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Inheritance Tax Act 1984

CHAPTER I GENERAL

  • Section 18 Transfers between spouses or civil partners.
  • Section 19 Annual exemption.
  • Section 20 Small gifts.
  • Section 21 Normal expenditure out of income.
  • Section 22 Gifts in consideration of marriage or civil partnership.
  • Section 23 Gifts to charities or registered clubs.
  • Section 24 Gifts to political parties.
  • Section 24A Gifts to housing associations.
  • Section 25 Gifts for national purposes, etc.
  • Section 26 Gifts for public benefit.
  • Section 26A Potentially exempt transfer of property subsequently held for national purposes etc.
  • Section 27 Maintenance funds for historic buildings, etc.
  • Section 28 Employee trusts.
  • Section 28A Employee-ownership trusts
  • Section 29 Loans—modifications of exemptions.
  • Section 29A Abatement of exemption where claim settled out of beneficiary’s own resources.
  1. Chapter I · GENERAL
  2. Maintenance funds for historic buildings, etc.

Section 27 | Maintenance funds for historic buildings, etc.

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Subject to subsection (1A) below, a transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that the value transferred by it is attributable to property which by virtue of the transfer becomes comprised in a settlement and in respect of which—F1

(a)a direction under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to this Act has effect at the time of the transfer, or

(b)such a direction is given after the time of the transfer.

(1A)Subsection (1) above does not apply in the case of a direction given after the time of the transfer unless the claim for the direction (if it is not made before that time) is made no more than two years after the date of that transfer, or within such longer period as the Board may allow.F2

(2)Subsections (2) and (3) of the section 23 and subsection (4) of section 24 above shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to section 24(1).

(3)To the extent that the value transferred by a transfer of value made on the death of a member of a pension scheme is attributable to the member’s notional pension property—F3

(a)the value transferred is treated for the purposes of this section as also attributable to any property—F3

(i)that on the death of the member is given under the scheme to a person and becomes comprised in a settlement, andF3

(ii)in respect of which the condition in subsection (1)(a) or (b) is met, andF3

(b)section 23(2) does not (despite subsection (2)) apply in relation to subsection (1).F3

Notes

  1. F1

    Words in s. 27(1) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 144(1)(2)

  2. F2

    S. 27(1A) inserted (31.7.1998 with effect in relation to transfers of value made on or after 17.3.1998) by 1998 c. 36, s. 144(1)(2)

  3. F3

    S. 27(3) inserted (with application in accordance with s. 71 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), ss. 69(8), 71

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