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Legislation
Inheritance Tax Act 1984

Crossheading Rates

  • Section 7 Rates.
  • Section 8 Indexation of rate bands.
  • Section 8A Transfer of unused nil-rate band between spouses and civil partners
  • Section 8B Claims under section 8A
  • Section 8C Section 8A and subsequent charges
  • Section 8D Extra nil-rate band on death if interest in home goes to descendants etc
  • Section 8E Residence nil-rate amount: interest in home goes to descendants etc
  • Section 8F Residence nil-rate amount: no interest in home goes to descendants etc
  • Section 8FA Downsizing addition: entitlement: low-value death interest in home
  • Section 8FB Downsizing addition: entitlement: no residential interest at death
  • Section 8FC Downsizing addition: effect: section 8E case
  • Section 8FD Downsizing addition: effect: section 8F case
  • Section 8FE Calculation of lost relievable amount
  • Section 8G Meaning of “brought-forward allowance”
  • Section 8H Meaning of “qualifying residential interest” , “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”
  • Section 8HA Qualifying former residential interest”: interests in possession
  • Section 8J Meaning of “inherited”
  • Section 8K Meaning of “closely inherited”
  • Section 8L Claims for brought-forward allowance and downsizing addition
  • Section 8M Residence nil-rate amount: cases involving conditional exemption
  • Section 9 Transitional provisions on reduction of tax.
  1. Rates
  2. Residence nil-rate amount: no interest in home goes to descendants etc

Section 8F | Residence nil-rate amount: no interest in home goes to descendants etc F1

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Subsections (2) and (3) apply if the person's estate immediately before the person's death—F1

(a)does not include a qualifying residential interest, orF1

(b)includes a qualifying residential interest but none of the interest is closely inherited.F1

(2)The person's residence nil-rate amount is nil.F1

(3)An amount—F1

(a)equal to the person's default allowance, orF1

(b)if E is greater than TT, equal to the person's adjusted allowance,F1

is available for carry-forward.

(4)See also—F1F2F3

section 8FD (which applies instead of this section where there is entitlement to a downsizing addition),

section 8H (meaning of “qualifying residential interest” , “qualifying former residential interest” and “residential property interest”),

section 8J (meaning of “inherit”),

section 8K (meaning of “closely inherited”), and

section 8M (cases involving conditional exemption).

Notes

  1. F1

    Ss. 8D-8M inserted (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 9(4)

  2. F2

    Words in s. 8F(4) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 4(a)

  3. F3

    Words in s. 8F(4) inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 15 para. 4(b)

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