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Inheritance tax – marriage exemption, annual exemption

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  • This topic has 4 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 3 hours ago by AmandaP.
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  • February 22, 2026 at 5:51 pm #724821
    dangkhoa.nhhtd
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    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 #724825
    dangkhoa.nhhtd
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    I 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 #724833
    AmandaP
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    For 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 #724844
    dangkhoa.nhhtd
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    Oh 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 #724846
    AmandaP
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    No problem!

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