SolvedIHTM18097 | Stocks and shares: valuation: ISAs
From HM Revenue & Customs · Inheritance Tax Manual
An Individual Savings Account (ISA) is a financial product for personal investors to contribute a limited annual amount to an investment account. Income from an ISA is exempt from Income Tax. Only shares listed on a recognised stock exchange may be held in an ISA, although this was relaxed somewhat in August 2013 when it was permitted to hold shares traded on a wider range of markets in a stocks and shares ISA.
If the deceased held any shares in an ISA, the taxpayer will include them on the IHT411 (IHTM18011) or on form IHT417 if they are foreign (unless they are foreign shares listed on the London Stock Exchange). Value the shares in the same way as other shares.
ISAs replaced an earlier financial product called Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) in April 1999. PEPs existing at that time continued and from 6 April 2008 all remaining PEPs were reclassified as stocks and shares ISAs.