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Inheritance Tax Act 1984

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Version Superseded: 17/07/2013

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Inheritance Tax Act 1984, Section 162 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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 [F1inheritance 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, 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, be taken to reduce the value of property outside the United Kingdom.

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.

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