury to, or the serious illness of, an animal,

(e)serious harm to the environment (including the life and health of plants and animals),

(f)serious harm to any building or other property, or

(g)a worsening of any such injury, illness or harm.

(4)A person is “responding to emergency circumstances” if the person—

(a)is going anywhere for the purpose of dealing with emergency circumstances occurring there, or

(b)is dealing with emergency circumstances, preparing to do so imminently or dealing with the immediate aftermath of emergency circumstances.

(5)For the purposes of this section, circumstances to which a person is responding are to be taken to be emergency circumstances if the person believes and has reasonable grounds for believing they are or may be emergency circumstances.

(6)“Emergency responder” means—

(a)a person employed, or engaged, in connection with the provision of fire services or fire and rescue services,

(b)a person employed for the purposes of providing, or engaged to provide, search services or rescue services (or both),

(c)a person employed for the purposes of providing, or engaged to provide, medical, ambulance or paramedic services,

(d)a constable or a person employed for police purposes or engaged to provide services for police purposes,

(e)a person employed for the purposes of providing, or engaged to provide, services for the transportation of organs, blood, medical equipment or medical personnel, or

(f)a person employed, or engaged, by the government of a state or territory, an international organisation or a charity in connection with the provision of humanitarian assistance.

(7)For the purposes of subsection (6)—

(a)it is immaterial whether the employment or engagement is paid or unpaid, and

(b)“international organisation” means an organisation of which—

(i)two or more sovereign powers are members, or

(ii)the governments of two or more sovereign powers are members.

(8)The Treasury may, by regulations made by statutory instrument, extend the definition of “emergency responder” in subsection (6).

(9)Regulations under this section are subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.]

Armed forcesU.K.

154 Death on active service, etc.U.K.

(1)[F620The reliefs in subsection (1A) apply] in relation to the death of a person in whose case it is certified by the Defence Council or the Secretary of State—

(a)that he died from a wound inflicted, accident occurring or disease contracted at a time when the conditions specified in subsection (2) below were satisfied, or

(b)that he died from a disease contracted at some previous time, the death being due to or hastened by the aggravation of the disease during a period when those conditions were satisfied.

[F621(1A)The reliefs are—

(a)that no potentially exempt transfer made by the deceased becomes a chargeable transfer under section 3A(4) because of the death,

(b)that section 4 (transfers on death) does not apply in relation to the death, and

(c)that no additional tax becomes due under section 7(4) because of a transfer made by the deceased within 7 years of the death.]

(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1) above are that the deceased was a member of any of the armed forces of the Crown or [F622a civilian subject to service discipline within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006] and (in any case) was F623...—

(a)on active service against an enemy, or

(b)on other service of a warlike nature or which in the opinion of the Treasury involved the same risks as service of a warlike nature[F624or

(c)responding to emergency circumstances in the course of the person's duties as a member of any of those armed forces or as a civilian subject to service discipline.]

[F625(2A)Section 153A(3) to (5) applies for the purposes of this section.]

(3)In relation to any time before 28th July 1981 (the date of the passing of the M44Armed Forces Act 1981), the reference in subsection (2) above to membership of the armed forces of the Crown shall include a reference to employment as a person of any of the descriptions specified in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 7 to the M45Finance Act 1975 (women’s services).

Textual Amendments

F620Words in s. 154(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(3)(a)

F621S. 154(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(3)(b)

F622Words in s. 154(2) substituted (28.3.2009 for certain purposes and 31.10.2009 otherwise) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 99; S.I. 2009/812, art. 3; S.I. 2009/1167, art. 4 (with saving in S.I. 2009/1059, arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 para. 27)

F623Word in s. 154(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(3)(c)

F624S. 154(2)(c) and word inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(3)(c)

F625S. 154(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(3)(d)

Marginal Citations

M441981 c. 55.

M451975 c. 7.

155 Visiting forces, etc.U.K.

(1)Section 6(4) above applies to—

(a)the emoluments paid by the Government of any designated country to a member of a visiting force of that country, not being a British citizen, a British Dependent Territories citizen, [F626a British National (Overseas)] or a British Overseas citizen, and

(b)any tangible movable property the presence of which in the United Kingdom is due solely to the presence in the United Kingdom of such a person while serving as a member of the force.

(2)A period during which any such member of a visiting force as is referred to in subsection (1) above is in the United Kingdom by reason solely of his being such a member shall not be treated for the purposes of this Act as a period of residence in the United Kingdom or as creating a change of his residence or domicile.

(3)References in subsections (1) and (2) above to a visiting force shall apply to a civilian component of a visiting force as they apply to the force itself, and those subsections shall be construed as one with Part I of the M46Visiting Forces Act 1952, but so that for the purposes of this section references to a designated country shall be substituted in that Act for references to a country to which a provision of that Act applies.

(4)For the purpose of conferring on persons attached to any designated [F627international military] headquarters the like benefits as are conferred by subsections (1) and (2) above on members of a visiting force or civilian component, any members of the armed forces of a designated country shall, while attached to any such headquarters, be deemed to constitute a visiting force of that country, and there shall be a corresponding extension of the class of persons who may be treated as members of a civilian component of such a visiting force.

(5)In the case of persons of any category for the time being agreed between Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom and the other members of the North Atlantic Council, employment by a designated allied headquarters shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (1)(b) and (2) above as if it were service as a member of a visiting force of a designated country.

[F628(5A)Section 6(4) also applies to—

(a)the emoluments paid by the Government of any designated country to a person belonging to the EU civilian staff, not being a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen, and

(b)any tangible movable property the presence of which in the United Kingdom is due solely to the presence in the United Kingdom of such a person serving as part of that staff.

(5B)A period during which any such person belonging to the EU civilian staff as is referred to in subsection (5A) is in the United Kingdom by reason solely of that person belonging to that staff is not to be treated for the purposes of this Act as a period of residence in the United Kingdom or as creating a change of that person's residence or domicile.]

(6)For the purposes of this section—

“allied headquarters” means any international military headquarters established under the North Atlantic Council;
“designated” means designated for the purpose in question by or under any Order in Council made for giving effect to any international agreement.
[F629“the EU civilian staff” means—
(a)
civilian personnel seconded by a member State to an EU institution for the purposes of activities (including exercises) relating to the preparation for, and execution of, tasks mentioned in Article 43(1) of the Treaty on European Union (tasks relating to a common security and defence policy), as amended from time to time, and
(b)
civilian personnel (other than locally hired personnel)—
(i)
made available to the EU by a member State to work with designated international military headquarters or a force of a designated country, or
(ii)
otherwise made available to the EU by a member State for the purposes of activities of the kind referred to in paragraph (a).]

(7)Any Order in Council made under section 73 of the M47Finance Act 1960 which is in force immediately before the passing of this Act shall have effect for the purposes of this section as if it had also been made under this section, and may be varied or revoked accordingly.

Textual Amendments

F626Hong Kong (British National) Order 1986, S.I. 1986/948 (not reproduced)with effect from 1July 1986.

F627Words in s. 155(4) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 37 para. 3(2)

F628S. 155(5A)(5B) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 37 para. 3(3)

F629Words in s. 155(6) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 37 para. 3(4)

Marginal Citations

M461952 c. 67.

M471960 c.44

[F630Constables and service personnelU.K.

Textual Amendments

F630S. 155A and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 75(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 75(4)

155ADeath of constables and service personnel targeted because of their statusU.K.

(1)The reliefs in subsection (3) apply where a person—

(a)dies from an injury sustained or disease contracted in circumstances where the person was deliberately targeted by reason of his or her status as a constable or former constable, or

(b)dies from a disease contracted at some previous time, the death being due to, or hastened by, the aggravation of the disease by an injury sustained or disease contracted in circumstances mentioned in paragraph (a).

(2)The reliefs in subsection (3) apply where it is certified by the Defence Council or the Secretary of State that a person—

(a)died from an injury sustained or disease contracted in circumstances where the person was deliberately targeted by reason of his or her status as a service person or former service person, or

(b)died from a disease contracted at some previous time, the death being due to, or hastened by, the aggravation of the disease by an injury sustained or disease contracted in circumstances mentioned in paragraph (a).

(3)The reliefs are—

(a)that no potentially exempt transfer made by the person becomes a chargeable transfer under section 3A(4) because of the death,

(b)that section 4 (transfers on death) does not apply in relation to the death, and

(c)that no additional tax becomes due under section 7(4) because of a transfer made by the person within 7 years of the death.

(4)For the purposes of this section, it is immaterial whether a person who was a constable or service person at the time the injury was sustained or the disease was contracted was acting in the course of his or her duties as such at that time (and for this purpose ignore the references in subsections (1)(b) and (2)(b) to a disease contracted at some previous time).

(5)“Service person” means a person who is a member of the armed forces of the Crown or a civilian subject to service discipline (within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006).

(6)This section does not apply where section 153A or 154 applies in relation to a person's death.]

Apsley House and Chevening EstateU.K.

156 Apsley House and Chevening Estate.U.K.

This Act shall not apply in respect of—

(a)the rights conferred by section 3 of the M48Wellington Museum Act 1947, or

(b)property held on the trusts of the trust instrument set out in the Schedule to the M49Chevening Estate Act 1959.

Marginal Citations

M481947 c.46

M491959 c.49

Non-residents’ bank accountsU.K.

157 Non-residents’ bank accounts.U.K.

(1)In determining for the purposes of this Act the value of the estate immediately before his death of a person to whom this section applies there shall be left out of account the balance on—

(a)any qualifying foreign currency account of his, and

(b)subject to subsection (3) below, any qualifying foreign currency account of the trustees of settled property in which he is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession.

[F631(2)This section applies to a person who is not domiciled and not resident in the United Kingdom immediately before his death.]

(3)Subsection (1)(b) above does not apply in relation to settled property if the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom when [F632the settled property became comprised in] the settlement, or if the trustees are domiciled, [F633or resident] in the United Kingdom immediately before the beneficiary’s death.

[F634(3A)This section is subject to paragraph 5 of Schedule A1 (non-excluded overseas property).]

(4)For the purposes of this section—

(a)the question whether a person is resident F635... in the United Kingdom shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, be determined as for the purposes of income tax; but

(b)the trustees of a settlement shall be regarded as not resident F636... in the United Kingdom unless the general administration of the settlement is ordinarily carried on in the United Kingdom and the trustees or a majority of them (and, where there is more than one class of trustees, a majority of each class) are resident F636... there.

(5)In this section “qualifying foreign currency account” means a foreign currency account with [F637a bank F638...]; and for this purpose—

(a)“foreign currency account” means any account other than one denominated in sterling, F639. . .

F639(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F640(6)In this section “bank” has the meaning given by [F641section 991 of the Income Tax Act 2007].]

Textual Amendments

F631S. 157(2) substituted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 118(2) (with Sch. 46 para. 118(5))

F632Words in s. 157(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(8)

F633Words in s. 157(3) substituted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 118(3) (with Sch. 46 para. 118(5))

F634S. 157(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 6

F635Words in s. 157(4)(a) omitted (17.7.2013) by virtue of Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 118(4)(a) (with Sch. 46 para. 118(5))

F636Words in s. 157(4)(b) omitted (17.7.2013) by virtue of Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 118(4)(b) (with Sch. 46 para. 118(5))

F637Words in s. 157(5) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 29.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 198, Sch. 37 para. 12(1)(3)

F638Words in s. 157(5) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(4))

F639S. 157(5)(b) and the preceding “and” repealed (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 37 of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 205, Sch. 41 Pt. VIII(2), note

F640S. 157(6) inserted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to deaths occurring on or after 29.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 198, Sch. 37 para. 12(2)(3)

F641Words in s. 157(6) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 1034 of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 1027, 1034, Sch. 1 para. 269 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)

Double taxation reliefU.K.

158 Double taxation conventions.U.K.

(1)If Her Majesty by Order in Council declares—

(a)that arrangements specified in the Order have been made with the government of any territory outside the United Kingdom with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to [F642inheritance tax] payable under the laws of the United Kingdom and any tax imposed under the laws of that territory which is of a similar character or is chargeable on or by reference to death or gifts inter vivos, and

(b)that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect;

the arrangements shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, have effect so far as they provide for relief from [F643inheritance tax], or for determining the place where any property is to be treated as situated for the purposes of the tax.

[F644(1ZA)For the purposes of this section, arrangements made with a view to affording relief from double taxation include any arrangements which modify the effect of arrangements so made.

(1ZB)Arrangements to which effect is given under this section may include provision conferring (with or without other functions) functions relating to the determination of matters arising under the arrangements on a public authority in the United Kingdom or in a territory outside the United Kingdom.]

(1A)F645. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)Any arrangements to which effect is given under this section may include provision for relief in cases occurring before the making of the arrangements and provisions as to property which is not itself subject to double taxation.

(3)Any Order in Council under this section which revokes an earlier Order may contain such transitional provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be necessary or expedient.

(4)An Order under this section shall not be submitted to Her Majesty in Council unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the House of Commons.

(5)Where any arrangements have effect by virtue of this section, no obligation as to secrecy shall prevent the Board or an authorised officer of the Board from disclosing to any authorised officer of the government with which the arrangements are made such information as is required to be disclosed under the arrangements.

(6)Where arrangements with the government of any territory outside the United Kingdom are specified under any Order in Council which—

(a)was made, or has effect as made, under section 54 of the M50Finance (No.2) Act 1945 or section 2 of the M51Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1946, and

(b)had effect immediately before the passing of this Act,

the Order shall notwithstanding the repeal of that section by the M52Finance Act 1975, remain in force and have effect as if any provision made by those arrangements in relation to estate duty extended to [F646inheritance tax] chargeable by virtue of section 4 above; but the Order may be amended or revoked by an Order in Council made under this section.

Textual Amendments

F642 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1) and (2)— for any liability to tax arising on and after 25 July 1986 any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F643 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1) and (2)— for any liability to tax arising on and after 25 July 1986 any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F644S. 158(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted (retrospectively and with application in accordance with s. 32(6)) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), s. 32(3)(4)

F645S. 158(1A) repealed (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 187, Sch. 26 Pt. 8(2)

F646 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1) and (2)— for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986 any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

Marginal Citations

M501945 c.13.

M511946 c.1 (N.I.).

M521975 c.7.

159 Unilateral relief.U.K.

(1)Where the Board are satisfied that in any territory outside the United Kingdom (an “overseas territory”) any amount of tax imposed by reason of any disposition or other event is attributable to the value of any property, then, if—

(a)that tax is of a character similar to that of [F647inheritance tax] or is chargeable on or by reference to death or gifts inter vivos, and

(b)any [F647inheritance tax] chargeable by reference to the same disposition or other event is also attributable to the value of that property,

they shall allow a credit in respect of that amount (“the overseas tax”) against that [F647inheritance tax] in accordance with the following provisions.

(2)Where the property is situated in the overseas territory and not in the United Kingdom, the credit shall be of an amount equal to the overseas tax.

(3)Where the property—

(a)is situated neither in the United Kingdom nor in the overseas territory, or

(b)is situated both in the United Kingdom and in the overseas territory,

the credit shall be of an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula—

where A is the amount of the [F647inheritance tax], B is the overseas tax and C is whichever of A and B is the smaller.

(4)Where tax is imposed in two or more overseas territories in respect of property which—

(a)is situated neither in the United Kingdom nor in any of those territories, or

(b)is situated both in the United Kingdom and in each of those territories,

subsection (3) above shall apply as if, in the formula there set out, B were the aggregate of the overseas tax imposed in each of those territories and C were the aggregate of all, except the largest, of A and the overseas tax imposed in each of them.

(5)Where credit is allowed under subsection (2) above or section 158 above in respect of overseas tax imposed in one overseas territory, any credit under subsection (3) above in respect of overseas tax imposed in another shall be calculated as if the [F648inheritance tax] were reduced by the credit allowed under subsection (2) or section 158; and where, in the case of any overseas territory mentioned in subsection (3) or (4) above, credit is allowed against the overseas tax for tax charged in a territory in which the property is situated, the overseas tax shall be treated for the purposes of those provisions as reduced by the credit.

(6)In this section references to tax imposed in an overseas territory are references to tax chargeable under the law of that territory and paid by the person liable to pay it.

(7)Where relief can be given both under this section and under section 158 above, relief shall be given under whichever section provides the greater relief.

Textual Amendments

F647 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F648 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

[F649Dormant assetsU.K.

Textual Amendments

F649S. 159A and cross-heading inserted (retrospective to 6.6.2022) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), s. 348(2)(4)

159ATreatment of dormant assetsU.K.

(1)This section applies where there is a transfer in respect of a dormant asset.

(2)There is a transfer in respect of a dormant asset where an amount is transferred by an institution in respect of an asset—

(a)to an authorised reclaim fund, with the result that section 1 of the 2008 Act or section 2, 5, 8, 12 or 14 of the 2022 Act applies in relation to the asset, or

(b)to an authorised reclaim fund and one or more charities, with the result that section 2 of the 2008 Act applies in relation to the asset.

(3)For the purposes of this Act, rights which a person (“P”) acquires under Part 1 of the 2008 Act or Part 1 or sections 22 to 25 of the 2022 Act (as the case may be) after the transfer are to be treated as the same asset as the original rights, acquired as the original rights were acquired and having the same characteristics as those rights.

(4)For the purposes of this section—

“the 2008 Act” means the Dormant Bank and Building Society Accounts Act 2008;
“the 2022 Act” means the Dormant Assets Act 2022;
“asset” means an asset within the scope of the dormant assets scheme (see section 1(6) of the 2022 Act);
“authorised reclaim fund” has the same meaning as in the Dormant Assets Acts 2008 to 2022;
“the original rights” are—
(a)
in a case where—
(i)
section 8 of the 2022 Act (investment assets) applies in relation to the asset and there has been a conversion as mentioned in section 9(3)(a) of that Act in connection with the transfer, or
(ii)
section 14 of the 2022 Act (securities assets) applies in relation to the asset and there has been a conversion as mentioned in section 15(1)(a) of that Act in connection with the transfer,
P’s rights against the institution immediately before that conversion;
(b)
in any other case, P’s rights against the institution immediately before the transfer.]

PART VIU.K. VALUATION

CHAPTER IU.K. GENERAL

160 Market value.U.K.

Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the value at any time of any property shall for the purposes of this Act be the price which the property might reasonably be expected to fetch if sold in the open market at that time; but that price shall not be assumed to be reduced on the ground that the whole property is to be placed on the market at one and the same time.

161 Related property.U.K.

(1)Where the value of any property comprised in a person’s estate would be less than the appropriate portion of the value of the aggregate of that and any related property, it shall be the appropriate portion of the value of that aggregate.

(2)For the purposes of this section, property is related to the property comprised in a person’s estate if—

(a)it is comprised in the estate of his spouse [F650or civil partner] ; or

(b)it is or has within the preceding five years been—

(i)the property of a charity, or held on trust for charitable purposes only, or

(ii)the property of a body mentioned in section 24, [F65124A,][F652or 25] above,

and became so on a transfer of value which was made by him or his spouse [F650or civil partner] after 15th April 1976 and was exempt to the extent that the value transferred was attributable to the property.

(3)The appropriate portion of the value of the aggregate mentioned in subsection (1) above is such portion thereof as would be attributable to the value of the first-mentioned property if the value of that aggregate were equal to the sums of the values of that and any related property, the value of each property being determined as if it did not form part of that aggregate.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) above the proportion which the value of a smaller number of shares of any class bears to the value of a greater number shall be taken to be that which the smaller number bears to the greater; and similarly with stock, debentures and units of any other description of property.

(5)Shares shall not be treated for the purposes of subsection (4) above as being of the same class unless they are so treated by the practice of a recognised stock exchange or would be so treated if dealt with on such a stock exchange.

Textual Amendments

F650Words in s. 161(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 34

F651Finance Act 1989 s. 171(4),with effect from 14March 1989.

F652Words in s. 161(2)(b) substituted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to any property becoming property of a body on a transfer of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 143(6)

162 Liabilities.U.K.

(1)A liability in respect of which there is a right to reimbursement shall be taken into account only to the extent (if any) that reimbursement cannot reasonably be expected to be obtained.

(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, where a liability falls to be discharged after the time at which it is to be taken into account it shall be valued as at the time at which it is to be taken into account.

(3)In determining the value of a transferor’s estate immediately after a transfer of value, his liability for [F653inheritance tax] shall be computed—

(a)without making any allowance for the fact that the tax will not be due immediately, and

(b)as if any tax recovered otherwise than from the transferor (or a person liable for it under section 203(1) below) were paid in discharge of a liability in respect of which the transferor had a right to reimbursement.

(4)A liability which is an incumbrance on any property shall, so far as possible [F654and to the extent that it is not taken to reduce value in accordance with section 162B], be taken to reduce the value of that property.

(5)Where a liability taken into account is a liability to a person resident outside the United Kingdom which neither—

(a)falls to be discharged in the United Kingdom, nor

(b)is an incumbrance on property in the United Kingdom,

it shall, so far as possible [F655and to the extent that it is not taken to reduce value in accordance with section 162B], be taken to reduce the value of property outside the United Kingdom.

Textual Amendments

F653 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F654Words in s. 162(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 2(2)

F655Words in s. 162(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 2(3)

[F656162ALiabilities attributable to financing excluded propertyU.K.

(1)To the extent that a liability is attributable to financing (directly or indirectly)—

(a)the acquisition of any excluded property, or

(b)the maintenance, or an enhancement, of the value of any such property,

it may only be taken into account so far as permitted by subsections (2) to (4).

(2)Where the property mentioned in subsection (1) has been disposed of, in whole or in part, for full consideration in money or money's worth, the liability may be taken into account up to an amount equal to so much of that consideration as—

(a)is not excluded property, and

(b)has not been used—

(i)to finance (directly or indirectly) the acquisition of excluded property or the maintenance, or an enhancement, of the value of such property, or

(ii)to discharge (directly or indirectly) any other liability that, by virtue of this section, would not be taken into account.

(3)The liability may be taken into account up to an amount equal to the value of such of the property mentioned in subsection (1) as—

(a)has not been disposed of, and

(b)is no longer excluded property.

(4)To the extent that any remaining liability is greater than the value of such of the property mentioned in subsection (1) as—

(a)has not been disposed of, and

(b)is still excluded property,

it may be taken into account, but only so far as the remaining liability is not greater than that value for any of the reasons mentioned in subsection (7).

(5)Subsection (6) applies where—

(a)a liability or any part of a liability is attributable to financing (directly or indirectly)—

(i)the acquisition of property that was not excluded property, or

(ii)the maintenance, or an enhancement, of the value of such property, and

(b)the property or part of the property—

(i)has not been disposed of, and

(ii)has become excluded property.

(6)The liability or (as the case may be) the part may only be taken into account to the extent that it exceeds the value of the property, or the part of the property, that has become excluded property, but only so far as it does not exceed that value for any of the reasons mentioned in subsection (7).

(7)The reasons are—

(a)arrangements the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of which is to secure a tax advantage,

(b)an increase in the amount of the liability (whether due to the accrual of interest or otherwise), or

(c)a disposal, in whole or in part, of the property.

(8)In this section—

“arrangements” includes any scheme, transaction or series of transactions, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable, and any associated operations;
“remaining liability” means the liability mentioned in subsection (1) so far as subsections (2) and (3) do not permit it to be taken into account;
“tax advantage” means—
(a)
the avoidance or reduction of a charge to tax, or
(b)
the avoidance of a possible determination in respect of tax.

Textual Amendments

F656Ss. 162A-162C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 3

[F657162AALiabilities attributable to financing non-residents' foreign currency accountsU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)in determining the value of a person's estate immediately before death, a balance on any qualifying foreign currency account (“the relevant balance”) is to be left out of account under section 157 (non-residents' bank accounts), and

(b)the person has a liability which is attributable, in whole or in part, to financing (directly or indirectly) the relevant balance.

