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Inheritance Tax Act 1984

CHAPTER II INTERESTS IN POSSESSION, REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AND SETTLEMENT POWERS

  • Section 49 Treatment of interests in possession.
  • Section 49A Immediate post-death interest
  • Section 49B Transitional serial interests
  • Section 49C Transitional serial interest: interest to which person becomes entitled during period 22nd March 2006 to 5th October 2008
  • Section 49D Transitional serial interest: interest to which person becomes entitled on death of spouse or civil partner on or after 6th October 2008
  • Section 49E Transitional serial interest: contracts of life insurance
  • Section 50 Interests in part, etc.
  • Section 51 Disposal of interest in possession.
  • Section 52 Charge on termination of interest in possession.
  • Section 53 Exceptions from charge under section 52.
  • Section 54 Exceptions from charge on death
  • Section 54A Special rate of charge where settled property affected by potentially exempt transfer.
  • Section 54B Provisions supplementary to section 54A.
  • Section 55A Purchased settlement powers
  • Section 55 Reversionary interest acquired by beneficiary.
  • Section 56 Exclusion of certain exemptions.
  • Section 57 Application of certain exemptions.
  • Section 57A Relief where property enters maintenance fund.
  1. Chapter II · INTERESTS IN POSSESSION, REVERSIONARY INTERESTS AND SETTLEMENT POWERS
  2. Reversionary interest acquired by beneficiary.

Section 55 | Reversionary interest acquired by beneficiary.

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Notwithstanding section 5(1) above, where a person entitled to an interest (whether in possession or not) in any settled property acquires a reversionary interest expenctant (whether immediately or not) on that interest, the reversionary interest is not part of his estate for the purposes of this Act.

(2)Section 10(1) above shall not apply to a disposition by which a reversionary interest is acquired in the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) above . . .F1

Notes

  1. F1

    Finance Act 1986 Sch. 19 para. 15,with effect from 18March 1986and repealed by Finance (No.2) Act 1987 s. 96(5)and Sch. 9 Part III,with effect from 17March 1987.

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