LPC Law Notes > Private Client Notes
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Elective: Private Client
TAX:
1. Inheritance Tax [IHT] Checklist
IHT payable when the gift was made:
1. Does the gift carry with it any liability [e.g. mortgage / charge on shares]
2. Exemptions:
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spouse 100%
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charity 100%
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political party 100%
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Business property relief
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small gifts
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normal expenditure
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marriage
3. 4.
5. 6. PET
Annual exemptions [check dates]
Equals = Value of the PET / LCT Gross up any LCT if donor is paying tax. TAX: No IHT payable The PET is ignored while Peggy is alive The value of the PET does not affect the Cumulative Total
LCT 1
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LCT 2
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NRB Option 1: "The LCT1 made more than 7 years before LCT 2. The PET is ignored therefore the whole NRB is available [check NRB table of that year]"
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NRB option 2: "The LCT1 was made in the last 7 years before LCT2 therefore it effects the NRB available. The NRB is now [NRB of this year - cumulative total]"
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NRB in the YEAR of the gift [check table]
Tax at 20% if it exceeds the NRB
NB. No taper relief at this stage Valuation issues? [10% discount]
IHT payable on LCTs / PETs at date of death:
1. Transferable NRB?
2. "x dies on DATE. The 7 year period runs from DATE"
3. NRB transferable- transfer the appropriate % proportion not used
4. Work chronologically:
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