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Decision Number: TC 08776
Appellant: JAMES CHARLES PRIDE AS TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE GERALDINE JILL PRIDE
Respondent: Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
Chairmen / Special
Commissioners:
Zachary CITRON
Date Of Decision: 28/03/2023
Main Category: PROCEDURE
Main Subcategory: Other
Notes: INHERITANCE TAX– deceased was beneficiary of an interest in possession trust established in 2002 – s49 IHTA 1984 considered – were loan notes issued by the trust a liability to be “taken into account except as otherwise provided” per s5(3)? – St Barbe Green considered – held: yes – did s103 IHTA 1984 apply to abate the loan note liability? – held: yes – did s175A IHTA 1984 apply in the alternative, such that the loan liability would not be taken into account – and did the tribunal have jurisdiction to consider s175A? – held: yes (to both questions) – loan notes (as asset) had been gifted to another family trust of which deceased’s children were beneficiaries – did s102 apply to treat the loan notes (as asset) as part of deceased’s estate? – did children’s trust have exclusive enjoyment of the loan notes (as asset)? – Buzzoni and Hood considered – held: s102 did not apply, as benefit to deceased did not “trench upon” children’s trust’s enjoyment of loan notes
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