(2)To the extent that the liability is attributable as mentioned in subsection (1)(b), it may only be taken into account in determining the value of the person's estate immediately before death so far as permitted by subsection (3).

(3)If the amount of the liability that is attributable as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) exceeds the value of the relevant balance, the excess may be taken into account, but only so far as the excess does not arise for either of the reasons mentioned in subsection (4).

(4)The reasons are—

(a)arrangements the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of which is to secure a tax advantage, or

(b)an increase in the amount of the liability (whether due to the accrual of interest or otherwise).

(5)In subsection (4)(a)—

“arrangements” includes any scheme, transaction or series of transactions, agreement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable, and any associated operations;
“tax advantage” means—
(a)
the avoidance or reduction of a charge to tax, or
(b)
the avoidance of a possible determination in respect of tax.]

Textual Amendments

F657S. 162AA inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(1)

162BLiabilities attributable to financing certain relievable propertyU.K.

(1)Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)the whole or part of any value transferred by a transfer of value is to be treated as reduced, under section 104, by virtue of it being attributable to the value of relevant business property, and

(b)the transferor has a liability which is attributable, in whole or in part, to financing (directly or indirectly)—

(i)the acquisition of that property, or

(ii)the maintenance, or an enhancement, of its value.

(2)The liability is, so far as possible, to be taken to reduce the value attributable to the value of the relevant business property, before it is treated as reduced under section 104, but only to the extent that the liability—

(a)is attributable as mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and

(b)does not reduce the value of the relevant business property by virtue of section 110(b).

(3)Subsection (4) applies if—

(a)the whole or part of any value transferred by a transfer of value is to be treated as reduced, under section 116, by virtue of it being attributable to the agricultural value of agricultural property, and

(b)the transferor has a liability which is attributable, in whole or in part, to financing (directly or indirectly)—

(i)the acquisition of that property, or

(ii)the maintenance, or an enhancement, of its agricultural value.

(4)To the extent that the liability is attributable as mentioned in subsection (3)(b), it is, so far as possible, to be taken to reduce the value attributable to the agricultural value of the agricultural property, before it is treated as reduced under section 116.

(5)Subsection (6) applies if—

(a)part of the value of a person's estate immediately before death is attributable to the value of land on which trees or underwood are growing,

(b)the value of the trees or underwood is to be left out of account, under section 125(2)(a), in determining the value transferred by the chargeable transfer made on the person's death, and

(c)the person has a liability which is attributable, in whole or in part, to financing (directly or indirectly)—

(i)the acquisition of the land or trees or underwood,

(ii)planting the trees or underwood, or

(iii)the maintenance, or an enhancement, of the value of the trees or underwood.

(6)To the extent that the liability is attributable as mentioned in subsection (5)(c), it is, so far as possible, to be taken to reduce the value of the trees or underwood, before their value is left out of account.

(7)Subject to subsection (8), to the extent that a liability is, in accordance with this section, taken to reduce value in determining the value transferred by a chargeable transfer, that liability is not then to be taken into account in determining the value transferred by any subsequent transfer of value by the same transferor.

(8)Subsection (7) does not prevent a liability from being taken into account by reason only that the liability has previously been taken into account in determining the amount on which tax is chargeable under section 64.

(9)For the purposes of subsections (1) to (4) and (7), references to a transfer of value or chargeable transfer include references to an occasion on which tax is chargeable under Chapter 3 of Part 3 (apart from section 79) and—

(a)references to the value transferred by a transfer of value or chargeable transfer include references to the amount on which tax is then chargeable, and

(b)references to the transferor include references to the trustees of the settlement concerned.

(10)In this section—

“agricultural property” and “agricultural value” have the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 5;
“relevant business property” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 5.]

Textual Amendments

F656Ss. 162A-162C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 3

[F656162CSections 162A[F658, 162AA] and 162B: supplementary provisionU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purposes of determining the extent to which a liability is attributable as mentioned in section 162A(1) or (5) [F659, 162AA(1)] or 162B(1)(b), (3)(b) or (5)(c).

[F660(1A)In a case in which the value of a person's estate immediately before death is to be determined, where a liability was discharged in part before that time—

(a)any part of the liability that, at the time of discharge, was not attributable as mentioned in subsection (1) is, so far as possible, to be taken to have been discharged first,

(b)any part of the liability that, at the time of discharge, was attributable as mentioned in section 162B(1)(b), (3)(b) or (5)(c) is, so far as possible, only to be taken to have been discharged after any part of the liability within paragraph (a) was discharged,

(c)any part of the liability that, at the time of discharge, was attributable as mentioned in section 162AA(1) is, so far as possible, only to be taken to have been discharged after any parts of the liability within paragraph (a) or (b) were discharged, and

(d)any part of the liability that, at the time of discharge, was attributable as mentioned in section 162A(1) or (5) is, so far as possible, only to be taken to have been discharged after any parts of the liability within paragraphs (a) to (c) were discharged.]

(2)[F661In any other case, where] a liability was discharged in part before the time in relation to which the question as to whether or how to take it into account arises—

(a)any part of the liability that, at the time of discharge, was not attributable as mentioned in [F662section 162A(1) or (5) or 162B(1)(b), (3)(b) or (5)(c)] is, so far as possible, to be taken to have been discharged first,

(c)any part of the liability that, at the time of discharge, was attributable as mentioned in section 162A(1) or (5) is, so far as possible, only to be taken to have been discharged after any parts of the liability within paragraph (a) or (b) were discharged.]

Textual Amendments

F656Ss. 162A-162C inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 3

F658Word in s. 162C heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(3)

F659Word in s. 162C(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(4)

F660S. 162C(1A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(5)

F661Words in s. 162C(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(6)(a)

F662Words in s. 162C(2)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(6)(b)

163 Restriction on freedom to dispose.U.K.

(1)Where, by a contract made at any time, the right to dispose of any property has been excluded or restricted, then, in determining the value of the property for the purpose of the first relevant event happening after that time,—

(a)the exclusion or restriction shall be taken into account only to the extent (if any) that consideration in money or money’s worth was given for it, but

(b)if the contract was a chargeable transfer or was part of associated operations which together were a chargeable transfer, an allowance shall be made for the value transferred thereby (calculated as if no tax had been chargeable on it) or for so much of the value transferred as is attributable to the exclusion or restriction.

(2)Where the contract was made before 27th March 1974 subsection (1) above applies only if the first relevant event is a transfer made on death.

(3)In this section “relevant event”, in relation to any property, means—

(a)a chargeable transfer in the case of which the whole or part of the value transferred is attributable to the value of the property; and

(b)anything which would be such a chargeable transfer but for this section.

164 Transferor’s expenses.U.K.

In determining the value transferred by a transfer of value, expenses incurred by the transferor in making the transfer (but not his liability for [F663inheritance tax])—

(a)shall, if borne by him, be left out of account;

(b)shall, if borne by a person benefiting from the transfer, be treated as reducing the value transferred.

Textual Amendments

F663 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

165 Tax on capital gains.U.K.

(1)Where a chargeable transfer is or includes a disposal of an asset and on the disposal a gain accrues to the transferor for the purposes of the [F6641992 Act], then if—

(a)the whole or part of the gain is a chargeable gain or a development gain, and

(b)the whole or part of any capital gains tax or income tax chargeable on the gain is borne by the donee (within the meaning of section [F664282] of that Act),

the amount of the tax so borne shall be treated as reducing the value transfered by the chargeable transfer.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where the chargeable transfer is made under Part III of this Act and the gain accrues to the trustees of the settlement; but if in such a case any capital gains tax chargeable on the gain is borne by a person who becomes absolutely entitled to the settled property concerned, the amount of the tax so borne shall be treated as reducing the value transferred by the chargeable transfer.

(3)In any case where—

(a)payment of an amount of capital gains tax is postponed by virtue of Schedule 14 to the M53Finance Act 1984, and

(b)any of that capital gains tax becomes payable in accordance with paragraph 11 of that Schedule by reason of the receipt of a capital payment by a close relative of the beneficiary, as mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) of that paragraph, and

(c)all or part of the capital gains tax becoming so payable is paid by the close relative,

the payment by the close relative shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as made in satisfaction of a liability of his.

Textual Amendments

F664Words in s. 165 substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(8) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

Marginal Citations

M531984 Sch.14 para.16.

166 Creditors’ rights.U.K.

In determining the value of a right to receive a sum due under any obligation it shall be assumed that the obligation will be duly discharged, except if or to the extent that recovery of the sum is impossible or not reasonably practicable and has not become so by any act or omission of the person to whom the sum is due.

167 Life policies, etc.U.K.

(1)In determining in connection with a transfer of value the value of a policy of insurance on a person’s life or of a contract for an annuity payable on a person’s death, that value shall be taken to be not less than—

(a)the total of the premiums or other consideration which, at any time before the transfer of value, has been paid under the policy or contract or any policy or contract for which it was directly or indirectly substituted, less

(b)any sum which, at any time before the transfer of value, has been paid under, or in consideration for the surrender of any right conferred by, the policy or contract or a policy or contract for which it was directly or indirectly substituted.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply in the case of—

(a)the transfer of value which a person makes on his death, or

(b)any other transfer of value which does not result in the policy or contract ceasing to be part of the transferor’s estate,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F665

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where the policy is one—

(a)under which the sum assured becomes payable only if the person whose life is insured dies before the expiry of a specified term or both before the expiry of a specified term and during the life of a specified person, and

(b)which, if that specified term ends, or can, under the policy, be extended so as to end, more than three years after the making of the insurance, satisfies the condition that, if neither the person whose life is insured nor the specified person dies before the expiry of the specified term—

(i)the premiums are payable during at least two-thirds of that term and at yearly or shorter intervals, and

(ii)the premiums payable in any one period of twelve months are not more than twice the premiums payable in any other such period.

(4)Where the policy is one under which—

(a)the benefit secured is expressed in units the value of which is published and subject to fluctuation, and

(b)the payment of each premium secures the allocation to the policy of a specified number of such units,

then, if the value, at the time of the transfer of value, of the units allocated to the policy on the payment of premiums is less than the aggregate of what the respective values of those units were at the time of allocation, the value to be taken under subsection (1) above as a minimum shall be reduced by the amount of the difference.

(5)References in subsections (1) and (4) above to a transfer of value shall be construed as including references to an event on which there is a charge to tax under Chapter III of Part III of this Act (apart from section 79), other than an event on which tax is chargeable in respect of the policy or contract by reason only that its value (apart from this section) is reduced.

Textual Amendments

F665 Repealed by Finance Act 1986 s. 114(6)and Sch. 23, Part X,where the donee's transfer is made on or after 18March 1986.

168 Unquoted shares and securities.U.K.

(1)In determining the price which unquoted shares or [F666unquoted] securities might reasonably be expected to fetch if sold in the open market it shall be assumed that in that market there is available to any prospective purchaser of the shares or securities all the information which a prudent prospective purchaser might reasonably require if he were proposing to purchase them from a willing vendor by private treaty and at arm’s length.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F667

Textual Amendments

F666Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 12(1),with effect from 17March 1987.

F667 Repealed by 1987 s. 58(2)and Sch. 8, para.12(2),with effect from 17March 1987.

169 Farm cottages.U.K.

(1)In determining the value of agricultural property which includes cottages occupied by persons employed solely for agricultural purposes in connection with the property, no account shall be taken of any value attributable to the fact that the cottages are suitable for the residential purposes of persons not so employed.

(2)Expressions used in subsection (1) above and in Chapter II of Part V of this Act have the same meaning in that subsection as in that Chapter.

170 Leases for life, etc.U.K.

Where under section 43(3) above a lease of property is to be treated as a settlement, the value of the lessor’s interest in the property shall be taken to be such part of the value of the property as bears to it the same proportion as the value of the consideration, at the time the lease was granted, bore to what would then have been the value of a full consideration in money or money’s worth.

CHAPTER IIU.K. ESTATE ON DEATH

171 Changes occurring on death.U.K.

(1)In determining the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death changes in the value of his estate which have occurred by reason of the death and fall within subsection (2) below shall be taken into account as if they had occurred before the death.

(2)A change falls within this subsection if it is an addition to the property comprised in the estate or an increase or decrease of the value of any property so comprised, other than a decrease resulting from such an alteration as is mentioned in section 98(1) above; but the termination on the death of any interest or the passing of any interest by survivorship does not fall within this subsection.

172 Funeral expenses.U.K.

In determining the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death, allowance shall be made for reasonable funeral expenses.

173 Expenses incurred abroad.U.K.

In determining the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death, an allowance against the value of property situated outside the United Kingdom shall be made for any expense incurred in administering or realising the property which is shown to be attributable to the situation of the property, but the allowance shall not exceed 5 per cent of the value of the property.

174 Income tax and unpaid [F668inheritance tax.]U.K.

(1)In determining the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death, allowance shall be made for—

(a)any liability for income tax in respect of an offshore income gain, within the meaning of [F669regulations [F670under section 354(1) of the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010], arising on a disposal which is deemed, under such regulations (see regulation 34 of the Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001)), to occur on the death]; and

(b)any liability to income tax arising under [F671[F672Chapter 8 of Part 4 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (deeply discounted securities)] on a transfer which is treated as taking place by virtue of [F673section 437(2) of that Act].]

(2)Where in determining the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death a liability for [F668inheritance tax] is taken into account, then, if that tax or any part of it is not in the event paid out of the estate, the value of the estate immediately before his death shall be treated as increased by an amount equal to that tax or so much of it as is not so paid.

Textual Amendments

F668 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F669Words in s. 174(1)(a) substituted (1.12.2009 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001), reg. 125 (with Sch. 1)

F670Words in s. 174(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2010 with effect as mentioned in s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), s. 374, Sch. 8 para. 162 (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

F671Words in s. 174(1)(b) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 105, Sch. 14 para. 2(2) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 104, Sch. 14 para. 2(1)

F672Words in s. 174(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883, Sch. 1 para. 396(a) (with Sch. 2)

F673Words in s. 174(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 882, 883, Sch. 1 para. 396(b) (with Sch. 2)

175 Liability to make future payments, etc.U.K.

Where in determining the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death a liability to make payments or transfer assets under such a disposition as is mentioned in section 262 below is taken into account, the liability shall be computed as if the amount or value of the payments or assets were reduced by the chargeable portion (as defined in that section).

[F674175ADischarge of liabilities after deathU.K.

(1)In determining the value of a person's estate immediately before death, a liability may be taken into account to the extent that—

(a)it is discharged on or after death, out of the estate or from excluded property owned by the person immediately before death, in money or money's worth, and

(b)it is not otherwise prevented, under any provision of this Act, from being taken into account.

(2)Where the whole or any part of a liability is not discharged in accordance with paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the liability or (as the case may be) the part may only be taken into account for the purpose mentioned in that subsection to the extent that—

(a)there is a real commercial reason for the liability or the part not being discharged,

(b)securing a tax advantage is not the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, of leaving the liability or part undischarged, and

(c)the liability or the part is not otherwise prevented, under any provision of this Act, from being taken into account.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) there is a real commercial reason for a liability, or part of a liability, not being discharged where it is shown that—

(a)the liability is to a person dealing at arm's length, or

(b)if the liability were to a person dealing at arm's length, that person would not require the liability to be discharged.

(4)Where, by virtue of this section, a liability is not taken into account in determining the value of a person's estate immediately before death, the liability is also not to be taken into account in determining the extent to which the estate of any spouse or civil partner of the person is increased for the purposes of section 18.

(5)In subsection (2)(b) “tax advantage” means—

(a)a relief from tax or increased relief from tax,

(b)a repayment of tax or increased repayment of tax,

(c)the avoidance, reduction or delay of a charge to tax or an assessment to tax, or

(d)the avoidance of a possible assessment to tax or determination in respect of tax.

(6)In subsection (5) “tax” includes income tax and capital gains tax.

(7)Where the liability is discharged as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) only in part—

(a)any part of the liability that is attributable as mentioned in section 162A(1) or (5) is, so far possible, taken to be discharged first,

[F675(aa)any part of the liability that is attributable as mentioned in section 162AA(1) is, so far as possible, taken to be discharged only after any part of the liability within paragraph (a) is discharged,]

(b)any part of the liability that is attributable as mentioned in section 162B(1)(b), (3)(b) or (5)(c) is, so far as possible, taken to be discharged only after any [F676parts] of the liability within paragraph [F677(a) or (aa) are] is discharged, and

(c)the liability so far as it is not attributable as mentioned in [F678any of paragraphs (a) to (b)] is, so far as possible, taken to be discharged only after any parts of the liability within [F679any] of those paragraphs are discharged.]

Textual Amendments

F674S. 175A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 4

F675S. 175A(7)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(7)(a)

F676Word in s. 175A(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(7)(b)(i)

F677Words in s. 175A(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(7)(b)(ii)

F678Words in s. 175A(7)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(7)(c)(i)

F679Word in s. 175A(7)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 3(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 3(7)(c)(ii)

176 Related property etc.—sales.U.K.

(1)This section has effect where, within three years after the death of any person, there is a qualifying sale of any property (“the property concerned”) comprised in his estate immediately before his death and valued for the purposes of this Act—

(a)in accordance with section 161 above, or

(b)in conjunction with property which was also comprised in the estate but has not at any time since the death been vested in the vendors.

(2)If a claim is made for relief under this section the value of the property concerned immediately before the death shall be taken to be what it would have been if it had not been determined as mentioned in subsection (1) above.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above a sale is a qualifying sale if—

(a)the vendors are the persons in whom the property concerned vested immediately after the death or the deceased’s personal representatives; and

(b)it is at arm’s length for a price freely negotiated at the time of the sale and is not made in conjunction with a sale of any of the related property taken into account as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above or any of the property mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above; and

(c)no person concerned as vendor (or as having an interest in the proceeds of sale) is the same as or connected with any person concerned as purchaser (or as having an interest in the purchase); and

(d)neither the vendors nor any other person having an interest in the proceeds of sale obtain in connection with the sale a right to acquire the property sold or any interest in or created out of it.

(4)Subsection (2) above shall not apply unless the price obtained on the sale, with any adjustment needed to take account of any difference in circumstances at the date of the sale and at the date of the death, is less than the value which, apart from this section and apart from Chapter IV of this Part of this Act, would be the value of the property concerned determined as mentioned in subsection (1) above.

(5)Where the property concerned consists of shares in or securities of a close company, subsection (2) above shall not apply if at any time between the death and the qualifying sale the value of the shares or securities is reduced by more than 5 per cent as a result of an alteration in the company’s share or loan capital or in any rights attaching to shares in or securities of the company; and for the purposes of this subsection—

“alteration” includes extinguishment, and
“close company” has the same meaning as in Part IV of this Act.

177 Scottish agricultural leases.U.K.

(1)Where any part of the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death is attributable to the interest of a tenant in an unexpired portion of a lease for a fixed term of agricultural property in Scotland then, subject to subsection (3) below, there shall be left out of account in determining that value any value associated with any prospect of renewal of the lease by tacit relocation.

(2)Where any part of the value of a person’s estate immediately before his death is attributable to the interest of a tenant of agricultural property in Scotland, being an interest which is—

(a)held by virtue of tacit relocation, and

(b)acquired on the death by a new tenant,

then, subject to subsection (3) below, the value of the interest shall be left out of account in determining the value of that estate.

(3)Subsections (1) and (2) above shall not apply unless the deceased had been tenant of the property in question continuously for a period of at least two years immediately preceding his death or had become tenant by succession.

(4)The value to be left out of account by virtue of subsection (2) above shall not include the value of any rights to compensation in respect of tenant’s improvements.

CHAPTER IIIU.K. SALE OF SHARES ETC. FROM DECEASED’S ESTATE

178 Preliminary.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter—

“the appropriate person”, in relation to any qualifying investments comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death, means the person liable for [F680inheritance tax] attributable to the value of those investments or, if there is more than one such person, and one of them is in fact paying the tax, that person;
“the loss on sale” means the amount determined in accordance with section 179(1) below;
“qualifying investments” means (subject to subsection (2) below) shares or securities which [F681are quoted at the date of the death in question] holdings in a unit trust which at that date is an authorised unit trust [F682, shares in an open-ended investment company]F683. . . and shares in any common investment fund established under [F684section 42 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982];
“relevant proportion”, in relation to the investments to which a claim relates, or any of them, means the proportion by which the loss on sale is reduced under section 180 below;
“sale value”, in relation to any qualifying investments, means their value for the purposes of section 179(1)(b) below;
“value on death”, in relation to any qualifying investments, means their value for the purposes of section 179(1)(a) below.

(2)Shares or securities which are comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death and in respect of which [F685listing]on a recognised stock exchange [F686or dealing on the Unlisted Securities Market] is suspended at that time shall be qualifying investments for the purposes of this Chapter if they are again [F687so listed or dealt in] . . . F688 when they are sold as mentioned in section 179(1) below or exchanged as mentioned in section 184 below.

(3)Any reference in this Chapter to the investments to which a claim relates is a reference to all the qualifying investments which, on the making of the claim, are taken into account under section 179(1) below in determining the loss on sale.

(4)For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a)the personal representatives of the deceased, and

(b)the trustees of a settlement,

shall each be treated as a single and continuing body of persons (distinct from the persons who may from time to time be the personal representatives or trustees).

(5)In any case where, for the purposes of this Chapter, it is necessary to determine the price at which any investments were purchased or sold or the best consideration that could reasonably have been obtained on the sale of any investments, no account shall be taken of expenses (whether by way of commission, stamp duty or otherwise) which are incidental to the sale or purchase.

Textual Amendments

F680 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F681Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 13(1),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“at the date of the death in question are quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

F682Words in s. 178(1) inserted (with effect as stated in s. 186(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 186(4)(a)

F683Words in s. 178(1) repealed (with effect as stated in the note to Sch. 43 Pt. 4(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 216, Sch. 43 Pt. 4(1)

F684Words in s. 178(1) substituted (with effect as stated in s. 186(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 186(4)(b)

F685Words in s. 178(2) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to investments sold or treated as sold, on or after 1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 4(1)(a)(3)

F686Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 13(2)(a),with effect from 17March 1987.

F687Words in s. 178(2) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to investments sold or treated as sold, on or after 1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 4(1)(b)(3)

F688 Repealed by FInance Act 1987 s. 58(2), Sch. 8, para. 13(2)(b)and Sch. 16, Part IX,with effect from 17March 1987.

179 The relief.U.K.

(1)On a claim being made in that behalf by the appropriate person there shall be determined for the purposes of this Chapter the amount (if any) by which—

(a)the aggregate of the values which, apart from this Chapter, would be the values for the purposes of tax of all the qualifying investments comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death which are sold by the appropriate person within the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death exceeds

(b)the aggregate of the values of those investments at the time they were so sold, taking the value of any particular investments for this purpose as the price for which they were so sold or, if it is greater, the best consideration which could reasonably have been obtained for them at the time of the sale.

(2)Subject to the following provisions of this Chapter, in determining the tax chargeable on the death in question, the value of the investments to which the claim relates shall be treated as reduced by an amount equal to the loss on sale.

[F689(2A)A claim under this Chapter must be made not more than 4 years after the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(a).]

(3)A claim made by the appropriate person under this Chapter shall specify the capacity in which he makes the claim, and the reference in subsection (1) above to qualifying investments which are sold by him is a reference to investments which, immediately before their sale, were held by him in the capacity in which he makes the claim.

