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PART VU.K. INHERITANCE TAX

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. V modified (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 15 para. 22(2)(b)(i)

C2Pt. V modified (with effect in accordance with s. 84(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 15 para. 21(2)(b)(i)

105 Application of business and agricultural relief where transfer partly exempt.U.K.

With respect to transfers of value made on or after 18th March 1986, after section 39 of the 1984 Act there shall be inserted the following section—

39A Operation of sections 38 and 39 in cases of business or agricultural relief.

(1)Where any part of the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to—

(a)the value of the relavant 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, 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 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—