IHTM14502 | Lifetime transfers: the charge to tax: cumulation

From HM Revenue & Customs · Inheritance Tax Manual

When you consider how to apply cumulation, there is a variety of factors for you to take into account. Your approach will depend on whether you are looking at

  • the chargeable value of the death estate ()

  • tax directly attributable to a Potentially Exempt Transfer (PET) ()

  • tax on an immediately chargeable transfer (), or

  • additional charges on an immediately chargeable transfer arising on death ()