Textual Amendments

F689S. 179(2A) inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 9; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

180 Effect of purchases.U.K.

(1)If a claim is made under this Chapter and, at any time during the period beginning on the date of the death in question and ending two months after the date of the last sale made as mentioned in section 179(1)(a) above, the person making the claim purchases any qualifying investments in the same capacity as that in which he makes the claim, the loss on sale of the investments to which the claim relates shall be treated for the purposes of section 179(2) above as reduced by the proportion which the aggregate of the purchase prices of all the qualifying investments so purchased bears to the aggregate of the values referred to in section 179(1)(b) above (or, if the aggregate of those purchase prices equals or exceeds the aggregate of those values, the loss on sale shall be extinguished).

(2)If a claim is made under this Chapter by any person in a capacity other than that of personal representative or trustee—

(a)subsection (1) above shall have effect in his case as if for the words “in the same capacity as that in which he makes the claim” there were substituted the words “otherwise than in the capacity of personal representative or trustee”, and

(b)no account shall be taken under that subsection of any qualifying investments purchased by him unless they are of the same description as one of the qualifying investments to which the claim relates.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above, two investments, not being investments in an authorised unit trust or common investment fund, shall not be treated as of the same description if they are separately [F690listed]on a recognised stock exchange [F691or separately dealt in on the Unlisted Securities Market] and an investment in one authorised unit trust or common investment fund shall not be treated as of the same description as an investment in another authorised unit trust or common investment fund.

Textual Amendments

F690Word in s. 180(3) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to any time falling on or after 1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 3(1)(2)

F691Finance 1987 Sch. 8, para. 14,with effect from 17March 1987.

181 Capital receipts.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of section 179(1)(b) above, if—

(a)at any time after the death in question (whether during or after the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death) the appropriate person receives any capital payment or payments which is or are attributable to any qualifying investments comprised in the deceased’s estate immediately before his death, and

(b)those investments are sold by him within that period,

the price for which those investments were sold or, as the case may be, the best consideration referred to in section 179(1)(b) shall be taken to be increased by an amount equal to the capital payment or, as the case may be, the aggregate of the capital payments, referred to in paragraph (a) above.

(2)If the appropriate person receives or becomes entitled to receive in respect of any qualifying investments a provisional allotment of shares in or debentures of a company and he disposes of his rights, the amount of the consideration for the disposal shall be treated for the purposes of this section as a capital payment attributable to those investments.

(3)In this section “capital payment”, in relation to any investment, does not include the price paid on the sale of the investment but, subject to that, includes any money or money’s worth which does not constitute income for the purposes of income tax.

182 Payment of calls.U.K.

For the purposes of section 179(1)(a) above, if—

(a)at any time after the death in question (whether during or after the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death) the appropriate person pays an amount in pursuance of a call in respect of any qualifying investments comprised in the deceased’s estate immediately before his death, and

(b)those investments are sold by the appropriate person within that period,

the value on death of those investments shall be the aggregate of the amount so paid and their value as determined apart from this Chapter.

183 Changes in holdings.U.K.

(1)This section applies in any case where, within the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death in question, there occurs in relation to any qualifying investments comprised in the deceased’s estate immediately before his death (in this section referred to as “the original holding”) a transaction to which [F692127 of the 1992 Act] applies, that is to say—

(a)a reorganisation, within the meaning of section [F693126(1)] of that Act; or

(b)the conversion of securities within the meaning of section [F693132] of that Act; or

(c)the issue by a company of shares or debentures in exchange for shares in or debentures of another company in such circumstances that section [F693135] of that Act applies; or

(d)the issue by a company of shares or debentures under such an arrangement as is referred to in section [F693136] of that Act;

or any transaction relating to a unit trust scheme which corresponds to any of the transactions referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) above and to which section [F693127] of that Act applies by virtue of section [F69399] of that Act.

(2)Where this section applies, the holding of investments which, as the result of the transaction, constitutes a new holding within the meaning of section [F693126(1)] shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as being the same as the original holding; and references in the following provisions of this section to the new holding shall be construed accordingly.

(3)If the appropriate person gives, or becomes liable to give, as part of or in connection with the transaction concerned, any consideration for the new holding or any part of it, then, for the purposes of subsection (5) below, the value on death of the new holding shall be treated as the aggregate of—

(a)the value on death of the original holding, and

(b)an amount equal to that consideration,

and in any other case the value on death of the new holding shall be taken to be the same as the value on death of the original holding.

(4)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, there shall not be treated as consideration given for the new holding or any part of it—

(a)any surrender, cancellation or other alteration of any of the investments comprised in the original holding or of the rights attached thereto, or

(5)If, within the period referred to in subsection (1) above, the appropriate person sells any investments comprised in the new holding, the value on death of those investments shall be determined by the formula—

where—

Vs is the sale value of the investments,
Vr is the market value at the time of the sale of any investments remaining in the new holding after the sale,
H is the value on death of the new holding, and
S is the value on death of any investments which were originally comprised in the new holding but have been sold on a previous occasion or occasions.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (5) above the market value of any investments at any time means the value which they would (apart from this Chapter) have for the purposes of this Act if they were comprised in the estate of a person who died at that time.

Textual Amendments

F692S. 183: "127 of the 1992 Act" substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) for "section 78 of the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979" by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(9) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

F693Words in s. 183 substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(9) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

184 Exchanges.U.K.

(1)If—

(a)within the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death in question, the appropriate person exchanges (with or without any payment by way of equality of exchange) any qualifying investments comprised in the deceased’s estate immediately before his death, and

(b)the market value of those investments is at the date of the exchange greater than their value on death,

then, regardless of the nature of the property taken in exchange, they shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having been sold at the date of the exchange for a price equal to that market value.

(2)This section shall not apply in any case where the exchange falls within section 183(1) above; and section 183(6) shall apply for the purposes of subsection (1) above as it applies for the purposes of section 183(5).

185 Acquisition of like investments.U.K.

(1)If, at any time within the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death in question, the appropriate person sells any investments which form part of a holding of investments which are all of the same description and consist of—

(a)investments comprised in the deceased’s estate immediately before his death, and

(b)investments acquired by the appropriate person, by purchase or otherwise, after the death but not in the circumstances in which section 183 above applies,

the investments so sold shall be apportioned for the purposes of this Chapter between those falling within paragraph (a) and those falling within paragraph (b) above in the same proportion as, immediately before the sale, the investments comprised in the holding and falling within paragraph (a) above bore to the investments so comprised and falling within paragraph (b) above.

(2)For the purposes of this section, if the appropriate person holds investments of any description in the capacity of personal representative or trustee, the investments shall not be treated as forming part of the same holding as investments which, though of the same description, are held by him otherwise than in that capacity.

(3)Section 180(3) above shall have effect for the purposes of this section as it has effect for the purposes of section 180(2).

186 Value of part of a fund.U.K.

(1)In any case where—

(a)part only of a holding of qualifying investments is comprised in a person’s estate, and

(b)investments included in that holding are sold by the appropriate person within the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death,

this Chapter shall apply as if the entirety of the holding were comprised in the estate and, if a claim is made in respect of the investments referred to in paragraph (b) above, the taxable fraction of the value of the investments to which the claim relates, as determined under this Chapter, shall be the value of that part of those investments which is comprised in the estate.

(2)In subsection (1) above, “taxable fraction” means the fraction of which the numerator is the value, as determined apart from this Chapter, of the part of the holding referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection and the denominator is the value, as so determined, of the entirety of that holding.

[F694186A Cancelled investments.U.K.

(1)Where any qualifying investments comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death are—

(a)cancelled within the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death without being replaced by other shares or securities, and

(b)held, immediately before cancellation, by the appropriate person,

they shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having been sold by the appropriate person for a nominal consideration (one pound) immediately before cancellation.

(2)Where any qualifying investments are included in the calculation under section 179(1) above by virtue of this section, paragraph (b) of that subsection shall have effect, so far as relating to those investments, with the omission of the words from “or” to the end.]

Textual Amendments

F694Ss. 186A, 186B inserted (27.7.1993: the inserting section having effect in relation to deaths occuring on or after 16.3.1992) by 1993 c. 34, s. 198(1)(2).

186BF695Suspended investments.U.K.

(1)This section applies to any qualifying investments comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death in respect of which [F696listing] on a recognised stock exchange or dealing on the Unlisted Securities Market is suspended at the end of the period of twelve months immediately following the date of the death (“the relevant period”).

(2)Where—

(a)any qualifying investments to which this section applies are, at the end of the relevant period, held by the appropriate person, and

(b)the value on death of those investments exceeds their value at the end of that period,

they shall be treated for the purposes of this Chapter as having been sold by the appropriate person immediately before the end of that period for a price equal to their value at that time.

(3)Where any qualifying investments are included in the calculation under section 179(1) above by virtue of this section, paragraph (b) of that subsection shall have effect, so far as relating to those investments, with the omission of the words from “or” to the end.

Textual Amendments

F695Ss. 186A, 186B inserted (27.7.1993: the inserting section having effect in relation to deaths occuring on or after 16.3.1992) by 1993 c. 34, s. 198(1)(2).

F696Word in s. 186B(1) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect in relation to investments sold, or treated as sold, on or after 1.4.1996) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 4(2)(3)

187 Attribution of values to specific investments.U.K.

(1)This section shall have effect in determining the value for the purposes of this Act (and, accordingly, the market value for the purposes of capital gains tax under section [F697274 of the 1992 Act]) of any investment (in this section referred to as a “specific investment”) which is included among the investments to which a claim relates.

(2)Subject to the following provisions of this section, the value of a specific investment shall be its sale value.

(3)Subject to the following provisions of this section, in a case where the calculation of the loss on sale of the investments to which a claim relates is affected by section 180 above—

(a)if the value on death of a specific investment exceeds its sale price, the value of that investment shall be the aggregate of its sale value and an amount equal to the relevant proportion of the difference between its sale price and its value on death; and

(b)if the sale price of a specific investment exceeds its value on death, the value of the investment shall be its sale value less an amount equal to the relevant proportion of the difference between its value on death and its sale price.

(4)For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) above, the sale value of a specific investment in respect of which an amount has been paid in pursuance of a call, as mentioned in section 182 above, shall be reduced by the amount so paid in respect of that investment.

(5)In a case where, by virtue of subsection (3) of section 183 above, the value on death of the new holding, within the meaning of that section, includes an amount equal to the consideration referred to in that subsection, the sale value of any specific investment comprised in the new holding shall be reduced, for the purposes of subsections (2) and (3) above, by an amount which bears to that consideration the like proportion as the value on death of the specific investment sold bears to the value on death of the whole of the new holding.

(6)In subsection (3) above “sale price”, in relation to a specific investment, means the price for which the investment was sold by the appropriate person or, if it is greater, the best consideration which could reasonably have been obtained for the specific investment at the time of the sale; and section 181 above shall apply for the purposes of this subsection as it applies for the purposes of section 179(1)(b).

Textual Amendments

F697Words in s. 187 substituted (6.3.1992 with effects as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(10) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

188 Limitation of loss on sale.U.K.

In any case where, apart from this section, the loss on sale of any investments—

(a)in respect of which an amount has been paid in pursuance of a call as mentioned in section 182 above, or

(b)which are sold as mentioned in section 183(5) above,

would exceed their value as determined apart from this Chapter, their sale value shall be treated for the purposes of sections 179(2) and 187 above as being of such an amount that the loss on sale would be equal to their value as so determined.

189 Date of sale or purchase.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, for the purposes of this Chapter where any investments are sold or purchased by the appropriate person the date on which they are sold or purchased shall be taken to be the date on which he entered into a contract to sell or purchase them.

(2)If the sale or purchase of any investments by the appropriate person results from the exercise (whether by him or by any other person) of an option, then, for the purposes of this Chapter, the date on which the investments are sold or purchased shall be taken to be the date on which the option was granted.

CHAPTER IVU.K. SALE OF LAND FROM DECEASED’S ESTATE

190 Preliminary.U.K.

(1)In this Chapter—

“the appropriate person”, in relation to any interest in land comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death, means the person liable for [F698inheritance tax] attributable to the value of that interest or, if there is more than one such person and one of them is in fact paying the tax, that person;
“interest in land” does not include any estate, interest or right by way of mortgage or other security;
“sale price”, in relation to any interest in land, means the price for which it is sold or, if greater, the best consideration that could reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of the sale;
“sale value”, in relation to any interest in land, means its sale price as increased or reduced under the following provisions of this Chapter;
“value on death”, in relation to any interest in land comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death, means the value which, apart from this Chapter, (and apart from section 176 above) would be its value as part of that estate for the purposes of this Act.

(2)Any reference in this Chapter to the interests to which a claim relates is a reference to the interests to which section 191(1) below applies by virtue of the claim.

(3)For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a)the personal representatives of the deceased, and

(b)the trustees of a settlement,

shall each be treated as a single and continuing body of persons (distinct from the persons who may from time to time be the personal representatives or trustees).

(4)In any case where, for the purposes of this Chapter, it is necessary to determine the price at which any interest was purchased or sold or the best consideration that could reasonably have been obtained on the sale of any interest, no account shall be taken of expenses (whether by way of commission, stamp duty [F699or stamp duty land tax] or otherwise) which are incidental to the sale or purchase.

Textual Amendments

F698 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

F699Words in s. 190(4) inserted (10.7.2003) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 123, Sch. 18 para. 2

191 The relief.U.K.

(1)Where—

(a)an interest in land is comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death and is sold by the appropriate person within the period of three years immediately following the date of the death, and

(b)the appropriate person makes a claim under this Chapter stating the capacity in which he makes it,

the value for the purposes of this Act of that interest and of any other interest in land comprised in that estate and sold within that period by the person making the claim acting in the same capacity shall, subject to the following provisions of this Chapter, be its sale value.

[F700(1A)A claim under this Chapter must be made not more than 4 years after the end of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(a).]

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to an interest if its sale value would differ from its value on death by less than the lower of—

(a)£1,000, and

(b)5 per cent of its value on death.

(3)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to an interest if its sale is—

(a)a sale by a personal representative or trustee to—

(i)a person who, at any time between the death and the sale, has been beneficially entitled to, or to an interest in possession in, property comprising the interest sold, or

(ii)the spouse [F701or civil partner] or a child or remoter descendant of a person within sub-paragraph (i) above, or

(iii)trustees of a settlement under which a person within sub-paragraph (i) or (ii) above has an interest in possession in property comprising the interest sold; or

(b)a sale in connection with which the vendor or any person within sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (a) above obtains a right to acquire the interest sold or any other interest in the same land;

and for the purposes of this subsection a person shall be treated as having in the property comprised in an unadministered estate (within the meaning of section 91(2) above) the same interest as he would have if the administration of the estate had been completed.

Textual Amendments

F700S. 191(1A) inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 10; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

F701Words in s. 191(3)(a)(ii) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 35

192 Effect of purchases.U.K.

(1)This section applies where a claim is made under this Chapter and, at any time during the period beginning on the date of the death and ending four months after the last of the sales referred to in section 191(1) above, the person making the claim purchases any interests in land in the same capacity as that in which he makes the claim.

(2)If the aggregate of the purchase prices of all the interests purchased as mentioned in subsection (1) above equals or exceeds the aggregate of the sale prices (as adjusted under sections 193 to 195 below) of all the interests to which the claim relates, this Chapter shall not apply in relation to the claim; but otherwise subsection (3) below shall have effect, and in that subsection “the appropriate fraction” means the fraction of which—

(a)the numerator is the aggregate of the said purchase prices, and

(b)the denominator is the aggregate of the said sale prices.

(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, where this subsection has effect an addition shall be made to the sale price of every interest to which the claim relates; and the amount of the addition shall be equal to the appropriate fraction of the difference between the value on death of the interest and its sale price (as adjusted under sections 193 to 196 below).

(4)Where the value on death of an interest is less than its sale price (as adjusted under sections 193 to 196 below) subsection (3) above shall apply as if it provided for a reduction instead of an increase in the sale price.

193 Changes between death and sale.U.K.

(1)Where the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) below are not satisfied in relation to any interest to which the claim relates then, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, an addition shall be made to the sale price of the interest; and the amount of the addition shall be equal to the difference between—

(a)the value on death of the interest, and

(b)what that value would have been if the circumstances prevailing at the date of the sale and by reason of which the conditions are not satisfied had prevailed immediately before the death.

(2)The conditions referred to in subsection (1) above are—

(a)that the interest was the same in all respects and with the same incidents at the date of the death and at the date of the sale; and

(b)that the land in which the interest subsists was in the same state and with the same incidents at the date of the death and at the date of the sale.

(3)If after the date of the death but before the date of the sale compensation becomes payable under any enactment to the appropriate person or any other person liable for tax attributable to the value of the interest—

(a)because of the imposition of a restriction on the use or development of the land in which the interest subsists, or

(b)because the value of the interest is reduced for any other reason,

the imposition of the restriction or the other cause of the reduction in value shall be ignored for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above, but there shall be added to the sale price of the interest an amount equal to the amount of compensation.

(4)Where the value on death of an interest is less than it would have been as mentioned in subsection (1) above, that subsection shall apply as if, instead of providing for an addition to be made to the sale price, it provided for that price to be reduced to what it would have been if the change in circumstances by reason of which the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) above are not satisfied had not occurred.

194 Leases.U.K.

(1)Where the claim relates to an interest which is the interest of a lessee under a lease the duration of which at the date of the death does not exceed fifty years, an addition shall be made to the sale price of the interest; and the amount of the addition shall be equal to the appropriate fraction of the value on death of the interest.

(2)In subsection (1) above, “the appropriate fraction” means the fraction—

where—

P(1) is the percentage that would be derived from the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule [F7028 to the 1992 Act] for the duration of the lease at the date of the death, and
P(2) is the percentage that would be so derived for the duration of the lease at the date of the sale.

Textual Amendments

F702Words in s. 194 substituted (6.3.1992 with effects as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(11) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

195 Valuation by reference to other interests.U.K.

If in determining the value on death of any interest to which the claim relates, any other interests, whether in the same or other land, were taken into account, an addition shall be made to the sale price of the interest; and the amount of the addition shall be equal to the difference between the value on death of the interest and the value which would have been the value on death if no other interests had been taken into account.

196 Sales to beneficiaries etc. and exchanges.U.K.

(1)This section applies where a person who makes a claim under this Chapter, acting in the same capacity as that in which he makes the claim—

(a)sells an interest to which section 191(1) would apply but for section 191(3), or

(b)within the period of three years immediately following the date of the death exchanges (with or without any payment by way of equality of exchange) any interest in land which was comprised in the deceased’s estate immediately before his death.

and the sale price of the interest, or in the case of an exchange its market value at the date of the exchange, exceeds its value on death.

(2)Where this section applies, an addition shall be made to the sale price of any interest to which the claim relates; and the amount of the addition—

(a)if the claim relates to one interest only, shall be equal to the excess referred to in subsection (1) above, and

(b)if the claim relates to more than one interest, shall be equal to the appropriate fraction of that excess.

(3)In subsection (2) above “the appropriate fraction” in relation to any interest to which the claim relates is the fraction of which—

(a)the numerator is the difference between the value on death of that interest and its sale price (as adjusted under sections 193 to 195 above) and

(b)the denominator is the aggregate of that difference and the corresponding differences for all the other interests to which the claim relates;

and the aggregate referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be calculated without regard to which is the greater, in the case of any particular interest, of its value on death and its sale price.

197 Compulsory acquisition more than three years after death.U.K.

(1)If after the end of the period of three years immediately following the date of the death an interest in land is acquired from the appropriate person in pursuance of a notice to treat served before the death or within that period by an authority possessing powers of compulsory acquisition, this Chapter shall apply in relation to the interest as it applies in relation to interests sold within that period.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not have effect in relation to an interest if its sale value would exceed its value on death.

(3)In determining the period referred to in section 192(1) above, no account shall be taken of the sale of an interest in relation to which subsection (1) above has effect; and if the claim relates only to such interests, section 192 shall not apply in relation to the claim.

[F703197A Sales in fourth year after death.U.K.

(1)Where an interest in land—

(a)is comprised in a person’s estate immediately before his death, and

(b)is sold by the appropriate person in the fourth year immediately following the date of the death, otherwise than in circumstances in which section 197(1) above has effect,

the interest shall be treated, for the purposes of section 191(1) above, as having been sold within the period of three years immediately following the date of the death.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not have effect in relation to an interest if its sale value would exceed its value on death.

(4)In applying section 196(1) above, no account shall be taken, for the purposes of paragraph (a) of that subsection, of an interest in relation to which subsection (1) above has effect.]

Textual Amendments

F703S. 197A inserted (27.7.1993: the inserting section having effect in relation to deaths occuring on or after 16.3.1990) by 1993 c. 34, s. 199(1)(2).

198 Date of sale or purchase.U.K.

(1)Subject to the following subsections, the date on which an interest in land is sold or purchased by the appropriate person shall for the purposes of this Chapter be taken to be the date on which he enters into a contract to sell or purchase it.

(2)If the sale or purchase of any interest by the appropriate person results from the exercise (whether by him or by any other person) of an opinion granted not more than six months earlier, the date on which the interest is sold or purchased shall be taken to be the date on which the option was granted.

(3)If an interest is acquired from the appropriate person in pursuance of a notice to treat served by an authority possessing powers of compulsory acquisition, the date on which the interest is sold shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be taken to be the date on which compensation for the acquisition is agreed or otherwise determined (variations on appeal being disregarded for this purpose) or, if earlier, the date when the authority enter on the land in pursuance of their powers.

(4)If an interest in land is acquired from the appropriate person—

(a)in England, Scotland or Wales by virtue of a general vesting declaration within the meaning of the M54Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 or, in Scotland, Schedule 24 to the M55Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972, or

(b)in Northern Ireland, by way of a vesting order,

the date on which it is sold by the appropriate person shall be taken to be the last day of the period specified in the declaration or, in Northern Ireland, the date on which the vesting order becomes operative.

Marginal Citations

M541981 c. 66.

M551972 c. 52.

PART VIIU.K. LIABILITY

General rulesU.K.

199 Dispositions by transferor.U.K.

(1)The persons liable for the tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made by a disposition (including any omission treated as a disposition under section 3(3) above) of the transferor are—

(a)the transferor;

(b)any person the value of whose estate is increased by the transfer;

(c)so far as the tax is attributable to the value of any property, any person in whom the property is vested (whether beneficially or otherwise) at any time after the transfer, or who at any such time is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the property;

(d)where by the chargeable transfer any property becomes comprised in a settlement, any person for whose benefit any of the property or income from it is applied.

[F704(2)Subsection (1)(a) above shall apply in relation to—

(a)the tax on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer; and

(b)so much of the tax on the value transferred by any other chargeable transfer made within seven years of the transferor’s death as exceeds what it would have been had the transferor died more than seven years after the transfer,

with the substitution for the reference to the transferor of a reference to his personal representatives.]

(3)A purchaser of property, and a person deriving title from or under such a purchaser, shall not by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above be liable for tax attributable to the value of the property unless the property is subject to an Inland Revenue charge.

(4)For the purposes of this section—

(a)any person who takes possession of or intermeddles with, or otherwise acts in relation to, property so as to become liable as executor or trustee (or, in Scotland, any person who intromits with property or has become liable as a vitious intromitter), and

(b)any person to whom the management of property is entrusted on behalf of a person not of full legal capacity,

shall be treated as a person in whom the property is vested.

(5)References in this section to any property include references to any property directly or indirectly representing it.

Textual Amendments

F704Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 26,with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“(2) Where the chargeable transfer is made within three years of the transferor's death, subsection (1)(a) above shall not apply in relation to so much of the tax as exceeds what it would have been had the transferor died more than three years after the transfer.”.

