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Inheritance tax

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  • This topic has 3 replies, 2 voices, and was last updated 1 year ago by JillyB.
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  • April 3, 2024 at 8:28 pm #703621
    jonelynnavarro
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    Hi! Good day.

    I’m a bit confused about Inheritance Tax on how to compute Gross Chargeable Transfer because in Illustration 3 if the donor pays the tax, the calculation is Taxable Amount +Lifetime tax@25%=GCT but in example #1 the calculation is Chargeable Amount +Lifetime tax @25%.

    And also in Illustration 3 he transferred 400k but in the calculation Transferred value is 450k. Did I missed some information there? Thanks in advance.

    April 4, 2024 at 10:25 am #703639
    JillyB
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    example 1 – CLT the donor pays the tax so it’s charged at 25% and the tax is added to the chargeable amount

    illustration 3 – the trustees pay the tax so it’s 20% – you are right about the discrepancy in figures – ignore 400k use 450K

    April 5, 2024 at 1:13 am #703666
    jonelynnavarro
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    Hi! Thank you for the clarification, appreciate it so much, but im still confused about Illustration 3 with the statement that what if the donor is the is the one paying for the IHT

    on the other hand, the donor – Ronald had agreed to pay the IHT then his estate would have
    diminished, or reduced by both the gift and the tax.
    Taxable amount 119,000
    Lifetime tax @25% 29,750
    Gross chargeable amount to carry forward 148,750

    April 5, 2024 at 3:18 pm #703691
    JillyB
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    1. Trustees pay the tax so 20% per illustration
    2. Donor pays the tax so 25% and added to £119,000 to c/fwd

    This is becasue of the diminution principle – the loss to the donor. The estate if Ronald pays, has gone down twice – once with the gift and then again becasue he paid the tax out of his bank account and is 29750 worse off

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