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- February 22, 2026 at 5:51 pm #724821
Dear tutor,
I have a question related to inheritance tax for the following question:“On 1 July 2022, Daniel made a cash gift of £2,500 to his sister.
On 1 May 2023, he made a cash gift of £2,000 to a friend.
On 1 June 2023, he made a cash gift of £50,000 to a trust. Sameer has not made any other lifetime gifts.
In respect of Sameer’s cash gift of £50,000 to the trust, what is the lifetime transfer of value for inheritance tax purposes after taking account of all available exemptions?Solution:
£
Transfer of value: 50,000
Annual exemption
– 2023/24 (£3,000 – £2,000) = (1000)
– 2022/23 (£3,000 – £2,500) = (500)
Gross chargeable transfer : 48,500 ”Why the answer takes only the annual exemption in the case of the gift to the sister? I thought, we always have to take into account marriage exemption first.
So, in the case of his sister, that exemption should be £1,000 (marriage exemption for anyone else), which leaves £1,500 for annual exemption; therefore the remaining annual exemption should be: £(3,000-1,500) = £1,500.
However in the solution, the remaining annual exemption is: 2022/23 (£3,000 – £2,500) = (500), which means they do not take into account of marriage exemption at all.
Thank you for your help!
February 22, 2026 at 7:36 pm #724825I am confused why the first question, they used marriage exemption of £5,000, but they did not apply this exemption in the second question. How can it be?
Question 1. Felipe made the following lifetime transfers:
(b) £15,000 to his son on 6 July 2023 as a wedding present.
Calculate the chargeable amount for each of Felipe’s lifetime gifts.Question 2. Amir died on 1 February 2024. During his lifetime, he made two gifts:
2.1. On 30 November 2016 he gave £200,000 to his son
2.2. On 15 June 2017 he gave £350,000 to his daughter
Select the correct chargeable amount of the above gifts (i.e. value before the deduction of the nil rate band) which becomes chargeable as a result of Amir’s death.February 23, 2026 at 8:07 am #724833For this question “On 1 July 2022, Daniel made a cash gift of £2,500 to his sister”, and there’s no mention that his sister is getting married.
The marriage exemption is to cover wedding presents, so it’s only given to a lifetime gift if the person you give the gift to is getting married.
The same logic applies to Felipe/Amir.
February 23, 2026 at 4:45 pm #724844Oh I see. I just thought that this exemption is related to the relationship within family.
Now it’s clear. Thank you very much!February 23, 2026 at 6:34 pm #724846No problem!
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