200 Transfer on death.U.K.

(1)The persons liable for the tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made (under section 4 above) on the death of any person are F705. . . —

(a)so far as the tax is attributable to the value of property which either—

(i)was not immediately before the death comprised in a settlement, or

(ii)was so comprised and consists of land in the United Kingdom which devolves upon or vests in the deceased’s personal representatives,

the deceased’s personal representatives;

(b)so far as the tax is attributable to the value of property which, immediately before the death, was comprised in a settlement, the trustees of the settlement;

(c)so far as the tax is attributable to the value of any property, any person in whom the property is vested (whether beneficially or otherwise) at any time after the death, or who at any such time is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in the property;

(d)so far as the tax is attributable to the value of any property which, immediately before the death, was comprised in a settlement, any person for whose benefit any of the property or income from it is applied after the death.

[F706(1A)F707. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

(2)A purchaser of property, and a person deriving title from or under such a purchaser, shall not by virtue of subsection (1)(c) above be liable for tax attributable to the value of the property unless the property is subject to an Inland Revenue charge.

(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) above a person entitled to part only of the income of any property shall, notwithstanding anything in section 50 above, be deemed to be entitled to an interest in the whole of the property.

(4)Subsections (4) and (5) of section 199 above shall have effect for the purposes of this section as they have effect for the purposes of that section.

Textual Amendments

F705Words in s. 200(1) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 52(a)

F706S. 200(1A) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 5(3)

F707S. 200(1A) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 52(b)

201 Settled property.U.K.

(1)The persons liable for the tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made under Part III of this Act are—

(a)the trustees of the settlement;

(b)any person entitled (whether beneficially or not) to an interest in possession in the settled property;

(c)any person for whose benefit any of the settled property or income from it is applied at or after the time of the transfer;

(d)where the transfer is made during the life of the settlor and the trustees are not for the time being resident in the United Kingdom, the settlor.

(2)Where the chargeable transfer is made within [F708seven years] of the transferor’s death [F709but is not a potentially exempt transfer], subsection (1)(d) above shall not apply in relation to so much of the tax as exceeds what it would have been had the transferor died more than [F708seven years] after the transfer.

(3)Subsection (1)(d) above shall not apply in relation to a settlement made before 11th December 1974 if the trustees were resident in the United Kingdom when the settlement was made, but have not been resident there at any time during the period between 10th December 1974 and the time of the transfer.

[F710(3A)Subsection (1)(d) above shall not apply in relation to the tax chargeable on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer in a case where the settlement was made before 17th March 1987 if the trustees were resident in the United Kingdom when the settlement was made, but have not been resident there at any time between 16th March 1987 and the death of the transferor.]

(4)Where more than one person is a settlor in relation to a settlement and the circumstances so require, subsection (1)(d) above shall have effect in relation to it as if the settled property were comprised in separate settlements.

[F711(4A)Where—

(a)a charge to tax arises under or by virtue of section 74A, or

(b)in a case where paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 74A are satisfied, a charge to tax arises under section 64 or 65 in respect of the relevant settled property (within the meaning of section 74A),

subsection (1) of this section has effect as if the persons listed in that subsection included the individual mentioned in section 74A(1)(b)(i).]

(5)For the purposes of this section trustees of a settlement shall be regarded as not resident in the United Kingdom unless the general administration of the settlement is ordinarily carried on in the United Kingdom and the trustees or a majority of them (and, where there is more than one class of trustees, a majority of each class) are for the time being resident in the United Kingdom.

(6)References in this section to any property include references to any property directly or indirectly representing it.

Textual Amendments

F708Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 27,with effect from 18 March 1986.Originally “three years”.

F709Finance Act 1987 (No.2) Sch. 7, para. 3(2),with effect from 17 March 1987.

F710Finance Act 1987 (No.2) Sch. 7, para. 3(3),with effect from 17 March 1987.

F711S. 201(4A) inserted (20.6.2012 and with effect in accordance with s. 210(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 210(4)

202 Close companies.U.K.

(1)The persons liable for tax chargeable by virtue of section 94(1) or section 99(2) above are—

(a)the company making the transfer of value concerned, and

(b)so far as the tax remains unpaid after it ought to have been paid, the persons to whom any amounts have been apportioned under section 94 above and any individual (whether such a person or not) the value of whose estate is increased by the company’s transfer.

(2)A person to whom not more than 5 per cent of the value transferred by the company’s transfer is apportioned shall not as such be liable for any of the tax; and each of the other persons to whom any part of that value has been apportioned shall be so liable only for such part of the tax as corresponds to that part of that value.

(3)A person the value of whose estate is increased by the company’s transfer shall not as such be liable for a greater amount than the amount of the increase.

(4)No person other than those liable under this section shall be liable for any tax chargeable by virtue of section 94(1) or section 99(2) above.

203 Liability of spouse [F712or civil partner].U.K.

(1)Where—

(a)a transferor is liable for any tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer, and

(b)by another transfer of value made by him on or after 27th March 1974 (“the spouse [F713or civil partner] transfer”) any property became the property of a person (“the transferee”) who at the time of both transfers was his spouse [F713or civil partner] ,

the transferee is liable for so much of the tax as does not exceed the market value of the property at the time of the spouse [F713or civil partner] transfer or, in a case where subsection (2) below applies the lower market value mentioned in paragraph (c) of that subsection.

(2)This subsection applies where—

(a)the chargeable transfer is made after the spouse [F713or civil partner] transfer; and

(b)the property (“the transferred property”) which became the property of the transferee either remains the transferee’s property at the date of the chargeable transfer or has before that date been sold by the transferee by a qualifying sale; and

(c)the market value of the transferred property on the relevant date (that is to say, the date of the chargeable transfer or, as the case may be, of the qualifying sale) is lower than its market value at the time of the spouse [F713or civil partner] transfer; and

(d)the transferred property is not tangible movable property.

(3)In this section “qualifying sale” has the same meaning as in section 131 above; and, subject to subsection (4) below, sections 133 to 140 above shall have effect for the purposes of this section as they have effect for the purposes of section 131.

(4)In their application by virtue of subsection (3) above, sections 133 to 140 above shall have effect as if—

(a)references to the chargeable transfer were references to the spouse [F713or civil partner] transfer,

(b)references to the transferee’s spouse [F713or civil partner] were omitted, and

(c)references to section 131 above were references to this section.

Textual Amendments

F712Words in s. 203 sidenote inserted (5.12.2005) by virtue of The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 36(b)

F713Words in s. 203(1)(2)(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 36(a)

204 Limitation of liability.U.K.

(1)A person shall not be liable under section 200(1)(a) above for any tax as a personal representative of a deceased person, except to the extent of the following assets, namely—

(a)so far as the tax is attributable to the value of any property other than such as is mentioned in paragraph (b) below, the assets (other than property so mentioned) which he has received as personal representative or might have so received but for his own neglect or default; and

(b)so far as the tax is attributable to property which, immediately before the death, was comprised in a settlement and consists of land in the United Kingdom, so much of that property as is at any time available in his hands for the payment of the tax, or might have been so available but for his own neglect or default.

(2)A person shall not be liable for tax as trustee in relation to any property, except to the extent of—

(a)so much of the property as he has actually received or disposed of or as he has become liable to account for to the persons beneficially entitled thereto, and

(b)so much of any other property as is for the time being available in his hands as trustee for the payment of the tax or might have been so available but for his own neglect or default.

(3)A person not liable as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above but liable for tax as a person in whom property is vested or liable for tax as a person entitled to a beneficial interest in possession in any property shall not be liable for the tax except to the extent of that property.

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F714

(5)A person liable for tax as a person for whose benefit any settled property, or income from any settled property, is applied, shall not be liable for the tax except to the extent of the amount of the property or income (reduced in the case of income by the amount of any income tax borne by him in respect of it, and in the case of other property in respect of which he has borne income tax by virtue of [F715Chapter 2 of Part 13 of the Income Tax Act 2007] by the amount of that tax).

(6)Where a person is liable for any tax—

(a)under section 199 above otherwise than as transferor [F716or personal representatives of the transferor], or

(b)under section 201 above otherwise than as trustee of the settlement,

he shall be liable only if the tax remains unpaid after it ought to have been paid and, in a case where any part of the value transferred is attributable to the tax on it, shall be liable to no greater extent than he would have been had the value transferred been reduced by the tax remaining unpaid.

[F717(7)Where the tax exceeds what it would have been had the transferor died more than seven years after the transfer, subsection (6) above shall not apply in relation to the excess.

(8)A person liable by virtue of section 199(2) above for any tax as personal representative of the transferor shall be liable only to the extent that either—

(a)in consequence of subsections (2), (3) and (5) above, no person falling within paragraphs (b) to (d) of section 199(1) above is liable for the tax, or

(b)the tax remains unpaid twelve months after the end of the month in which the death of the transferor occurs,

and, subject to that, shall be liable only to the extent of the assets mentioned in subsection (1) above.

(9)Where by virtue of subsection (3) of section 102 of the Finance Act 1986 the estate of a deceased person is treated as including property which would not apart from that subsection form part of his estate, a person shall be liable under section 200(1)(a) above as personal representative for tax attributable to the value of that property only if the tax remains unpaid twelve months after the end of the month in which the death occurs and, subject to that, only to the extent of the assets mentioned in subsection (1) above.]

Textual Amendments

F714 Repealed by 1986 s. 101(3), Sch. 19, para. 28(1)and Sch. 23, Part X,with effect from 18March 1986.

F715Words in s. 204(5) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 1034 of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 1027, 1034, Sch. 1 para. 270 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)

F716Income and Corporation Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 28(2),with effect from 18March 1986.

F717Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 28(3),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“(7) Subsection (6) above shall not apply in relation to such an excess as is mentioned in subsection (4) above.”

205 More than one person liable.U.K.

Except as otherwise provided, where under this Act two or more persons are liable for the same tax, each of them shall be liable for the whole of it.

Special casesU.K.

206. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F718U.K.

Textual Amendments

F718 Repealed by Finance Act 1988 s. 148and Sch. 14, Part X,with effect from 15March 1988.

207 Conditional exemption, etc.U.K.

(1)Where tax is chargeable under section 32 above on the occurrence of an event which is a chargeable event with respect to any property by virtue of subsection (2) or subsection (3)(a) of that section, the person liable for the tax is the person who, if the property were sold—

(a)in a case within subsection (2) of that section, at the time the tax becomes chargeable, and

(b)in a case within subsection (3)(a), immediately after the death,

would be entitled to receive (whether for his benefit or not) the proceeds of sale or any income arising from them.

(2)Where tax is chargeable under section 32 above on the occurrence of an event which is a chargeable event with respect to any property by virtue of subsection (3)(b) of that section, the person liable for the tax is the person by whom or for whose benefit the property is disposed of.

[F719(2A)Where tax is chargeable under section 32A above on the occurrence of an event which is a chargeable event with respect to any property by virtue of subsection (3) or subsection (4)(a) of that section, the person liable for the tax is the person who, if the property were sold—

(a)in a case within subsection (3) of that section, at the time the tax becomes chargeable, and

(b)in a case within subsection (4)(a), immediately after the death,

would be entitled to receive (whether for his benefit or not) the proceeds of sale or any income arising from them.

(2B)Where tax is chargeable under section 32A above on the occurrence of an event which is a chargeable event with respect to any property by virtue of subsection (4)(b) of that section, the person liable for the tax is the person by whom or for whose benefit the property is disposed of.]

(3)The persons liable for tax charged under [F720section 79(3A)] above are—

(a)the trustees of the settlement concerned, and

(b)any person for whose benefit any of the property or income from it is applied at or after the time of the event occasioning the charge.

(4)The person liable for tax chargeable under paragraph 1(1) or 3(1) of Schedule 5 to this Act is the person who, if the property were sold at the time the tax becomes chargeable, would be entitled to receive (whether for his benefit or not) the proceeds of sale or any income arising from them.

(5)The person liable for tax chargeable under paragraph 1(2) or 3(2) of Schedule 5 to this Act is the person by whom or for whose benefit the property is disposed of.

Textual Amendments

F719Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 10,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F720Words in s. 207(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(8)(a)

208 Woodlands.U.K.

The person liable for tax chargeable under section 126 above in relation to a disposal is the person who is entitled to the proceeds of sale or would be so entitled if the dispoal were a sale.

209 Succession in Scotland.U.K.

(1)A person shall not be liable under section 200(1)(a) above for tax attributable to the value of any heritable property in Scotland which is vested in him as executor in the circumstances and for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 18 of the M56Succession (Scotland) Act 1964.

(2)The persons liable for tax chargeable under section 147(4) above are the person who claims legitim [F721or rights under section 131 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004] and any person mentioned in section 200(1)(c) above.

(3)Section 200(1)(a) shall not apply in relation to tax chargeable under section 147(4) above, but section 204(1) shall apply in relation to the person who claims legitim [F721or rights under section 131 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004] as it applies in relation to the personal representatives of a deceased person.

Textual Amendments

F721Words in s. 209(2)(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 37

Marginal Citations

M561964 c.41.

210 Pension rights, etc.U.K.

[F722(1)]Where any tax chargeable on a transfer of value is attributable to the value of an interest satisfying the conditions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 151(2) above, the persons liable for the tax shall not include the trustees of the scheme or fund concerned but shall, if the transfer is made on the death of the person entitled to the interest, include his personal representatives.

[F723(2)F724. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F725(3)F724. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F722S. 210 renumbered as s. 210(1) (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 6

F723S. 210(2) inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 6

F724S. 210(2)(3) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 53

F725S. 210(3) inserted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 28 para. 15(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 91, Sch. 28 para. 11

Burden of tax, etc.U.K.

211 Burden of tax on death.U.K.

(1)Where personal representatives are liable for tax on the value transferred by chargeable transfer made on death, the tax shall be treated as part of the general testamentary and administration expenses of the estate, but only so far as it is attributable to the value of property in the United Kingdom which—

(a)vests in the deceased’s personal representatives, and

(b)was not immediately before the death comprised in a settlement.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall have effect subject to any contrary intention shown by the deceased in his will.

(3)Where any amount of tax paid by personal representatives on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made on death does not fall to be borne as part of the general testamentary and administration expenses of the estate, that amount shall, where occasion requires, be repaid to them by the person in whom the property to the value of which the tax is attributable is vested.

(4)References in this section to tax include references to interest on tax.

212 Powers to raise tax.U.K.

(1)Where a person is liable, otherwise than as transferor, and otherwise than under section 203 above, for tax attributable to the value of any property he shall, for the purpose of paying the tax or raising the amount of it when paid, have power, whether or not the property is vested in him, to raise the amount of the tax by sale or mortgage of, or a terminable charge on, that property or any part of it.

(2)A person having a limited interest in any property who pays the tax attributable to the value of that property shall be entitled to the like charge as if the tax so attributable had been raised by means of a mortgage to him.

(3)Any money held on the trusts of a settlement may be expended in paying the tax attributable to the value of any property comprised in the settlement and held on the same trusts.

(4)References in this section to tax include references to interest on tax and to costs properly incurred in respect of tax.

213 Refund by instalments.U.K.

Where a person has paid to the Board any tax which is or might at his option have been payable by instalments and he is entitled to recover the whole or part of it from another person, that other person shall, unless otherwise agreed between them, be entitled to refund the tax or that part by the same instalments (with the same interest thereon) as those by which it might have been paid to the Board.

214 Certificates of tax paid.U.K.

(1)On an application being made in such form as the Board may prescribe by a person who has paid or borne the tax attributable to the value of any property, being tax for which he is not ultimately liable, the Board shall grant a certificate specifying the tax paid and the debts and incumbrances allowed in valuing the property.

(2)Except to the extent of any repayment which may be or become due from the Board, a certificate under subsection (1) above shall be conclusive as between any person by whom the tax specified in the certificate falls to be borne and the person seeking to recover the tax from him; and any repayment of the tax falling to be made by the Board shall be duly made if made to the person producing the certificate.

(3)References in this section to tax include references to interest on tax.

PART VIIIU.K. ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

ManagementU.K.

215 General.U.K.

The tax shall be under the care and management of the Board.

Accounts and informationU.K.

216 Delivery of accounts.U.K.

(1)Except as otherwise provided by this section or by regulations under section 256 below, the personal representatives of a deceased person and every person who—

(a)is liable as transferor for tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer, or would be so liable if tax were chargeable on that value, or

(b)is liable as trustee of a settlement for tax on the value transferred by a transfer of value, or would be so liable if tax were chargeable on that value, or

[F726(bb)is liable under section 199(1)(b) above for tax on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer, or would be so liable if tax were chargeable on that value, or

(bc)is liable under section 200(1)(c) above for tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made on death, so far as the tax is attributable to the value of property which, apart from section 102(3) of the Finance Act 1986, would not form part of the deceased’s estate, or would be so liable if tax were chargeable on the value transferred on the death, or]

F727(bca). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F728(bd)is liable under section 201(1)(b), (c) or (d) above for tax on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which is made under section 52 above and which proves to be a chargeable transfer, or would be so liable if tax were chargeable on that value, or]

(c)is liable as trustee of a settlement for tax on an occasion on which tax is chargeable under Chapter III of Part III of this Act (apart from section 79), or would be so liable if tax were chargeable on the occasion,

shall deliver to the Board an account specifying to the best of his knowledge and belief all appropriate property and the value of that property.

(2)Where in the case of the estate of a deceased person no grant of representation or confirmation has been obtained in the United Kingdom before the expiration of the period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the death occurred—

(a)every person in whom any of the property forming part of the estate vests (whether beneficially or otherwise) on or at any time after the deceased’s death or who at any such time is beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in any such property, and

(b)where any of the property is at any such time comprised in a settlement and there is no person beneficially entitled to an interest in possession in that property, every person for whose benefit any of that property (or income from it) is applied at any such time,

shall deliver to the Board an account specifying to the best of his knowledge and belief the appropriate property vested in him, in which he has an interest or which (or income from which) is applicable for his benefit and the value of that property.

[F729(3)Subject to subsections (3A) and (3B) below, where an account is to be delivered by personal representatives (but not where it is to be delivered by a person who is an executor of the deceased only in respect of settled land in England and Wales), the appropriate property is—

(a)all property which formed part of the deceased’s estate immediately before his death F730. . . , other than property which would not, apart from section 102(3) of the M57Finance Act 1986, form part of his estate; and

(b)all property to which was attributable the value transferred by any chargeable transfers made by the deceased within seven years of his death.

(3A)If the personal representatives, after making the fullest enquiries that are reasonably practicable in the circumstances, are unable to ascertain the exact value of any particular property, their account shall in the first instance be sufficient as regards that property if it contains—

(a)a statement to that effect;

(b)a provisional estimate of the value of the property; and

(c)an undertaking to deliver a further account of it as soon as its value is ascertained.

(3B)The Board may from time to time give such general or special directions as they think fit for restricting the property to be specified in pursuance of subsection (3) above by any class of personal representatives.]

(4)Where subsection (3) above does not apply the appropriate property is any property to the value of which the tax is or would be attributable F731. . . .

(5)Except in the case of an account to be delivered by personal representatives, a person shall not be required to deliver an account under this section with respect to any property if a full and proper account of the property, specifying its value, has already been delivered to the Board by some other person who—

(a)is or would be liable for the tax attributable to the value of the property, and

(b)is not or would not be liable with him jointly as trustee;

and a person within subsection (2) above shall not be required to deliver an account under that subsection if he or another person within that subsection has satisfied the Board that an account will in due course be delivered by the personal representatives.

(6)An account under the preceding provisions of this section shall be delivered—

(a)in the case of an account to be delivered by personal representatives, before the expiration of the period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the death occurs, or, if it expires later, the period of three months beginning with the date on which the personal representatives first act as such;

[F732(aa)in the case of an account to be delivered by a person within subsection (1)(bb) [F733or (bd)] above, before the expiration of the period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the death of the transferor occurs;

(ab)in the case of an account to be delivered by a person within subsection (1)(bc) above, before the expiration of the period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the death occurs;]

F734(ac). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F735(ad)in the case of an account to be delivered by a person within subsection (1)(c) above, before the expiration of the period of six months from the end of the month in which the occasion concerned occurs;]

(b)in the case of an account to be delivered by a person within subsection (2) above, before the expiration of the period of three months from the time when he first has reason to believe that he is required to deliver an account under that subsection;

(c)in the case of an account to be delivered by any other person, before the expiration of the period of twelve months from the end of the month in which the transfer is made or, if it expires later, the period of three months beginning with the date on which he first becomes liable for tax.

(7)A person liable for tax under section 32 [F736or 32A], 79 [F737or 126] above or under Schedule 5 to this Act shall deliver an account under this section before the expiration of the period of six months from the end of the month in which the event by reason of which the tax is chargeable occurs.

Textual Amendments

F726Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 29,with effect from 18March 1986.

F727S. 216(1)(bca) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 54(2)

F728Finance Act 1987 (No.2) Sch. 7, para. 4(2),with effect from 17March 1987.

F729S. 216(3)(3A)(3B) substituted for s. 216(3) (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 105(2) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 105

F730Words in s. 216(3)(a) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 54(3)

F731Words in s. 216(4) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 54(4)

F732Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 29(3),with effect from 18March 1986.

F733Finance Act 1987 (No.2) Sch. 7, para. 4(3),with effect from 17March 1987.

F734S. 216(6)(ac) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 para. 85 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 54(5)

F735S. 216(6)(ad) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 5(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 5(1)

F736Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 11,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F737Words in s. 216(7) substituted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 para. 85 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 54(6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C46S. 216 excluded (1.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1733, reg. 4

C47S. 216 excluded (1.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1731, reg. 3

C48S. 216(6)(ad) applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 and with application in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 11(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 11(2)

C49S. 216(6)(ad) applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(16)(17)

Marginal Citations

M571986 c.41.

217 Defective accounts.U.K.

If a person who has delivered an account under section 216 above discovers at any time that the account is defective in a material respect by reason of anything contained in or omitted from it he shall, within six months of that time, deliver to the Board a further account containing such information as may be necessary to remedy the defect.

218 Non-resident trustees.U.K.

(1)Where any person, in the course of a trade or profession carried on by him, other than the profession of a barrister, has been concerned with the making of a settlement and knows or has reason to believe—

(a)that the settlor was domiciled in the United Kingdom, and

(b)that the trustees of the settlement are not or will not be resident in the United Kingdom,

he shall, within three months of the making of the settlement, make a return to the Board stating the names and addresses of the settlor and of the trustees of the settlement.

(2)A person shall not be required to make a return under this section in relation to—

(a)any settlement made by will, or

(b)any other settlement, if such a return in relation to that settlement has already been made by another person or if an account has been delivered in relation to it under section 216 above.

(3)For the purposes of this section trustees of a settlement shall be regarded as not resident in the United Kingdom unless the general administration of the settlement is ordinarily carried on in the United Kingdom and the trustees or a majority of them (and, where there is more than one class of trustees, a majority of each class) are for the time being resident in the United Kingdom.

[F738218A Instruments varying dispositions taking effect on deathU.K.

(1)Where—

(a)an instrument is made varying any of the dispositions of the property comprised in the estate of a deceased person immediately before his death,

(b)the instrument contains a statement under subsection (2) of section 142 above, and

(c)the variation results in additional tax being payable,

the relevant persons (within the meaning of that subsection) shall, within six months after the day on which the instrument is made, deliver a copy of it to the Board and notify them of the amount of the additional tax.

(2)To the extent that any of the relevant persons comply with the requirements of this section, the others are discharged from the duty to comply with them.]

Textual Amendments

F738S. 218A inserted (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 120(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 120(2)(4)

219 Power to require information.U.K.

F739. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F739Ss. 219, 219A, 219B omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(2)} (with art. 4)

[F740219A Power to call for documents etc.U.K.

F741. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F740Ss. 219A, 219B inserted (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 16, s. 106

F741Ss. 219, 219A, 219B omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(2)} (with art. 4)

F742219B Appeal against requirement to produce documents etc.U.K.

