IHTM34176 | Calculating the loss: sale value

The general rule is that the sale value of any investment is

• the price for which it is sold (or, if it is greater, the best consideration that could reasonably have been obtained for it at the time of the sale), IHTA84/S179 (1)(b), plus

• the amount of any capital payments (IHTM34177) received at any time after the death, IHTA84/S181.

The sale price is the gross proceeds of sale. All expenses are ignored.

A dividend received from a holding quoted as ex-dividend (xd) at the date of death is not included in the sale value.

The value of Government securities marked ‘1k’ or ‘1k-xd’ at the date of sale should be calculated (IHTM34174) in the same way as for the date of death.