F743. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F742Ss. 219A, 219B inserted (27.7.1999) by 1999 c. 16, s. 106

F743Ss. 219, 219A, 219B omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(2)} (with art. 4)

220 Inspection of property.U.K.

F744. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F744S. 220 omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(3)}

220A Exchange of information with other countries.U.K.

F745. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F745S. 220A repealed (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 178, Sch. 26 Pt. 8(2)

Determinations [F746, reviews] and appealsU.K.

Textual Amendments

F746S. 221: words in preceding cross-heading inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 114

221 Notices of determination.U.K.

(1)Where it appears to the Board that a transfer of value has been made or where a claim under this Act is made to the Board in connection with a transfer of value, the Board may give notice in writing to any person who appears to the Board to be the transferor or the claimant or to be liable for any of the tax chargeable on the value transferred, stating that they have determined the matters specified in the notice.

(2)The matters that may be specified in a notice under this section in relation to any transfer of value are all or any of the following—

(a)the date of the transfer;

(b)the value transferred and the value of any property to which the value transferred is wholly or partly attributable;

(c)the transferor;

(d)the tax chargeable (if any) and the persons who are liable for the whole or part of it;

(e)the amount of any payment made in excess of the tax for which a person is liable and the date from which and the rate at which tax or any repayment of tax overpaid carries interest; and

(f)any other matter that appears to the Board to be relevant for the purposes of this Act.

(3)A determination for the purposes of a notice under this section of any fact relating to a transfer of value—

(a)shall, if that fact has been stated in an account or return under this Part of this Act and the Board are satisfied that the account or return is correct, be made by the Board in accordance with that account or return, but

(b)may, in any other case, be made by the Board to the best of their judgment.

(4)A notice under this section shall state the time within which and the manner in which an appeal against any determination in it may be made.

(5)Subject to any variation by agreement in writing or on appeal, a determination in a notice under this section shall be conclusive for the purposes of this Act against the person on whom the notice is served; and if the notice is served on the transferor and specifies a determination of the value transferred by the transfer of value or previous transfers of value, the determination, so far as relevant to the tax chargeable in respect of later transfers of value (whether or not made by the transferor) shall be conclusive also against any other person, subject however to any adjustment under section 240 or 241 below.

(6)References in this section to transfers of value or to the values transferred by them shall be construed as including references to—

(a)chargeable events by reference to which tax is chargeable under section 32 [F747or 32A] of this Act,

(b)occasions on which tax is chargeable under Chapter III of Part III of this Act,

(c)disposals on which tax is chargeable under section 126 of this Act,

or to the amounts on which tax is then chargeable.

Textual Amendments

F747Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 5,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C50S. 221 applied (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 210(6)(d)

222 Appeals against determinations.U.K.

(1)A person on whom a notice under section 221 above has been served may, within thirty days of the service, appeal against any determination specified in it by notice in writing given to the Board and specifying the grounds of appeal.

[F748(2)Sections 223D, 223G and 223H provide for notification of the appeal to the tribunal.]

(3)Where—

(a)it is so agreed between the appellant and the Board, or

(b)the High Court, on an application made by the appellant, is satisfied that the matters to be decided on the appeal are likely to be substantially confined to questions of law and gives leave for that purpose,

the appeal may be [F749notified] to the High Court.

[F750(4)An appeal on any question as to the value of land in the United Kingdom may be [F751notified] to the appropriate F752. . . tribunal.

[F753(4ZA)The appeal may be notified under subsection (3) or (4) only if it could be notified to the tribunal under section 223D, 223G or 223H.]

[F754(4A)If and so far as the question in dispute on any appeal under this section which has been notified to the tribunal or the High Court is a question as to the value of land in the United Kingdom, the question shall be determined on a reference to the appropriate F755. . . tribunal.]

(4B)In this section the [F756appropriate tribunal] means—

(a)where the land is in England or Wales, the [F757Upper Tribunal];

(b)where the land is in Scotland, the Lands Tribunal for Scotland;

(c)where the land is in Northern Ireland, the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland.]

(5)In the application of this section to Scotland, for references to the High Court there shall be substituted references to the Court of Session.

Textual Amendments

F748S. 222(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 115(2)

F749Word in s. 222(3) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 115(3)

F750S. 222(4)(4A)(4B) substituted (27.7.1993: the substituting section applying as mentioned in s. 200(3) of c. 34) for s. 222(4), by 1993 c. 34, s. 200(1)(3).

F751Word in s. 222(4) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 115(4)(a)

F752Word in s. 222(4) omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 167(a) (with Sch. 5)

F753S. 222(4ZA) inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 115(5)

F754S. 222(4A) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 115(6)

F755Word in s. 222(4A) omitted (1.6.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 167(b) (with Sch. 5)

F756Words in s. 222(4B) substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 167(c)(i) (with Sch. 5)

F757Words in s. 222(4B)(a)) substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 5(1)(2), Sch. 1 para. 167(c)(ii) (with Sch. 5)

[F758223 Late notice of appeal.U.K.

(1)This section applies in a case where—

(a)notice of appeal may be given to HMRC under section 222, but

(b)no notice is given before the relevant time limit.

(2)Notice may be given after the relevant time limit if—

(a)HMRC agree, or

(b)where HMRC do not agree, the tribunal gives permission.

(3)If the following conditions are met, HMRC shall agree to notice being given after the relevant time limit.

(4)Condition A is that the appellant has made a request in writing to HMRC to agree to the notice being given.

(5)Condition B is that HMRC are satisfied that there was reasonable excuse for not giving the notice before the relevant time limit.

(6)Condition C is that HMRC are satisfied that request under subsection (4) was made without unreasonable delay after the reasonable excuse ceased.

(7)If a request of the kind referred to in subsection (4) is made, HMRC must notify the appellant whether or not HMRC agree to the appellant giving notice of appeal after the relevant time limit.

(8)In this section “relevant time limit”, in relation to notice of appeal, means the time before which the notice is to be given (but for this section).]

Textual Amendments

F758S. 223 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 116

[F759223AAppeal: HMRC review or determination by tribunalU.K.

(1)This section applies if notice of appeal has been given to HMRC.

(2)In such a case—

(a)the appellant may notify HMRC that the appellant requires HMRC to review the matter in question (see section 223B),

(b)HMRC may notify the appellant of an offer to review the matter in question (see section 223C), or

(c)the appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal (see section 223D).

(3)See sections 223G and 223H for provision about notifying appeals to the tribunal after a review has been required by the appellant or offered by HMRC.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223BAppellant requires review by HMRCU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply if the appellant notifies HMRC that the appellant requires HMRC to review the matter in question.

(2)HMRC must, within the relevant period, notify the appellant of HMRC's view of the matter in question.

(3)HMRC must review the matter in question in accordance with section 223E.

(4)The appellant may not notify HMRC that the appellant requires HMRC to review the matter in question and HMRC shall not be required to conduct a review if—

(a)the appellant has already given a notification under this section in relation to the matter in question,

(b)HMRC have given a notification under section 223C in relation to the matter in question, or

(c)the appellant has notified the appeal to the court under section 222(3), the appropriate Lands tribunal under section 222(4), or the tribunal under section 223D.

(5)In this section “relevant period” means—

(a)the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which HMRC receive the notification from the appellant, or

(b)such longer period as is reasonable.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223CHMRC offer reviewU.K.

(1)Subsections (2) to (6) apply if HMRC notify the appellant of an offer to review the matter in question.

(2)When HMRC notify the appellant of the offer, HMRC must also notify the appellant of HMRC's view of the matter in question.

(3)If, within the acceptance period, the appellant notifies HMRC of acceptance of the offer, HMRC must review the matter in question in accordance with section 223E.

(4)If the appellant does not give HMRC such a notification within the acceptance period, HMRC's view of the matter in question shall be conclusive for the purposes of this Act.

(5)The same consequences shall follow for all purposes as would have followed if, on the date that HMRC gave notice of their view, the tribunal had determined the appeal in accordance with its terms.

(6)Subsection (4) does not apply to the matter in question if, or to the extent that, the appellant notifies the appeal to the tribunal under section 223H.

(7)HMRC may not notify the appellant of an offer to review the matter in question (and, accordingly, HMRC shall not be required to conduct a review) if—

(a)HMRC have already given a notification under this section in relation to the matter in question,

(b)the appellant has given a notification under section 223B in relation to the matter in question, or

(c)the appellant has notified the appeal to the court under section 222(3), the appropriate Lands tribunal under section 222(4) or the tribunal under section 223D.

(8)In this section “acceptance period” means the period of 30 days beginning with the date of the document by which HMRC notify the appellant of the offer to review the matter in question.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223DNotifying appeal to the tribunalU.K.

(1)This section applies if notice of appeal has been given to HMRC.

(2)The appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal.

(3)If the appellant notifies the appeal to the tribunal, the tribunal is to decide the matter in question.

(4)Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in a case where—

(a)HMRC have given a notification of their view of the matter in question under section 223B, or

(b)HMRC have given a notification under section 223C in relation to the matter in question.

(5)In a case falling within subsection (4)(a) or (b), the appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal, but only if permitted to do so by section 223G or 223H.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223ENature of review etcU.K.

(1)This section applies if HMRC are required by section 223B or 223C to review the matter in question.

(2)The nature and extent of the review are to be such as appear appropriate to HMRC in the circumstances.

(3)For the purpose of subsection (2), HMRC must, in particular, have regard to steps taken before the beginning of the review—

(a)by HMRC in deciding the matter in question, and

(b)by any person in seeking to resolve disagreement about the matter in question.

(4)The review must take account of any representations made by the appellant at a stage which gives HMRC a reasonable opportunity to consider them.

(5)The review may conclude that HMRC's view of the matter in question is to be—

(a)upheld,

(b)varied, or

(c)cancelled.

(6)HMRC must notify the appellant of the conclusions of the review and their reasoning within—

(a)the period of 45 days beginning with the relevant day, or

(b)such other period as may be agreed.

(7)In subsection (6) “relevant day” means—

(a)in a case where the appellant required the review, the day when HMRC notified the appellant of HMRC's view of the matter in question,

(b)in a case where HMRC offered the review, the day when HMRC received notification of the appellant's acceptance of the offer.

(8)Where HMRC are required to undertake a review but do not give notice of the conclusions within the time period specified in subsection (6), the review is to be treated as having concluded that HMRC's view of the matter in question (see sections 223B(2) and 223C(2)) is upheld.

(9)If subsection (8) applies, HMRC must notify the appellant of the conclusion which the review is treated as having reached.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223FEffect of conclusions of reviewU.K.

(1)This section applies if HMRC give notice of the conclusions of a review (see section 223E(6) and (9)).

(2)The conclusions of the review shall be conclusive for the purposes of this Act.

(3)Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to the matter in question if, or to the extent that, the appellant notifies the appeal to the tribunal under section 223G.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223GNotifying appeal to tribunal after review concludedU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)HMRC have given notice of the conclusions of a review in accordance with section 223E, or

(b)the period specified in section 223E(6) has ended and HMRC have not given notice of the conclusions of the review.

(2)The appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal within the post-review period.

(3)If the post-review period has ended, the appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal only if the tribunal gives permission.

(4)If the appellant notifies the appeal to the tribunal, the tribunal is to determine the matter in question.

(5)The appellant may not notify the appeal to the tribunal under this section if the appeal has been notified to the court under section 222(3) or the appropriate Lands tribunal under section 222(4).

(6)In this section “post-review period” means—

(a)in a case falling within subsection (1)(a), the period of 30 days beginning with the date of the document in which HMRC give notice of the conclusions of the review in accordance with section 223E(6), or

(b)in a case falling within subsection (1)(b), the period that—

(i)begins with the day following the last day of the period specified in section 223E(6), and

(ii)ends 30 days after the date of the document in which HMRC give notice of the conclusion of the review in accordance with section 223E(9).

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223HNotifying appeal to tribunal after review offered but not acceptedU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)HMRC have offered to review the matter in question (see section 223C), and

(b)the appellant has not accepted the offer.

(2)The appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal within the acceptance period.

(3)But if the acceptance period has ended, the appellant may notify the appeal to the tribunal only if the tribunal gives permission.

(4)If the appellant notifies the appeal to the tribunal, the tribunal is to determine the matter in question.

(5)The appellant may not notify the appeal to the tribunal under this section if the appeal has been notified to the court under section 222(3) or the appropriate Lands tribunal under section 222(4).

(6)In this section “acceptance period” has the same meaning as in section 223C.

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

223IInterpretation of sections 223A to 223IU.K.

(1)In sections 223A to 223H—

(a)“matter in question” means the matter to which an appeal relates;

(b)a reference to a notification is a reference to a notification in writing.

(2)In sections 223A to 223H, a reference to the appellant includes a person acting on behalf of the appellant except in relation to—

(a)notification of HMRC's view under section 223B(2);

(b)notification by HMRC of an offer of review (and of their view of the matter) under section 223C;

(c)notification of the conclusions of a review under section 223E(6); and

(d)notification of the conclusions of a review under section 223E(9).

(3)But if a notification falling within any of the paragraphs of subsection (2) is given to the appellant, a copy of the notification may also be given to a person acting on behalf of the appellant.]

Textual Amendments

F759Ss. 223A-223I inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 117

[F760224 Determination of appeal by tribunal.U.K.

If an appeal is notified to the tribunal, the tribunal must confirm the determination appealed against (or that determination as varied on a review under section 223E) unless the tribunal is satisfied that it ought to be varied (or further varied) or quashed.]

Textual Amendments

F760S. 224 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 118

[F761225 Appeals from Special Commissioners.U.K.

F762. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F761S. 225 and sidenote substituted (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994/1813, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 21

F762S. 225 omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 119

[225AF763Extension of regulation-making powers.U.K.

F764. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F763S. 225A inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 76, Sch. 16 para. 8.

F764S. 225A omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 119

PaymentU.K.

226 Payment: general rules.U.K.

(1)Except as otherwise provided by the following provisions of this Part of this Act, the tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer shall be due six months after the end of the month in which the chargeable transfer is made or, in the case of a transfer made after 5th April and before 1st October in any year otherwise than on death, at the end of April in the next year.

(2)Personal representatives shall, on delivery of their account, pay all the tax for which they are liable and may, on delivery of that account, also pay any part of the tax chargeable on the death for which they are not liable, if the persons liable for it request them to make the payment.

(3)So much of the tax chargeable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made within [F765seven years] . . . F766 of the death of the transferor as—

(a)exceeds what it would have been had the transferor died more than [F765seven years] after the transfer . . . F766

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F766

shall be due six months after the end of the month in which the death occurs.

[F767(3A)Without prejudice to subsection (3) above, the tax chargeable on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer shall be due six months after the end of the month in which the transferor’s death occurs.

(3B)So much (if any) of the tax chargeable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made under Chapter III of Part III of this Act within the period of seven years ending with the settlor’s death as exceeds what it would have been had the settlor died more than seven years after the date of the transfer shall be due six months after the end of the month in which the death occurs.]

[F768(3C)Tax chargeable under Chapter 3 of Part 3 of this Act on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer, other than any for which the due date is given by subsection (3B) above, is due six months after the end of the month in which the chargeable transfer is made.]

(4)Tax chargeable under section 32, [F76932A], 79 [F770or 126] above or under Schedule 5 to this Act F771. . . shall be due six months after the end of the month in which the event by reason of which it is chargeable occurs.

(5)The Board may in the first instance, and without prejudice to the recovery of the remainder of the tax, accept or demand payment of an amount by reference to the value stated in an account delivered to the Board under section 216 or 217 above.

(6)Nothing in this section shall be taken to authorise the recovery from, or require the payment by, any person of tax in excess of his liability as limited by section 204 above.

Textual Amendments

F765Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 30(1),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“three years”.

F766 Repealed by 1988 s. 148and Sch. 14, Part X,with effect from 15March 1988.

F767Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 30(2),with effect from 18March 1986.

F768S. 226(3C) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 5(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 5(2)

F769Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 11,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F770Words in s. 226(4) substituted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 55(a)

F771Words in s. 226(4) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 55(b)

227 Payment by instalments—land, shares and businesses.U.K.

(1)Where any of the tax payable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer is attributable to the value of qualifying property and—

(a)the transfer is made on death, or

(b)the tax so attributable is borne by the person benefiting from the transfer, or

(c)the transfer is made under Part III of this Act and the property concerned continues to be comprised in the settlement,

the tax so attributable may, if the person paying it by notice in writing to the Board so elects, be paid by ten equal yearly instalments.

[F772(1A)Subsection (1) above does not apply to—

(a)tax payable on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer, or

(b)additional tax becoming payable on the value transferred by any chargeable transfer by reason of the transferor’s death within seven years of the transfer,

except to the extent that the tax is attributable to the value of property which satisfies one of the conditions specified in subsection (1C) below and, in the case of property consisting of unquoted shares or unquoted securities, the further condition specified in section 228(3A) below.]

[F773(1AA)In subsection (1A) above “unquoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means not [F774listed]] on a recognised stock exchange.

[F775(1B)In [F776this section]“the transferee” means the person whose property the qualifying property became on the transfer or, where on the transfer the qualifying property became comprised in a settlement in which no qualifying interest in possession (within the meaning of Chapter III of Part III of this Act) subsists, the trustees of the settlement.]

[F777(1C)The conditions referred to in subsection (1A) above are—

(a)that the property was owned by the transferee throughout the period beginning with the date of the chargeable transfer and ending with the death of the transferor (or, if earlier, the death of the transferee), or

(b)that for the purposes of determining the tax, or additional tax, due by reason of the death of the transferor, the value of the property is reduced in accordance with the provisions of Chapter I or Chapter II or Part V of this Act by virtue of section 113B or section 124B above.]

(2)In this section “qualifying property” means—

(a)land of any description, wherever situated;

(b)shares or securities to which section 228 below applies;

(c)a business or an interest in a business.

(3)The first of the instalments referred to in subsection (1) above shall be payable—

(a)if the chargeable transfer was made on death, six months after the end of the month in which the death occurred, and

(b)in any other case, at the time when the tax would be due if it were not payable by instalments;

and interest under section 233 below on the unpaid portion of the tax shall be added to each instalment and paid accordingly, except as otherwise provided in section 234 below.

(4)Notwithstanding the making of an election under this section, the tax for the time being unpaid, with interest to the time of payment, may be paid at any time; and if at any time (whether before or after the date when the first instalment is payable) the whole or any part of the property concerned is sold, the tax unpaid (or, in the case of a sale of part, the proportionate part of that tax) shall become payable forthwith (or, if the sale precedes the date when the first instalment is payable, on that date) together with any interest accrued under section 233 below.

(5)References in subsection (4) above to the sale of property shall have effect—

(a)in a case within subsection (1)(b) above [F778other than a case within subsection (1A) above where the transferee dies before the transferor], as if they included references to any chargeable transfer in which the value transferred is wholly or partly attributable to the value of the property, other than a transfer made on death, and

(b)in a case within subsection (1)(c) above, as references to the property ceasing to be comprised in the settlement.

(6)For the purposes of subsection (4) above—

(a)the sale of an interest or part of an interest in a business shall be treated as a sale of part of the business, and

(b)the payment, under a partnership agreement or otherwise, of a sum in satisfaction of the whole or part of an interest in a business otherwise than on a sale shall be treated as a sale of the interest or part at the time of payment.

(7)For the purposes of this section—

(a)the value of a business or of an interest in a business shall be taken to be its net value;

(b)the net value of a business is the value of the assets used in the business (including goodwill) reduced by the aggregate amount of any liabilities incurred for the purposes of the business;

(c)in ascertaining the net value of an interest in a business, no regard shall be had to assets or liabilities other than those by reference to which the net value of the business would have fallen to be ascertained if the tax had been attributable to the entire business; and

(d)“business” includes a business carried on in the exercise of a profession or vocation, but does not include a business carried on otherwise than for gain.

Textual Amendments

F772Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 15(1),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“Subsection (1) above does not apply to tax payable on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer, except to the extent that the tax is attributable to qualifying property which is owned by the transferee immediately before the death of the transferor (or, if earlier, his own death).”

as inserted by Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 31(1)with effect from 18March 1986.

F773S. 227(1AA) inserted (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 5, 8, 9.

F774Word in s. 227(1AA) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 38 para. 5(2) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 5(1)

F775Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 31(1),with effect from 18March 1986.

F776Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 15(2),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“subsection (1A) above.”

F777Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 15(3),with effect from 17March 1987.

F778Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 31(2),with effect from 18March 1986.

228 Shares, etc. within section 227.U.K.

(1)This section applies—

(a)to shares or securities of a company which immediately before the chargeable transfer gave control of the company—

(i)in the case of a transfer on death, to the deceased,

(ii)in the case of a transfer under Chapter III of Part III of this Act, to the trustees, and

(iii)in any other case, to the transferor;

(b)to shares or securities of a company [F779which do not fall under paragraph (a) above and are unquoted], if the chargeable transfer is made on death and the condition stated in subsection (2) below is satisfied;

(c)to shares or securities of a company [F780which do not fall under paragraph (a) above and are unoquoted], if the Board are satisfied that the tax attributable to their value cannot be paid on one sum without undue hardship (assuming, in the case of a chargeable transfer made otherwise than on death, that the shares or securities would be retained by the persons liable to pay the tax);

(d)to shares of a company [F780which do not fall under paragraph (a) above and are unquoted], if the conditions stated in subsection (3) below are satisfied.

(2)The condition mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above is that not less than 20 per cent of so much of the tax chargeable on the value transferred as is tax for which the person paying the tax attributable as mentioned in section 227(1) above is liable (in the same capacity) consists of tax attributable to the value of the shares or securities or such other tax (if any) as may by virtue of section 227 be paid by instalments.

(3)The conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(d) above are that so much of the value transferred (calculated, if the transfer is not made on death, as if no tax were chargeable on it) as is attributable to the shares exceeds £20,000, and that either—

(a)the nominal value of the shares is not less than 10 per cent of the nominal value of all the shares of the company at the time of the transfer, or

(b)the shares are ordinary shares and their nominal value is not less than 10 per cent of the nominal value of all ordinary shares of the company at that time.

[F781(3A)The further condition referred to in section 227(1A) above is that the shares or securities remained unquoted throughout the period beginning with the date of the chargeable transfer and ending with the death of the transferor (or, if earlier, the death of the transferee).]

(4)In this section “ordinary shares” means shares which carry either—

(a)a right to dividends not restricted to dividends at a fixed rate, or

(b)a right to conversion into shares carrying such a right as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above.

[F782(5)In this section “unquoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means not [F783listed]] on a recognised stock exchange.

Textual Amendments

F779Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 16(1),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“not falling under paragraph (a) above and not quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

F780Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 16(1),with effect from 17March 1987.Originally

“not falling under paragraph (a) above and not quoted on a recognised stock exchange”.

F781Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 16(2),with effect from 17March 1987.

F782S. 228(5) added (16.7.1992) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), s. 73, Sch. 14 paras. 6, 8, 9.

F783Word in s. 228(5) substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 38 para. 5(2) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 5(1)

229 Payment by instalments—woodlands.U.K.

Tax chargeable on such a chargeable transfer as is mentioned in section 129 above may, if the person paying the tax by notice in writing to the Board so elects, be paid by ten equal yearly instalments, of which the first shall be payable six months after the end of the month in which the transfer is made.

230 Acceptance of property in satisfaction of tax.U.K.

(1)The Board may, if they think fit and the [F784Secretary of State agrees], on the application of any person liable to pay tax or interest payable under section 233 below, accept in satisfaction of the whole or any part of it any property to which this section applies.

(2)This section applies to any such land as may be agreed upon between the Board and the person liable to pay tax.

(3)This section also applies to any objects which are or have been kept in any building—

(a)if the Board have determined to accept or have accepted that building in satisfaction or part satisfaction of tax or of estate duty, or

(b)if the building or any interest in it belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown or of the Duchy of Lancaster, or belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall or belongs to a Government department or is held for the purposes of a Government department, or

(c)if the building is one of which the Secretary of State is guardian under the M58Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 [F785, or of which the Welsh Ministers are guardians under Part 2 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023] or of which the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland is guardian under [F786the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995], or

(d)if the building belongs to any body within Schedule 3 to this Act,

in any case where it appears to the [F784Secretary of State] desirable for the objects to remain associated with the building.

(4)This section also applies to—

(a)any picture, print, book, manuscript, work of art, scientific object or other thing which the [F784Secretary of State is] satisfied is pre-eminent for its national, scientific, historic or artistic interest, and

(b)any collection or group of pictures, prints, books, manuscripts, works of art, scientific objects or other things if the [F784Secretary of State is] satisfied that the collection or group, taken as a whole, is pre-eminent for its national, scientific, historic or artistic interest.

(5)In this section—

F787. . .
“national interest” includes interest within any part of the United Kingdom;

and in determining under subsection (4) above whether an object or collection or group of objects is pre-eminent, regard shall be had to any significant association of the object, collection or group with a particular place.

[F788(6)The functions of the Ministers under this section in relation to the acceptance, in satisfaction of tax, of property in which there is a Scottish interest may be exercised separately.

F788(7)For the purposes of subsection (6) a Scottish interest in the property exists–

(a)where the property is located in Scotland; or

(b)the person liable to pay the tax has expressed a wish or imposed a condition on his offer of the property in satisfaction of tax that it be displayed in Scotland or disposed of or transferred to a body or institution in Scotland.]

Textual Amendments

F784Words in s. 230(1)(3)(4)(a)(b) substituted (3.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1311, art. 12(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(3)(4).

F785Words in s. 230(3)(c) inserted (4.11.2024) by Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (asc 3), s. 212(2), Sch. 13 para. 59 (with Sch. 14 paras. 1-3); S.I. 2024/860, art. 3(d)

F786Words in s. 230(3)(c) substituted (29.8.1995) by S.I. 1995/1625 (N.I. 9), art. 45(1), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2)(e)

F787Definition in s. 230(5) omitted (3.7.1992) by virtue of S.I. 1992/1311, art. 12(2), Sch. 2 para. 6(5).

F788S. 230(6)(7) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1756, arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. para. 8 (with art. 8); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C51S. 230: functions of the Secretary of State in certain circumstances made exercisable concurrently with the National Assembly for Wales (31.12.2004) by The National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3044), art. 2, Sch. 1

C52S. 230: functions of the Lord President of the Council under s. 230 transferred (3.7.1992) to the Secretary of State by virtue of S.I. 1992/1311, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I.

S. 230: transfer of functions (S.) (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. 1; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3

C53S. 230 functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))

Marginal Citations

M581979 c.46.

231 Powers to transfer property in satisfaction of tax.U.K.

(1)Where a person has power to sell any property in order to raise money for the payment of tax, he may agree with the Board for the property to be accepted in satisfaction of that tax in pursuance of section 230 above; and, except as regards the nature of the consideration and its receipt and application, any such agreement shall be subject to the same provisions and shall be treated for all purposes as a sale made in the exercise of the said power, and any conveyance or transfer made or purporting to be made to give effect to such an agreement shall have effect accordingly.

(2)The references in subsection (1) above to tax include references to interest payable under section 233 below.

(3)This section shall not affect paragraph 1(4) or 3(4) of Schedule 5 to this Act.

232 Administration actions.U.K.

Where proceedings are pending in any court for the administration of any property to the value of which any tax charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer is attributable, the court shall provide, out of any such property in the possession or control of the court, for the payment of any of the tax so attributable, or interest on it, which remains unpaid.

InterestU.K.

233 Interest on unpaid tax.U.K.

(1)If—

(a)an amount of tax charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer [F789not within paragraph (aa) below and] made after 5th April and before 1st October in any year and otherwise than on death remains unpaid after the end of the period ending with April in the next year, or

[F790(aa)an amount of tax charged under Chapter 3 of Part 3 of this Act on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer remains unpaid after the end of the period of six months beginning with the end of the month in which the chargeable transfer was made, or]

(b)an amount of tax charged on the value transferred by [F791a chargeable transfer not within paragraph (a) or (aa) above] remains unpaid after the end of the period of six months beginning with the end of the month in which the chargeable transfer was made, or

(c)an amount of tax chargeable under section 32, [F79232A], [F79379(3A)] [F794or 126] above or under Schedule 5 to this Act F795. . . remains unpaid after the end of the period of six months beginning with the end of the month in which the event occasioning the charge occurs,

[F796then, subject to subsection (1A) below] it shall carry interest from the end of that period at the rate applicable under [F797section 178 of the Finance Act 1989.]

[F798(1A)If, under section 30 above, the Board agree to accept property in satisfaction of any tax on terms that the value to be attributed to the property for the purposes of that acceptance is determined as at a date earlier than that on which the property is actually accepted, the terms may provide that the amount of tax which is satisfied by the acceptance of the property shall not carry interest under this section from that date.]

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F799

(3)Interest payable under this section shall not be allowed as a deduction in computing any income, profits or losses for any tax purposes.

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F800

Textual Amendments

F789Words in s. 233(1)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 5(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 5(3)(a)

F790S. 233(1)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 5(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 5(3)(b)

F791Words in s. 233(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 25 para. 5(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 25 para. 5(3)(c)

F792Finance Act 1985 Sch. 26, para. 11,in relation to events occurring after 18March 1985.

F793Words in s. 233(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(8)(b)

F794Words in s. 233(1)(c) substituted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 56(a)

F795Words in s. 233(1)(c) omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 56(b)

F796Finance Act 1987 s. 60(1),with effect from 17March 1987.

F797Finance Act 1989 s. 179(1)(d).Originally

“subsection (2) below.”

F798Finance Act 1987 s. 60(2),with effect from 17March 1987.

F799 Amended by Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 32,with efect from 18March 1986and repealed by Finance Act 1989 s. 187and Sch. 17, Part Xwith effect from an appointed day in accordance with Finance Act 1989 s. 178(7) (By S.I. 1989 No. 1298, the appointed day is August 18th 1989))

F800 Repealed by Finance Act 1989 s. 187and Sch. 17, Part Xwith effect from an appointed day in accordance with Finance Act 1989 s. 178(7).By S.I. 1989 No. 1298the appointed day is 18August 1989.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C54S. 233 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(14)

C55S. 233 applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 and with application in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 10(2)

234 Interest on instalments.U.K.

(1)Where tax payable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer—

(a)is payable by instalments under section 227 above and is attributable to the value of any shares, securities, business or interest in a business, or to value treated as reduced under Chapter II of Part V of this Act, or

(b)is payable by instalments under section 229 above,

it shall, for the purposes of any interest to be added to each instalment, be treated as carrying interest from the date at which the instalment is payable.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply to tax attributable to the value of shares or securities of a company falling within paragraph (a) of subsection (3) below (not being tax attributable to value treated as reduced under Chapter II of Part V of this Act) unless it also falls within paragraph (b) or (c) of that subsection.

(3)The companies referred to in subsection (2) above are—

(a)any company whose business consists wholly or mainly of one or more of the following, that is to say, dealing in securities, stocks or shares, land or buildings, or making or holding investments;

(b)any company whose business consists wholly or mainly in being a holding company ([F801as defined in section [F8021159 of and Schedule 6 to]] the [F803Companies Act [F8042006]]) of one or more companies not falling within paragraph (a) above;

[F805(c)any company—

(i)whose business is wholly that of a market maker or is that of a discount house and (in either case) is carried on in the United Kingdom, or

(ii)which is of a description set out in regulations under section 107(5) of the Finance Act 1986.]

[F806(4)In this section “market maker” means a person who—

(a)holds himself out at all normal times in compliance with the rules of The Stock Exchange as willing to buy and sell securities, stocks or shares at a price specified by him, and

(b)is recognised as doing so by the Council of The Stock Exchange.]

Textual Amendments

F801Companies Act 1989 s. 144(4)and Sch. 18 para. 30(4)with effect from the appointed day—on and after 1November 1990 (S.I. 1990 No. 1392).Originally

“within the meaning of”.

F802Words in s. 234(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), art. 4(1)(f)

F803Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), Sch. 2,with effect from 1July 1985.Originally

“Companies Act 1948”.

F804Words in s. 234(3)(b) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), art. 4(1)(f)

F805S. 234(3)(c) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Market Makers and Discount Houses) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2903), regs. 1, 5

F806Finance Act 1986 s. 107(2),in relation to events on or after 27October 1986“the day of The Stock Exchange reforms”—(as defined in s. 106(8)and s. 107(8)).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C56S. 234(1) applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 and with application in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 10(1) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 10(3)

C57S. 234(1) applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(15)

C58S. 234(3)(c)(ii) modified (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Market Makers and Discount Houses) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2903), regs. 1, 7

C59S. 234(4) amended (6.1.1993) by S.I. 1992/3181, reg.4 (as amended (1.12.2001) by S.I. 2001/3629, art. 135)

235 Interest on overpaid tax.U.K.

(1)Any repayment of an amount paid in excess of a liability for tax or for interest on tax shall carry interest from the date on which the payment was made [F807until the order for repayment is issued] at [F808the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989].

(2)Interest paid under this section shall not constitute income for any tax purposes.

Textual Amendments

F807Finance Act 1989 s. 180(4);deemed always to have had effect.

F808Words in s. 235(1) substituted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 105(4)(b)

236 Special cases.U.K.

(1)Section 233 above shall apply in relation to—

(a)the amount by which tax chargeable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made within [F809seven years] of the transferor’s death exceeds what it would have been had the transferor died more than [F809seven years] after the transfer, . . . F810

(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F810

as if the chargeable transfer had been made on the death of the transferor.

[F811(1A)Section 233 above shall apply in relation to the amount (if any) by which—

(a)the tax chargeable on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer made under Chapter III of Part III of this Act within the period of seven years ending with the settlor’s death,

exceeds

(b)what that tax would have been had the settlor died more than seven years after the date of the transfer,

as if the chargeable transfer had been made on the death of the settlor.]

(2)Tax overpaid or underpaid in consequence of—

(a)section 146(1) above, or section 19(1) of the M59Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, or

(b)the corresponding provision of the M60Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) (Northern Ireland) Order 1979,

shall not carry interest for any period before the order there mentioned is made.

(3)Tax repayable on a claim under section 146(2), . . . F812 or 150 above shall carry interest (which shall not constitute income for any tax purposes) at the [F813rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989] from the date on which the claim is made.

(4)Tax repayable under section 147(2) above shall carry interest (which shall not constitute income for any tax purposes) at the [F814rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989] from the date on which the tax was paid; and tax charged by virtue of section 147(4) above shall carry interest at that rate [F815from the end of the period mentioned in section 233(1)(b) above.]

Textual Amendments

F809Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 33(1),with effect from 18March 1986.Originally

“three years”.

F810 Repealed by Finance Act 1988 s. 148and Sch. 14, Part X,with effect from 15March 1988.

F811Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 33(2),with effect from 18March 1986.

F812 “149”

repealed by Finance Act 1986 Sch. 23, Part X,with effect from 18March 1986.

F813Finance Act 1989 s. 179(1)(e).Originally

“rate for the time being applicable under section 233(2)(b) above.”

F814Finance Act 1989 s. 179(1)(e).Originally

“rate for the time being applicable under section 233(2)(a) above.”

F815Finance Act 1989 s. 179(3).Originally

“as if section 233(1)(b) above had applied.”

Marginal Citations

M591975 c.63.

M60S.I. 1979/924 (N.I.8).

Inland Revenue charge for unpaid taxU.K.

237 Imposition of charge.U.K.

(1)Except as otherwise provided, where any tax charged on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer, or any interest on it, is for the time being unpaid a charge for the amount unpaid (to be known as an Inland Revenue charge) is by virtue of this section imposed in favour of the Board on—

(a)any property to the value of which the value transferred is wholly or partly attributable, and

(b)where [F816property becomes comprised in a settlement by virtue of the chargeable transfer or the chargeable transfer] is made under Part III of this Act, any property comprised in the settlement.

(2)References in subsection (1) above to any property include references to any property directly or indirectly representing it.

[F817(2A)Where tax is charged by virtue of Schedule A1 on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer, the reference in subsection (1)(a) to property to the value of which the value transferred is wholly or partly attributable includes the UK residential property interest (within the meaning of that Schedule) to which the charge to tax relates.]

(3)Where the chargeable transfer is made on death, personal or movable property situated in the United Kingdom which was beneficially owned by the deceased immediately before his death and vests in his personal representatives is not subject to the Inland Revenue charge; and for this purpose [F818“personal property” does not include leaseholds][F819and undivided shares in land held on trust for sale, whether statutory or not,] and the question whether any property was beneficially owned by the deceased shall be determined without regard to section 49(1) above.

[F820(3A)In the case of a potentially exempt transfer which proves to be a chargeable transfer—

(a)property concerned, or an interest in property concerned, which has been disposed of to a purchaser before the transferor’s death is not subject to the Inland Revenue charge, but

(b)property concerned which has been otherwise disposed of before the death and property which at the death represents any property or interest falling within paragraph (a) above shall be subject to the charge;

and in this subsection “property concerned” means property to the value of which the value transferred by the transfer is wholly or partly attributable.]

[F821(3B)Subsection (3C) below applies to any tax charged—

(a)under section 32, 32A [F822or 79(3A)] above in respect of any property,

(b)under paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to this Act in respect of any property, or

(c)under paragraph 1 or 3 of Schedule 5 to this Act with respect to any object or property.

F821(3C)Where any tax to which this subsection applies, or any interest on it, is for the time being unpaid, a charge for the amount unpaid is also by virtue of this section imposed in favour of the Board—

(a)except where the event giving rise to the charge was a disposal to a purchaser of the property or object in question, on that property or object; and

(b)in the excepted case, on any property for the time being representing that property or object.]

(4)No heritable property situated in Scotland is subject to the Inland Revenue charge, but where such property is disposed of any other property for the time being representing it is subject to the charge to which the first-mentioned property would have been subject but for this subsection.

(5)The Inland Revenue charge imposed on any property shall take effect subject to any incumbrance on it which is allowable as a deduction in valuing that property for the purposes of the tax.

(6)Except as provided by section 238 below, a disposition of property subject to an Inland Revenue charge shall take effect subject to that charge.

Textual Amendments

F816Words in s. 237(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(9)

F817S. 237(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 7

F818Words in s. 237(3) substituted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 107(3) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 107(1)(3)

F819Words in s. 237(3) repealed (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 47, s. 25(2), Sch. 4 (with ss. 24(2), 25(4)(5)); S.I. 1996/2974, art. 2

F820Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 34, with effect from 18 March 1986.

F821S. 237(3B)(3C) inserted (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 107(3) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 107(2)(3)

F822Words in s. 237(3B)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 12(9) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 12(8)(c)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C60S. 237(6) extended (13.10.2003) by 2002 c. 9, ss. 31, 136(2) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

238 Effect of purchases.U.K.

(1)Where property subject to an Inland Revenue charge, or an interest in such property, is disposed of to a purchaser, then if at the time of the disposition—

(a)in the case of land in England and Wales, the charge was not registered as a land charge or, in the case of registered land, was not protected by notice on the register, or

(b)in the case of land in Northern Ireland the title to which is registered under the M61Land Registration Act (Northern Ireland) 1970, the charge was not entered as a burden on the appropriate register maintained under that Act or was not protected by a caution or inhibition under that Act or, in the case of other land in Northern Ireland, the purchaser had no notice of the facts giving rise to the charge, or

(c)in the case of personal property situated in the United Kingdom other than such property as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above, and of any property situated outside the United Kingdom, the purchaser had no notice of the facts giving rise to the charge, or

(d)in the case of any property, a certificate of discharge had been given by the Board under section 239 below and the purchaser had no notice of any fact invalidating the certificate,

the property or interest shall then cease to be subject to the charge but the property for the time being representing it shall be subject to it.

(2)Where property subject to an Inalnd Revenue charge, or an interest in such property, is disposed of to a purchaser in circumstances where it does not then cease to be subject to the charge, it shall cease to be subject to it at the end of the period of six years beginning with the later of—

(a)the date on which the tax became due, and

(b)the date on which a full and proper account of the property was first delivered to the Board in connection with the chargeable transfer concerned.

(3)In this section “the time of the disposition” means—

[F823(a)in relation to registered land—

(i)if the disposition is required to be completed by registration, the time of registration, and

(ii)otherwise, the time of completion,]

(b)in relation to other property, the time of completion.

Textual Amendments

F823S. 238(3)(a) substituted (13.10.2003) by 2002 c. 9, ss. 133, 136(2), Sch. 11 para. 17 (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C61S. 238 extended (13.10.2003) by 2002 c. 9, ss. 31, 136(2) (with s. 129); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

Marginal Citations

M611970 c.18 (N.I.).

Certificates of dischargeU.K.

239 Certificates of discharge.U.K.

(1)Where application is made to the Board by a person liable for any tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer which is attributable to the value of property specified in the application, the Board, on being satisfied that the tax so attributable has been or will be paid, may give a certificate to that effect, and shall do so if the chargeable transfer is one made on death or the transferor has died.

(2)Where tax is or may be chargeable on the value transferred by a transfer of value and—

(a)application is made to the Board after the expiration of two years from the transfer (or, if the Board think fit to entertain the application, at an earlier time) by a person who is or might be liable for the whole or part of the tax, and

(b)the applicant delivers to the Board, if the transfer is one made on death, a full statement to the best of his knowledge and belief of all property included in the estate of the deceased immediately before his death and, in any other case, a full and proper account under this Part of this Act,

the Board may, as the case requires, determine the amount of the tax or determine that no tax is chargeable; and subject to the payment of any tax so determined to be chargeable the Board may give a certificate of their determination, and shall do so if the transfer of value is one made on death or the transferor has died.

[F824(2A)An application under subsection (1) or (2) above with respect to tax which is or may become chargeable on the value transferred by a potentially exempt transfer may not be made before the expiration of two years from the death of the transferor (except where the Board think fit to entertain the application at an earlier time after the death).]

(3)Subject to subsection (4) below,—

(a)a certificate under subsection (1) above shall discharge the property shown in it from the Inland Revenue charge on its acquisition by a purchaser, and

(b)a certificate under subsection (2) above shall discharge all persons from any further claim for the tax on the value transferred by the chargeable transfer concerned and extinguish any Inland Revenue charge for that tax.

(4)A certificate under this section shall not discharge any person from tax in case of fraud or failure to disclose material facts and shall not affect any further tax—

(a)that may afterwards be shown to be payable by virtue of section 93, 142, 143, 144 or 145 above,

[F825(aa)that may afterwards be shown to be payable by reason of too great an increase having been made under section 8A(3) above,] or

(b)that may be payable if any further property is afterwards shown to have been included in the estate of a deceased person immediately before his death;

but in so far as the certificate shows any tax to be attributable to the value of any property it shall remain valid in favour of a purchaser of that property without notice of any fact invalidating the certificate.

(5)References in this section to a transfer of value, or to the value transferred by a transfer of value, shall be construed as including references to an occasion on which tax is chargeable under Chapter III of Part III of this Act (apart from section 79) or to the amount on which tax is then chargeable.

Textual Amendments

F824Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19, para. 35,with effect from 18March 1986.

F825S. 239(4)(aa) inserted (retrospective to 9.10.2007) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 10, Sch. 4 paras. 5, 9(3)

AdjustmentsU.K.

240 Underpayments.U.K.

(1)Where too little tax has been paid in respect of a chargeable transfer the tax underpaid shall be payable with interest under section 233 above, whether or not the amount that has been paid was that stated as payable in a notice under section 221 above; but subject to section 239 above and to the following provisions of this section.

(2)Where tax attributable to the value of any property is paid in accordance with an account duly delivered to the Board under this Part of this Act and the payment is made and accepted in full satisfaction of the tax so attributable, no proceedings shall be brought for the recovery of any additional tax so attributable after the end of the period of [F8264 years] beginning with the later of—

(a)the date on which the payment (or in the case of tax paid by instalments the last payment) was made and accepted, and

(b)the date on which the tax or the last instalment became due;

and at the end of that period any liability for the additional tax and any Inland Revenue charge for that tax shall be extinguished.

[F827(3)Subsection (2) has effect subject to subsections (4) [F828to (5A)] [F829and to section 240B (underpayments involving offshore matter etc).]

(4)Proceedings in a case involving a loss of tax brought about carelessly by a person liable for the tax (or a person acting on behalf of such a person) may be brought at any time not more than 6 years after the later of the dates in subsection (2)(a) and (b).

(5)Proceedings in a case involving a loss of tax brought about deliberately by a person liable for the tax (or a person acting on behalf of such a person) may be brought at any time not more than 20 years after the later of [F830the dates in subsection (2)(a) and (b)].

[F831(5A)Proceedings in a case involving a loss of tax attributable to arrangements which were expected to give rise to a tax advantage in respect of which a person liable for the tax was under an obligation to make a report under section 253 of the Finance Act 2014 (duty to notify Commissioners of promoter reference number) but failed to do so, may be brought at any time not more than 20 years after the later of the dates in subsection (2)(a) and (b).]

(6)Subsection (7) applies to any case not falling within subsection (2) where too little tax has been paid in respect of a chargeable transfer, provided that the case does not involve a loss of tax brought about deliberately by a person liable for the tax (or a person acting on behalf of such a person).

(7)Where this subsection applies—

(a)no proceedings are to be brought for the recovery of the tax after the end of the period of 20 years beginning with the date on which the chargeable transfer was made, and

(b).at the end of that period any liability for the tax and any Inland Revenue charge for that tax is extinguished.

(8)In relation to cases of tax chargeable under Chapter 3 of Part 3 of this Act (apart from section 79), the references in subsections (4) [F832to (6)] to a person liable for the tax are to be treated as including references to a person who is the settlor in relation to the settlement.]

Textual Amendments

F826Words in s. 240(2) substituted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 11(2); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

F827S. 240(3)-(8) substituted (1.4.2011) for s. 240(3) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 11(3); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

F828Words in s. 240(3) substituted (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 277(3)(a) (with ss. 269-271)

F829Words in s. 240(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 81(2)

F830Words in s. 240(5) substituted (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 277(3)(b) (with ss. 269-271)

F831S. 240(5A) inserted (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 277(3)(c) (with ss. 269-271)

F832Words in s. 240(8) substituted (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 277(3)(d) (with ss. 269-271)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C62S. 240(8) applied (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 81(5)

[F833240AUnderpayments: supplementaryU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purposes of section 240.

(2)A loss of tax is brought about carelessly by a person if the person fails to take reasonable care to avoid bringing about that loss.

(3)Where—

(a)information is provided to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,

(b)the person who provided the information, or the person on whose behalf the information was provided, discovers some time later that the information was inaccurate, and

(c)that person fails to take reasonable steps to inform Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,

any loss of tax brought about by the inaccuracy is to be treated as having been brought about carelessly by that person.

(4)References to a loss of tax brought about deliberately by a person include a loss of tax brought about as a result of a deliberate inaccuracy in a document given to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs by or on behalf of that person.]

Textual Amendments

F833S. 240A inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 12; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

[F834240BUnderpayments involving offshore matters etcU.K.

(1)This section applies in a case within section 240(2) which involves a loss of tax in relation to a chargeable transfer, where—

(a)the lost tax involves an offshore matter, or

(b)the lost tax involves an offshore transfer which makes the lost tax significantly harder to identify.

(2)Proceedings for the recovery of the lost tax may be brought at any time not more than 12 years after the later of the dates in section 240(2)(a) and (b).

(3)Lost tax “involves an offshore matter” if it is charged on or by reference to property which is situated or held in a territory outside the United Kingdom at, or immediately after, the time of the chargeable transfer.

(4)Lost tax “involves an offshore transfer” if—

(a)it does not involve an offshore matter, and

(b)the property is transferred to a territory outside the United Kingdom at a relevant time.

(5)In subsection (4)(b) “relevant time” means a time after the chargeable transfer but before—

(a)the date on which an account under section 216 is delivered to HMRC in relation to the chargeable transfer, or

(b)any later date on which an account under section 217 is so delivered.

(6)Where lost tax involves an offshore transfer, the cases in which the transfer makes the lost tax significantly harder to identify include any case where, because of the transfer—

(a)HMRC was significantly less likely to become aware of the lost tax, or

(b)HMRC was likely to become aware of the lost tax only at a significantly later time.

(7)But proceedings may not be brought under this section if—

(a)before the last date on which the proceedings could otherwise be brought, HMRC received relevant overseas information on the basis of which HMRC could reasonably have been expected to become aware of the lost tax, and

(b)it was reasonable to expect the proceedings to be brought before that date.

(8)In subsection (7)(a) “relevant overseas information” means information which is provided to HMRC by an authority in a territory outside the United Kingdom under—

(a)any provision of EU law relating to any tax, or

(b)an agreement to which the United Kingdom and that territory are parties, with or without other parties.

(9)This section is subject to any provision of this Act which allows for a longer period for the bringing of proceedings.]

Textual Amendments

F834S. 240B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 81(3)

241 Overpayments.U.K.

(1)If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Board that too much tax has been paid on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer or on so much of that value as is attributable to any property, the Board shall repay the excess unless the claim for repayment was made more than [F8354 years] after the date on which the payment or last payment of the tax was made.

(2)References in this section to tax include references to interest on tax.

Textual Amendments

F835Words in s. 241(1) substituted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99, Sch. 51 para. 13; S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C63S. 241(1) applied (with modifications) (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 94(6)

Recovery of taxU.K.

242 Recovery of tax.U.K.

(1)The Board shall not take any legal proceedings for the recovery of any amount of tax or of interest on tax which is due from any person unless the amount has been agreed in writing between that person and the Board or has been determined and specified in a notice under section 221 above.

(2)Where an amount has been so determined and specified but an appeal to which this subsection applies is pending against the determination the Board shall not take any legal proceedings to recover the amount determined except such part of it as may be agreed in writing or determined and specified in a further notice under section 221 above to be a part not in dispute.

(3)Subsection (2) above applies to any appeal under section 222 above but not to any further appeal; and section 222 above shall have effect, in relation to a determination made in pursuance of subsection (2) above, as if [F836subsections (4) to (4B)] of that section were omitted.

[F837(4)Where a person has been given an accelerated payment notice under Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the Finance Act 2014 and that notice has not been withdrawn, nothing in this section prevents legal proceedings being taken for the recovery of (as the case may be)—

(a)the understated tax to which the payment specified in the notice under section 220(2)(b) of that Act relates, or

(b)the disputed tax specified in the notice under section 221(2)(b) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F836Words in s. 242(3) substituted (27.7.1993: the substituting section applying as mentioned in s. 200(3) of c. 34) by 1993 c. 34, s. 200(2)(3).

F837S. 242(4) inserted (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 224(2)

243 Scotland: recovery of tax in sheriff court. U.K.

In Scotland, tax and interest on tax may, without prejudice to any other remedy, and if the amount of the tax and interest does not exceed the sum for the time being specified in section 35(1)(a) of the M62Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971, be sued for and recovered in the sheriff court.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C64 See Part II, Other Legislation.

Marginal Citations

M621971 c.58.

244 Rights to address court.U.K.

An officer of the Board who is authorised by the Board to do so may address the court in any proceedings in a F838. . . sheriff court for the recovery of tax or interest on tax.

Textual Amendments

F838Words in s. 244 omitted (21.7.2008) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 137(4) (with s. 137(7))

PenaltiesU.K.

[F839245 Failure to deliver accounts.U.K.

(1)This section applies where a person (“the taxpayer”) fails to deliver an account under section 216 or 217 above.

(2)The taxpayer shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty [F840of] £100; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £60 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the [F841tribunal] and before the day on which the account is delivered.

(3)If—

(a)proceedings in which the failure could be declared are not commenced before the end of the relevant period, and

(b)the taxpayer has not delivered the account by the end of that period,

he shall be liable to a further penalty [F840of] £100.

(4)In subsection (3) above “the relevant period” means the period of six months beginning immediately after the end of the period given by section 216(6) or (7) or section 217 above (whichever is applicable).

[F842(4A)Without prejudice to any penalties under subsections (2) and (3) above, if—

(a)the failure by the taxpayer to deliver the account continues after the anniversary of the end of the period given by section 216(6) or (7) (whichever is applicable), and

(b)there would have been a liability to tax shown in the account,

the taxpayer shall be liable to a penalty of an amount not exceeding £3,000.]

(5)If the taxpayer proves that his liability to tax does not exceed a particular amount, the penalty under subsection (2)(a) above, together with any penalty under subsection (3) above, shall not exceed that amount.

(6)A person shall not be liable to a penalty under subsection (2)(b) above if he delivers the account required by section 216 or 217 before proceedings in which the failure could be declared are commenced.

(7)A person who has a reasonable excuse for failing to deliver an account shall not be liable by reason of that failure to a penalty under this section, unless he fails to deliver the account without unreasonable delay after the excuse has ceased.]

Textual Amendments

F839Ss. 245, 245A substituted for s. 245 (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 108(3) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 108(1)(3)

F840Word in s. 245(2)(a)(3) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 295(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 295(2)(a)

F841Words in s. 245(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 120

F842S. 245(4A) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 295(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 295(2)(b)

F843245A Failure to provide information etc.U.K.

(1)A person who fails to make a return under section 218 above shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty not exceeding £300; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £60 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the [F844tribunal] and before the day on which the return is made.

[F845(1A)A person who fails to comply with the requirements of section 218A above shall be liable—

(a)to a penalty not exceeding £100; and

(b)to a further penalty not exceeding £60 for every day after the day on which the failure has been declared by a court or the [F844tribunal] and before the day on which the requirements are complied with.]

[F846(1B)Without prejudice to any penalties under subsection (1A) above, if a person continues to fail to comply with the requirements of section 218A after the anniversary of the end of the period of six months referred to in section 218A(1), he shall be liable to a penalty of an amount not exceeding £3,000.]

(2)F847. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)F847. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)A person shall not be liable to a penalty under subsection (1)(b) [F848or (1A)(b)] above if—

(a)he makes the return required by section 218 above, [F849or]

[F850(aa)he complies with the requirements of section 218A above,]

(b)F851. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)F851. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

before proceedings in which the failure could be declared are commenced.

(5)A person who has a reasonable excuse for failing to make a return [F852or to comply with the requirements of section 218A] shall not be liable by reason of that failure to a penalty under this section, unless he fails to make the return [F853or to comply with those requirements] without unreasonable delay after the excuse has ceased.

Textual Amendments

F843Ss. 245, 245A substituted for s. 245 by (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in s. 108(3) of the amending Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 108(1)(3)

F844Words in s. 245A substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 121

F845S. 245A(1A) inserted (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 120(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 120(3)(a),(4)

F846S. 245A(1B) inserted (with effect as mentioned in s. 295(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 295(3)(a)

F847S. 245A(2)(3) omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(4)(a)} (with art. 4)

F848Words in s. 245A(4) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(4)(b)(i)} (with art. 4)

F849Word in s. 245A(a) inserted (1.4.2010) by The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(4)(b)(ii)} (with art. 4)

F850S. 245A(4)(aa) inserted (24.7.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 120(4) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 120(3)(b),(4)

F851S. 245A(4)(b)(c) omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(4)(b)(iii)} (with art. 4)

F852Words in s. 245A(5) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(4)(c)(i)} (with art. 4)

F853Words in s. 245A(5) substituted (1.4.2010) by The Finance Act 2009, Section 96 and Schedule 48 (Appointed Day, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3054), art. 3, {Sch. para. 2(4)(c)(ii)} (with art. 4)

F854246. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Textual Amendments

F854S. 246 repealed (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994/1813, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 20, Sch. 2 Pt. I

247 Provision of incorrect information.U.K.

(1)F855. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)F855. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)Any person not liable for tax on the value transferred by a chargeable transfer who fraudulently or negligently furnishes or produces to the Board any incorrect information or document in connection with the transfer shall be liable [F856to a penalty not exceeding £3,000].

F857(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F855S. 247(1)(2) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122, Sch. 40 para. 21(c)(i); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2

F856Words in s. 247(3) substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 295(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 295(4)(b)

F857S. 247(4) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 223, Sch. 38 para. 52 (with Sch. 38 para. 43); S.I. 2013/279, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C65S. 247 restricted (22.7.2004 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.8.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 313(4)(c) (with ss. 314, 319(5))

248 Failure to remedy errors.U.K.

(1)If after any F858. . . information or document has been F858. . . furnished or produced by any person without fraud or negligence it comes to his notice that it was incorrect in any material respect it shall be treated for the purposes of section 247 above as having been negligently F858. . . furnished or produced unless the error is remedied without unreasonable delay.

(2)If after any account, information or document has been delivered, furnished or produced by any person in pursuance of this Part of this Act it comes to the notice of any other person that it contains an error whereby tax for which that other person is liable has been or might be underpaid, that other person shall inform the Board of the error; and if he fails to do so without unreasonable delay he shall be liable to the penalty to which he would be liable F859. . . if the account, information or document had been delivered, furnished or produced by him and the case were one of negligence.

Textual Amendments

F858Words in s. 248(1) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122, Sch. 40 para. 21(c)(ii); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2

F859Words in s. 248(2) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122, Sch. 40 para. 21(c)(ii); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2

249 Recovery of penalties.U.K.

(1)All proceedings for the recovery of penalties under this Part of this Act shall be commenced by the Board, or in Scotland, by the Board or the Lord Advocate.

(2)Any such proceedings may be commenced either before the [F860First-tier Tribunal] or in the High Court or the Court of Session and shall, if brought in the High Court, be deemed to be civil proceedings by the Crown within the meaning of Part II of the M63Crown Proceedings Act 1947 or, as the case may be, that Part as for the time being in force in Northern Ireland.

[F861(3)Where any proceedings are brought before the First-tier Tribunal, in addition to any right of appeal on a point of law under section 11(2) of the TCEA 2007, the person liable to the penalty may appeal to the Upper Tribunal against the amount of a penalty which has been determined under this Part, but not against any decision which falls under section 11(5)(d) and (e) of the TCEA 2007 and was made in connection with the determination of the amount of the penalty.

(3A)Section 11(3) and (4) of the TCEA 2007 applies to the right of appeal under subsection (3) as it applies to the right of appeal under section 11(2) of the TCEA 2007.

(3B)On an appeal under this section the Upper Tribunal has the same powers as are conferred on the First-tier Tribunal by virtue of this section.]

[F862(4)The person liable to the penalty shall be a party to the proceedings.]

(5)References in this section to the Court of Session are references to that Court as the Court of Exchequer in Scotland.

Textual Amendments

F860Words in s. 249(2) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 122(2)

F861S. 249(3)-(3B) substituted (1.4.2009) for s. 249(3) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 122(3)

F862S. 249(4) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 122(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C66S. 249(1):transfer of functions (S.) (20.5.1999) by S.I. 1999/679, arts. 1(2), 2, Sch; S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(2), Sch. 4

Marginal Citations

M631947 c.44.

250 Time limit for recovery.U.K.

(1)No proceedings for the recovery of a penalty under this Part of this Act shall be brought after the end of the period of three years beginning with the date on which the amount of the tax properly payable in respect of the chargeable transfer concerned was notified by the Board to the person or one of the persons liable for the tax or any part of it.

(2)F863. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F863S. 250(2) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122, Sch. 40 para. 21(c)(iii); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2

[F864251 Appeals against summary determination of penalties.U.K.

F865. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

F864S. 251 and sidenote substituted (1.9.1994) by S.I. 1994/1813, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1 para.22

F865S. 251 omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 123

252 Effect of award by [F866the tribunal].U.K.

Any penalty awarded by the [F867tribunal] shall be recoverable by the Board as a debt due to the Crown.

Textual Amendments

F866S. 252 sidenote: words substituted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 124(2)

F867Word in s. 252 substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 124(3)

253 Mitigation of penalties.U.K.

The Board may in their discretion mitigate any penalty, or stay or compound any proceedings for recovery of any penalty, and may also, after judgment, further mitigate or entirely remit the penalty.

MiscellaneousU.K.

254 Evidence.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act, a notice under section 221 above specifying any determination which can no longer be varied or quashed on appeal shall be sufficient evidence of the matters determined.

(2)F868. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F868S. 254(2) omitted (21.7.2008) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 138, Sch. 44 para. 3

255 Determination of questions on previous view of law.U.K.

Where any payment has been made and accepted in satisfaction of any liability for tax and on a view of the law then generally received or adopted in practice, any question whether too little or too much has been paid or what was the right amount of tax payable shall be determined on the same view, notwithstanding that it appears from a subsequent legal decision or otherwise that the view was or may have been wrong.

256 Regulations about accounts, etc.U.K.

(1)The Board may make regulations—

(a)dispensing with the delivery of accounts under section 216 above in such cases as may be specified in [F869or determined under] the regulations;

[F870(aa)requiring persons who by virtue of regulations under paragraph (a) above are not required to deliver accounts under section 216 above to produce to the Board, in such manner as may be specified in or determined under the regulations, such information or documents as may be so specified or determined]

(b)discharging, subject to such restrictions as may be so specified [F871or determined] , property from an Inland Revenue charge and persons from further claims for tax in cases other than those mentioned in section 239 above;

(c)F872. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)modifying section 264(8) below in cases where the delivery of an account has been dispensed with under the regulations.

[F873(1A)Regulations under subsection (1)(aa) may in particular—

(a)provide that information or documents must be produced to the Board by producing it or them to—

(i)a probate registry in England and Wales;

(ii)the sheriff in Scotland;

(iii)the Probate and Matrimonial Office in Northern Ireland;

(b)provide that information or documents produced as specified in paragraph (a) is or are to be treated for any or all purposes of this Act as produced to the Board;

(c)provide for the further transmission to the Board of information or documents produced as specified in paragraph (a).]

(2)F874. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)Regulations under this section may contain such supplementary or incidental provisions as the Board think fit [F875and may make different provision for different cases] .

[F876(3A)Regulations under this section may only be made—

(a)in relation to England and Wales, after consulting the Lord Chancellor;

(b)in relation to Scotland, after consulting the Scottish Ministers;

(c)in relation to Northern Ireland, after consulting the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

(3B)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (3A)—

(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]

(4)The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

Textual Amendments

F869Words in s. 256(1)(a) substituted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 293(2)(a)

F870S. 256(1)(aa) inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 293(2)(b)

F871Words in s. 256(1)(b) inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 293(2)(c)

F872S. 256(1)(c) repealed (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 293(2)(d), 326, Sch. 42 Pt. 4(1)

F873S. 256(1A) inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 293(3)

F874S. 256(2) repealed (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 293(4), 326, Sch. 42 Pt. 4(1)

F875Words in s. 256(3) inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 293(5)

F876S. 256(3A)(3B) substituted for s. 256(3A) (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 176; S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)

257 Form etc. of accounts.U.K.

(1)All accounts and other documents required for the purposes of this Act shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed by the Board.

(2)All accounts to be delivered to the Board under this Act shall be supported by such books, papers and other documents, and verified (whether on oath or otherwise) in such manner, as the Board may require.

(3)For the purposes of this Act, an account delivered to a probate registry pursuant to arrangements made between the President of the Family Division and the Board or delivered to the Probate and Matrimonial Office in Northern Ireland pursuant to arrangements made between the [F877Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland] and the Board shall be treated as an account delivered to the Board.

[F878(4)The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland may nominate any of the following to exercise his functions under subsection (3)—

(a)the holder of one of the offices listed in Schedule 1 to the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002;

(b)a Lord Justice of Appeal (as defined in section 88 of that Act).]

Textual Amendments

F877Words in s. 257(3) substituted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 177(2); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)

F878S. 257(4) inserted (3.4.2006) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 15, 148(1), Sch. 4 para. 177(3); S.I. 2006/1014, art. 2(a), Sch. 1 para. 11(r)

258 Service of documents.U.K.

A notice or other document which is to be served on a person under this Act may be delivered to him or left at his usual or last known place of residence or served by post, addressed to him at his usual or last known place of residence or his place of business or employment.

259 Inspection of records.U.K.

Section 16 of the M64Stamp Act 1891, section 56 of the M65Finance Act 1946 and section 27 of the M66Finance (No.2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946 (inspection of public records and records of unit trusts) shall apply in relation to [F879inheritance tax] as they apply in relation to stamp duties.

Textual Amendments

F879 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

Marginal Citations

M641891 c.39.

M651946 c.64.

M661946 c.17. (N.I.).

260 Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890.U.K.

Sections 21, 22 and 35 of the M67Inland Revenue Regulation Act 1890 (proceedings for fines, etc.) shall not apply in relation to [F880inheritance tax].

Textual Amendments

F880 See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.

Marginal Citations

M671890 c.21.

261 Scotland inventories.U.K.

In the application of this Part of this Act to Scotland, references to an account required to be delivered to the Board by the personal representatives of a deceased person, however expressed, shall be construed as references to such an inventory or additional inventory as is mentioned in section 38 of the M68Probate and Legacy Duties Act 1808 which has been duly exhibited as required by that section.

Marginal Citations

M681808 c.149.

PART IXU.K. MISCELLANEOUS AND SUPPLEMENTARY

MiscellaneousU.K.

262 Tax chargeable in certain cases of future payments, etc.U.K.

(1)Where a disposition made for a consideration in money or money’s worth is a transfer of value and any payments made or assets transferred by the transferor in pursuance of the disposition are made or transferred more than one year after the disposition is made, tax (if any) shall be charged as if—

(a)any payment made or asset transferred in pursuance of the disposition were made or transferred in pursuance of a separate disposition made, without consideration, at the time the payment is made or the asset is transferred, and

(b)the amount of the payment made or the value of the asset transferred in pursuance of each of those separate dispositions were the chargeable portion of the payment or asset.

(2)For the purposes of this section the chargeable portion of any payment made or any asset transferred at any time shall be such portion of its value at that time as is found by applying to it the fraction of which—

(a)the numerator is the value actually transferred by the disposition first mentioned in subsection (1) above (calculated as if no tax were payable on it), and

(b)the denominator is the value, at the time of that disposition, of the aggregate of the payments made or to be made and assets transferred or to be transferred by the transferor in pursuance of it.

263 Annuity purchased in conjunction with life policy.U.K.

(1)Where—

(a)a policy of life insurance is issued in respect of an insurance made after 26th March 1974 or is after that date varied or substituted for an earlier policy, and

(b)at the time the insurance is made or at any earlier or later date an annuity on the life of the insured is purchased, and

(c)the benefit of the policy is vested in a person other than the person who purchased the annuity,

then, unless it is shown that the purchase of the annuity and the making of the insurance (or, as the case may be, the substitution or variation) were not associated operations, the person who purchased the annuity shall be treated as having made a transfer of value by a disposition made at the time the benefit of the policy became so vested (to the exclusion of any transfer of value which, apart from this section, he might have made as a result of the vesting, or of the purchase and the vesting being associated operations).

(2)The value transferred by that transfer of value shall be equal to whichever of the following is less, namely,—

(a)the aggregate of—

(i)the value of the consideration given for the annuity, and

(ii)any premium paid or other consideration given under the policy on or before the transfer; and

(b)the value of the greatest benefit capable of being conferred at any time by the policy, calculated as if that time were the date of the transfer.

(3)The preceding provisions of this section shall apply, with the necessary modifications, where a contract for an annuity payable on a person’s death is after 26th March 1974 made or varied or substituted for or replaced by such a contract or a policy of life insurance as they apply where a policy of life insurance is issued, varied or substituted as mentioned in subsection (1) above.

264 Transfers reported late.U.K.

(1)This section has effect where a person has made a transfer of value (“the earlier transfer”) which—

(a)is not notified to the Board in an account under section 216 above or by information furnished under section 219 above before the expiration of the period specified in section 216 for the delivery of accounts, and

(b)is not discovered until after payment has been accepted by the Board in full satisfaction of the tax on the value transferred by another transfer of value (“the later transfer”) made by him on or after the day on which he made the earlier transfer.

(2)Where the earlier transfer is made in the period of ten years ending with the date of the later transfer there shall be charged on the value transferred by the earlier transfer, in addition to any tax chargeable on it apart from this section, an amount of tax equal to the difference, if any, between—

(a)the tax which, having regard to the earlier transfer, was properly chargeable on the value transferred by the later transfer, and

(b)the payment accepted by the Board in full satisfaction of the tax chargeable on that value;

and any such difference shall not be chargeable on the value transferred by the later transfer.

(3)Where in the period mentioned in subsection (2) above there have been two or more earlier transfers the reference in paragraph (a) of that subsection to the earlier transfer shall be construed as a reference to both or all of those transfers, but the amount of tax chargeable under that subsection in respect of each of them shall, subject to subsection (4) below, be reduced in the proportion which the value transferred by it bears to the aggregate of the values transferred by it and the other or others.

(4)Where the earlier transfers mentioned in subsection (3) above include a settled transfer, that is to say, a transfer in the case of which an amount in full satisfaction of the tax chargeable in respect of it under subsection (2) above has been paid to and accepted by the Board before the discovery of one or more of the other earlier transfers,—

(a)no further tax shall be chargeable under subsection (2) above in respect of the settled transfer in consequence of regard being had under paragraph (a) of that subsection to the subsequently discovered transfer or transfers;

(b)the amount so paid and accepted shall reduce the amount chargeable under subsection (2) above in respect of the subsequently discovered transfer or transfers; and

(c)if there are two or more subsequently discovered transfers, the value transferred by the settled transfer shall be disregarded in calculating under subsection (3) above the reduction in the amount of tax chargeable in respect of each of them.

(5)Where the later transfer referred to in subsection (2) above is itself an earlier transfer in relation to another later transfer the references in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection to tax chargeable on the value transferred by it are references to tax so chargeable apart from this section.

(6)Subsection (2) above shall not increase the amount in respect of which interest is payable under section 233 above in relation to the earlier transfer in respect of any period falling before the expiration of six months from the date on which it was discovered.

(7)Where, apart from this subsection, the earlier transfer would be wholly or partly exempt by reason of some or all of the value transferred by it falling within a limit applicable to an exemption, then, if tax has been accepted as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above on the basis that the later transfer is partly exempt by reason of part of the value thereby transferred falling within that limit—

(a)tax shall not be chargeable on that part of the value transferred by the later transfer, but

(b)a corresponding part of the value transferred by the earlier transfer shall be treated as falling outside that limit.

(8)Subsection (1)(b) above shall apply to a transfer in respect of which no tax is chargeable because the rate of tax applicable under section 7 above is nil as if payment had been accepted when the transfer was notified in an account under section 216 above, and subsection (2)(b) above shall apply in relation to any such transfer as if the amount of the payment were nil.

(9)For the purposes of this section a transfer is discovered—

(a)if it is notified under the provisions mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above after the expiration of the period there mentioned, on the date on which it is so notified;

(b)in any other case, on the date on which the Board give notice of a determination in respect of the transfer under section 221 above.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C67S. 264(8) modified (1.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1731, reg. 7

S. 264(8) modified (1.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1733, reg. 8

C68S. 264(8) modified (1.11.2004 with effect as mentioned in reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Estates) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/2543), reg. 10

C69S. 264(8) modified (6.4.2008) by The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Excepted Settlements) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/606), reg. 7

265 Chargeable transfers affecting more than one property.U.K.

Where the value transferred by a chargeable transfer is determined by reference to the values of more than one property the tax chargeable on the value transferred shall be attributed to the respective values in the proportions which they bear to their aggregate, but subject to [F881section 54B(3) above and to] any provision reducing the amount of tax attributable to the value of any particular property.

Textual Amendments

F881Finance Act 1987 (No.2) Sch. 7, para. 5,with effect from 17March 1987.

266 More than one chargeable transfer on one day.U.K.

(1)Where the value transferred by more than one chargeable transfer made by the same person on the same day depends on the order in which the transfers are made, they shall be treated as made in the order which results in the lowest value chargeable.

(2)Subject to subsection (1) above, the rate at which the tax is charged on the values transferred by two or more chargeable transfers made by the same person on the same day shall be the effective rate at which tax would have been charged if those transfers had been a single chargeable transfer of the same total value.

(3)The chargeable transfers referred to in subsections (1) and (2) above do not include a transfer made on the death of the transferor.

(4)Chargeable transfers under Chapter III of Part III of this Act shall if they relate to the same settlement be treated for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2) above as made by the same person.

267 Persons treated as domiciled in United Kingdom.U.K.

(1)A person not domiciled in the United Kingdom at any time (in this section referred to as “the relevant time”) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as domiciled in the United Kingdom (and not elsewhere) at the relevant time if—

(a)he was domiciled in the United Kingdom within the three years immediately preceding the relevant time, F882...

[F883(aa)he is a formerly domiciled resident for the tax year in which the relevant time falls (“the relevant tax year”), or]

[F884(b)he was resident in the United Kingdom—

(i)for at least fifteen of the twenty tax years immediately preceding the relevant tax year, and

(ii)for at least one of the four tax years ending with the relevant tax year.]

(2)Subsection (1) above shall not apply for the purposes of section 6(2) or (3) or 48(4) above and shall not affect the interpretation of any such provision as is mentioned in section 158(6) above.

F885(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)For the purposes of this section the question whether a person was resident in the United Kingdom [F886for any tax year] shall be determined as for the purposes of income tax F887. . ..

[F888(5)In determining for the purposes of this section whether a person is, or at any time was, domiciled in the United Kingdom, sections 267ZA and 267ZB are to be ignored.]

Textual Amendments

F882Word in s. 267(1)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(1)(a)

F883S. 267(1)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(1)(b)

F884S. 267(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(1)(c)

F885S. 267(3) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(2)

F886Words in s. 267(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(3)

F887Words in s. 267(4) repealed (27.7.1993: the repeal having effect in accordance with s. 208 of the repealing Act) by 1993 c. 34, ss. 208(3)(5), 213, Sch. 23 Pt. V.

F888S. 267(5) inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 177(2)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C70S. 267(1)(a) modified (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in s. 200(1) of the amendindg Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 200(1) (with s. 200(4))

[F889267ZAElection to be treated as domiciled in United KingdomU.K.

(1)A person may, if condition A or B is met, elect to be treated for the purposes of this Act as domiciled in the United Kingdom (and not elsewhere).

(2)A person's personal representatives may, if condition B is met, elect for the person to be treated for the purposes of this Act as domiciled in the United Kingdom (and not elsewhere).

(3)Condition A is that, at any time on or after 6 April 2013 and during the period of 7 years ending with the date on which the election is made, the person had a spouse or civil partner who was domiciled in the United Kingdom.

(4)Condition B is that a person (“the deceased”) dies and, at any time on or after 6 April 2013 and within the period of 7 years ending with the date of death, the deceased was—

(a)domiciled in the United Kingdom, and

(b)the spouse or civil partner of the person who would, by virtue of the election, be treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom.

(5)An election under this section does not affect a person's domicile for the purposes of section 6(2) or (3) or 48(4).

(6)An election under this section is to be ignored—

(a)in interpreting any such provision as is mentioned in section 158(6), and

(b)in determining the effect of any qualifying double taxation relief arrangements in relation to a transfer of value by the person making the election.

(7)For the purposes of subsection (6)(b) a qualifying double taxation relief arrangement is an arrangement which is specified in an Order in Council made under section 158 before the coming into force of this section (other than by way of amendment by an Order made on or after the coming into force of this section).

(8)In determining for the purposes of this section whether a person making an election under this section is or was domiciled in the United Kingdom, section 267 is to be ignored.

Textual Amendments

F889Ss. 267ZA, 267ZB inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 177(3)

267ZBSection 267ZA: further provision about electionU.K.

(1)For the purposes of this section—

(a)references to a lifetime election are to an election made by virtue of section 267ZA(3), and

(b)references to a death election are to an election made by virtue of section 267ZA(4).

(2)A lifetime or death election is to be made by notice in writing to HMRC.

(3)A lifetime or death election is treated as having taken effect on a date specified, in accordance with subsection (4), in the notice.

(4)The date specified in a notice under subsection (3) must—

(a)be 6 April 2013 or a later date,

(b)be within the period of 7 years ending with—

(i)in the case of a lifetime election, the date on which the election is made, or

(ii)in the case of a death election, the date of the deceased's death, and

(c)meet the condition in subsection (5).

(5)The condition in this subsection is met by a date if, on the date—

(a)in the case of a lifetime election—

(i)the person making the election was married to, or in a civil partnership with, the spouse or civil partner, and

(ii)the spouse or civil partner was domiciled in the United Kingdom, or

(b)in the case of a death election—

(i)the person who is, by virtue of the election, to be treated as domiciled in the United Kingdom was married to, or in a civil partnership with, the deceased, and

(ii)the deceased was domiciled in the United Kingdom.

(6)A death election may only be made within 2 years of the death of the deceased or such longer period as an officer of Revenue and Customs may in the particular case allow.

(7)Subsection (8) applies if—

(a)a lifetime or death election is made,

(b)a disposition is made, or another event occurs, during the period beginning with the time when the election is treated by virtue of subsection (3) as having taken effect and ending at the time when the election is made, and

(c)the effect of the election being treated as having taken effect at that time is that the disposition or event gives rise to a transfer of value.

(8)This Act applies with the following modifications in relation to the transfer of value—

(a)subsections (1) and (6)(c) of section 216 have effect as if the period specified in subsection (6)(c) of that section were the period of 12 months from the end of the month in which the election is made, and

(b)sections 226 and 233 have effect as if the transfer were made at the time when the election is made.

(9)A lifetime or death election cannot be revoked.

(10)If a person who made an election under section 267ZA(1) is not resident in the United Kingdom for the purposes of income tax for a period of four successive tax years beginning at any time after the election is made, the election ceases to have effect at the end of that period.]

Textual Amendments

F889Ss. 267ZA, 267ZB inserted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 177(3)

F890[267A Limited liability partnerships.U.K.

For the purposes of this Act and any other enactments relating to inheritance tax—

(a)property to which a limited liability partnership is entitled, or which it occupies or uses, shall be treated as property to which its members are entitled, or which they occupy or use, as partners,

(b)any business carried on by a limited liability partnership shall be treated as carried on in partnership by its members,

(c)incorporation, change in membership or dissolution of a limited liability partnership shall be treated as formation, alteration or dissolution of a partnership, and

(d)any transfer of value made by or to a limited liability partnership shall be treated as made by or to its members in partnership (and not by or to the limited liability partnership as such).]

Textual Amendments

F890S. 267A inserted (6.4.2001) by 2000 c. 12, s. 11; S.I. 2000/3316, art. 2

InterpretationU.K.

268 Associated operations.U.K.

(1)In this Act “associated operations” means, subject to subsection (2) below, any two or more operations of any kind, being—

(a)operations which affect the same property, or one of which affects some property and the other or others of which affect property which represents, whether directly or indirectly, that property, or income arising from that property, or any property representing accumulations of any such income, or

(b)any two operations of which one is effected with reference to the other, or with a view to enabling the other to be effected or facilitating its being effected, and any further operation having a like relation to any of those two, and so on.

whether those operations are effected by the same person or different persons, and whether or not they are simultaneous; and “operation” includes an omission.

(2)The granting of a lease for full consideration in money or money’s worth shall not be taken to be associated with any operation effected more than three years after the grant, and no operation effected on or after 27th March 1974 shall be taken to be associated with an operation effected before that date.

(3)Where a transfer of value is made by associated operations carried out at different times it shall be treated as made at the time of the last of them; but where any one or more of the earlier operations also constitute a transfer of value made by the same transferor, the value transferred by the earlier operations shall be treated as reducing the value transferred by all the operations taken together, except to the extent that the transfer constituted by the earlier operations but not that made by all the operations taken together is exempt under section 18 above.

269 Control of company.U.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Act a person has control of a company at any time if he then has the control of powers of voting on all questions affecting the company as a whole which if exercised would yield a majority of the votes capable of being exercised on them.

(2)For the purposes of this Act shares or securities shall be deemed to give a person control of a company if, together with any shares or securities which are related property within the meaning of section 161 above, they would be sufficient to give him control of the company (as defined in subsection (1) above).

(3)Where shares or securities are comprised in a settlement, any powers of voting which they give to the trustees of the settlement shall for the purposes of subsection (1) above be deemed to be given to the person beneficially entitled in possession to the shares or securities (except in a case where no individual is so entitled).

(4)Where a company has shares or securities of any class giving powers of voting limited to either or both of—

(a)the question of winding up the company, and

(b)any question primarily affecting shares or securities of that class,

the reference in subsection (1) above to all questions affecting the company as a whole shall have effect as a reference to all such questions except any in relation to which those powers are capable of being exercised.

270 Connected persons.U.K.

For the purposes of this Act any question whether a person is connected with another shall be determined as, for the purposes of the [F8911992 Act], it falls to be determined under section [F891286] of that Act, but as if in that section “relative” included uncle, aunt, nephew and niece and “settlement”, “settlor” and “trustee” had the same meanings as in this Act.

Textual Amendments

F891Words in s. 270 substituted (6.3.1992 with effects as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(12) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

271 Property of corporations sole.U.K.

References in this Act (except section 59) to property to which a person is beneficially entitled do not include references to property to which a person is entitled as a corporation sole.

[F892271AQualifying non-UK pension schemeU.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Act “qualifying non-UK pension scheme” means a pension scheme (other than a registered pension scheme) which—

(a)is established in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom, and

(b)satisfies any requirements prescribed for the purposes of this section by regulations made by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

(2)“Pension scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 (see section 150 of that Act).

(3)Regulations under this section may include provision having effect in relation to times before the regulations are made if it does not increase any person's liability to tax.

(4)The power to make regulations under this section is exercisable by statutory instrument, which is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.]

Textual Amendments

F892S. 271A inserted (retrospective to 6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 92, Sch. 29 para. 18(6)(8)

272 General interpretation.U.K.

In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires,—

“amount” includes value;
[F893“authorised unit trust” means a scheme which is a unit trust scheme for the purposes of [F894the Income Tax Acts (see section 1007 of the Income Tax Act 2007)] and in the case of which an order under section 243 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 is in force;]
“barrister” includes a member of the Faculty of Advocates;
“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;
F895. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F896“commencement” of a settlement has the meaning given by section 48A;]
“conditionally exempt transfer” shall be construed in accordance with section 30(2) above;
[F897“disabled person's interest” has the meaning given by section 89B above;]
“disposition” includes a disposition effected by associated operations;
“estate” shall be construed in accordance with sections 5, 55 and 151(4) above;
“estate duty” includes estate duty under the law of Northern Ireland;
“excluded property” shall be construed in accordance with sections 6 and 48 above [F898and Schedule A1] ;
[F899“foreign-owned”, in relation to property at any time, means property—
(a)
in the case of which the person beneficially entitled to it is at that time domiciled outside the United Kingdom, or
(b)
if the property is comprised in a settlement, in the case of which the settlor—
(i)
is not a formerly domiciled resident for the tax year in which that time falls, and
(ii)
was domiciled outside the United Kingdom when the property became comprised in the settlement [F900(and section 64(1BA) applies for the purposes of this sub-paragraph as it applies for the purposes of section 64(1B))];]
[F901“formerly domiciled resident”, in relation to a tax year, means a person—
(a)
who was born in the United Kingdom,
(b)
whose domicile of origin was in the United Kingdom,
(c)
who was resident in the United Kingdom for that tax year, and
(d)
who was resident in the United Kingdom for at least one of the two tax years immediately preceding that tax year;]
“Government department” includes a Northern Ireland department;
“heritable security” means any security capable of being constituted over any interest in land by disposition or assignation of that interest in security of any debt and of being recorded in the General Register of Sasines;
[F902“HMRC” means Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;]
[F903“immediate post-death interest” means an immediate post-death interest for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 3 (see section 49A above);]
“incumbrance” includes any heritable security, or other debt or payment secured upon heritage;
“Inland Revenue charge” means a charge imposed by virtue of section 237 above;
“land” does not include any estate interest or right by way of mortgage or other security;
“local authority” has the meaning given by [F904section 1130 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010];
[F905“member”, in relation to a registered pension scheme, has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004 (see section 151 of that Act);]
“mortgage” includes a heritable security and a security constituted over any interest in movable property;
[F906“nil-rate band maximum” has the meaning given by section 8A(7);]
[F907“open-ended investment company” means an open-ended investment company within the meaning given by section 236 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 which is incorporated in the United Kingdom;]
“personal representatives” includes any person by whom or on whose behalf an application for a grant of administration or for the resealing of a grant made outside the United Kingdom is made, and any such person as mentioned in section 199(4)(a) above;
“property” includes rights and interests of any description [F908but does not include a settlement power];
[F909“public display” means display to which the public are admitted, on payment or not, but does not include display with a view to sale;]
“purchaser” means a purchaser in good faith for consideration in money or money’s worth other than a nominal consideration and includes a lessee, mortgagee or other person who for such consideration acquires an interest in the property in question;
[F910“quoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means [F911listed] on a recognised stock exchange or dealt in on the Unlisted Securities Market and “unquoted”, in relation to any shares or securities, means neither so [F911listed] nor so dealt in;]
[F912“registered pension scheme” has the same meaning as in Part 4 of the Finance Act 2004;]
“reversionary interest” has the meaning given by section 47 above;
F913. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F914“section 615(3) scheme” means a superannuation fund to which section 615(3)of the Taxes Act 1988 applies;]
[F915“settlement power” has the meaning given by section 47A above;]
“settlement” and “settled property” shall be construed in accordance with section 43 above;
“settlor” shall be construed in accordance with section 44 above;
F916. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F917“step-child”, in relation to a civil partner, shall be construed in accordance with section 246 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;]
“tax” means [F910inheritance tax];
[F918“transitional serial interest” means a transitional serial interest for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 3 (see section 49B above);]
“the Taxes Act [F9191970]” means the M69Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970;
[F920“The Taxes Act 1988” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;]
[F921“the TCEA 2007” means the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007;]
[F922“the tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal,]
“trustee” shall be construed in accordance with section 45 above;[F923and
“the 1992 Act” means the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992.]

Textual Amendments

F893S. 272: definition inserted (with effect as stated in s. 186(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 186(6)

F894Words in s. 272 substituted (with effect as mentioned in s. 1034 of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 1027, 1034, Sch. 1 para. 271 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)

F895Words in s. 272 omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 5 of the commencing S.I.) by virtue of Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 6 paras. 10, 34(2); S.I. 2012/736, art. 5

F896Words in s. 272 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(10)(a)

F897S. 272 definition inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 28

F898Words in s. 272 inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 10 para. 8

F899Words in s. 272 substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(8)(a)

F900Words in s. 272 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 73(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 73(10)(b)

F901Words in s. 272 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 30(9)-(12) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 30(8)(b)

F902S. 272: definition of 'HMRC' inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 125(3)

F903S. 272 definition inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 28

F904Words in s. 272 substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Tax Law Rewrite Acts (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/463), arts. 1(2), 2(1)

F905S. 272 definition of "member" inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 160, Sch. 22 para. 10(2)

F906S. 272: entry inserted (retrospective to 9.10.2007) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 10, Sch. 4 paras. 7, 9(3)

F907S. 272: definition inserted (with effect as stated in s. 186(8) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 186(7)

F908Words in s. 272 inserted (24.7.2002 with effect as mentioned in s. 119(6)(7) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 119(4)(6)(7)

F909S. 272: definition of 'public display' inserted (6.4.2009 with effect as mentioned in art. 13(5) of the amending S.I.) by The Enactment of Extra-Statutory Concessions Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/730), art. 13(4)

F910Finance Act 1987 Sch. 8, para. 17,with effect from 17 March 1987.

F911S. 272: words in the definition of “quoted” and “unquoted” substituted (29.4.1996 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 38 para. 2(2) of the amending Act) by 1996 c. 8, s. 199, Sch. 38 para. 2(1)(b)

F912S. 272: definition of "registered pension scheme" inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(6), 284 (with Sch. 36)

F913S. 272: definition of "scheme administrator" omitted (with effect as mentioned in Sch. 16 paras. 85, 106 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 65, Sch. 16 para. 57

F914S. 272: definition of "section 615(3) scheme" inserted (6.4.2006) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), ss. 203(6), 284 (with Sch. 36)

F915Words in s. 272 inserted (24.7.2002 with effect as mentioned in s. 119(6)(7) of the amending Act) by 2002 c. 23, s. 119(4)(6)(7)

F916S. 272: definition of "Special Commissioners" omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 125(2)

F917S. 272: definition of "step-child" inserted (5.12.2005) by The Tax and Civil Partnership Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3229), regs. 1(1), 38

F918S. 272 definition inserted (22.3.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 156, Sch. 20 paras. 7, 28

F919 “1970” inserted by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), Sch. 29, para. 32.

F920Income and Corporation Taxes Act Sch. 29, para. 32.

F921S. 272: definition of "the TCEA 2007" inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 125(3)

F922S. 272: definition of 'the tribunal' inserted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 125(3)

F923Words in s. 272 added (6.3.1992 with effects as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 8(13) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 201(3)).

Marginal Citations

M691970 c.10.

SupplementaryU.K.

273 Transition from estate duty.U.K.

Schedule 6 to this Act shall have effect.

274 Commencement. U.K.

(1)This Act shall come into force on 1st January 1985, but shall not apply to transfers of value made before that date or to other events before that date on which capital transfer tax is chargeable or would be chargeable but for an exemption, exception or relief.

(2)Subsection (1) above shall have effect subject to section 275 below, to Schedule 7 to this Act and to any other provision to the contrary.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C71 By Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1),on and after 25July 1986the 1984Act may be cited as the Inheritance Tax Act and the tax charged under the 1984Act shall be known as inheritance tax.

275 Continuity, and construction of references to old and new law.U.K.

(1)The continuity of the operation of the law relating to capital transfer tax shall not be affected by the substitution of this Act for the repealed enactments.

(2)Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document (including this Act and any enactment amended by Schedule 8 to this Act) to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any provision of this Act shall, if and so far as the nature of the reference permits, be construed as including, in relation to the times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision in the repealed enactments has or had effect, a reference to, or as the case may be, to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, that corresponding provision.

(3)Any reference, whether express or implied, in any enactment, instrument or document (including the repealed enactments and enactments, instruments and documents passed or made after the passing of this Act) to, or to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, any of the repealed enactments shall, if and so far as the nature of the reference permits, be construed as including, in relation to the times, circumstances or purposes in relation to which the corresponding provision of this Act has effect, a reference to, or as the case may be, to things done or falling to be done under or for the purposes of, that corresponding provision.

(4)Subsection (2) above shall have effect without prejudice to section 17(2) of the M70Interpretation Act 1978.

(5)In this section “the repealed enactments” means the enactments repealed by this Act.

Marginal Citations

M701978 c.30.

276 Consequential amendments.U.K.

Schedule 8 to this Act shall have effect.

277 Repeals.U.K.

The enactments mentioned in Schedule 9 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

278 Short title.U.K.

This Act may be cited as the [F924Inheritance Tax Act 1984].

Textual Amendments

F924 By Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1),on and after 25July 1986the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984may be cited as the Inheritance Tax Act 1984.

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PART IU.K. GENERAL

Main charges and definitionsU.K.

1 Charge on transfers.U.K.

2 Chargeable transfers and exempt transfers.U.K.

3 Transfers of value.U.K.

[F33A Potentially exempt transfers.U.K.

4 Transfers on death.U.K.

5 Meaning of estate.U.K.

6 Excluded property.U.K.

RatesU.K.

7 Rates.U.K.

8 Indexation of rate bands.U.K.

[F458ATransfer of unused nil-rate band between spouses and civil partnersU.K.

8BClaims under section 8AU.K.

8CSection 8A and subsequent chargesU.K.

[F478DExtra nil-rate band on death if interest in home goes to descendants etcU.K.

8EResidence nil-rate amount: interest in home goes to descendants etcU.K.

8FResidence nil-rate amount: no interest in home goes to descendants etcU.K.

[F578FADownsizing addition: entitlement: low-value death interest in homeU.K.

8FBDownsizing addition: entitlement: no residential interest at deathU.K.

8FCDownsizing addition: effect: section 8E caseU.K.

8FDDownsizing addition: effect: section 8F caseU.K.

8FECalculation of lost relievable amountU.K.

[F478GMeaning of “brought-forward allowance”U.K.

8HMeaning of “qualifying residential interest” [F62, “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”]U.K.

[F668HAQualifying former residential interest”: interests in possessionU.K.

[F478JMeaning of “inherited”U.K.

8KMeaning of “closely inherited”U.K.

8LClaims for brought-forward allowance [F70and downsizing addition] U.K.

8MResidence nil-rate amount: cases involving conditional exemptionU.K.

9 Transitional provisions on reduction of tax.U.K.

Dispositions that are not transfers of value [F82(and omissions that do not give rise to deemed dispositions)] U.K.

10 Dispositions not intended to confer gratuitous benefit.U.K.

11 Dispositions for maintenance of family.U.K.

12 Dispositions allowable for income tax or conferring [F88benefits under pension scheme].U.K.

[F9912APension drawdown fund not used up: no deemed dispositionU.K.

13 Dispositions by close companies for benefit of employees.U.K.

[F10713ADispositions by close companies to employee-ownership trustsU.K.

14 Waiver of remuneration.U.K.

15 Waiver of dividends.U.K.

16 Grant of tenancies of agricultural property.U.K.

17 Changes in distribution of deceased’s estate, etc.U.K.

PART IIU.K. EXEMPT TRANSFERS

CHAPTER IU.K. GENERAL

18 Transfers between spouses [F112or civil partners].U.K.

19 Annual exemption.U.K.

20 Small gifts.U.K.

21 Normal expenditure out of income.U.K.

22 Gifts in consideration of marriage [F121or civil partnership].U.K.

23 Gifts to charities [F132or registered clubs].U.K.

24 Gifts to political parties.U.K.

[F14224A Gifts to housing associations.U.K.

25 Gifts for national purposes, etc.U.K.

F14726. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

[F14826A Potentially exempt transfer of property subsequently held for national purposes etc.U.K.

27 Maintenance funds for historic buildings, etc.U.K.

28 Employee trusts.U.K.

[F15228AEmployee-ownership trustsU.K.

29 Loans—modifications of exemptions.U.K.

[F15629A Abatement of exemption where claim settled out of beneficiary’s own resources.U.K.

CHAPTER IIU.K. CONDITIONAL EXEMPTION

30 Conditionally exempt transfers. U.K.

31 Designation and undertakings. U.K.

32 Chargeable events. U.K.

[F18532A Associated properties. U.K.

33 Amount of charge under section 32.U.K.

34 Reinstatement of transferor’s cumulative total.U.K.

35 Conditional exemption on death before 7th April 1976.U.K.

[F21035A Variation of undertakings.U.K.

CHAPTER IIIU.K. ALLOCATION OF EXEMPTIONS