Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 1430

The Inheritance Tax (Delivery of Accounts) (Scotland) Regulations 1998

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" "an excepted estate" means the estate of a person immediately before his death in a case where - 
(a) that person died on or after 6th April 1998, domiciled in the United Kingdom;

(b) the value of that person's estate is attributable wholly to property passing under his will or intestacy or under a nomination of an asset taking effect on death or by survivorship;

(c) of that property not more than £50,000 represented value attributable to property which, immediately before that person's death, was situated outside the United Kingdom;

(d) that person died without having made any chargeable transfers during the period of seven years ending with his death other than specified transfers where the aggregate value transferred did not exceed £75,000; and

(e) the aggregate of the gross value of that person's estate and of the value transferred by any specified transfers made by that person did not exceed £200,000;



and in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this definition "specified transfers" means chargeable transfers made during the period of seven years ending with that person's death where the value transferred is attributable to cash or to quoted shares or securities;".

S C T Matheson

C W Corlett
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue

9th June 1998

[2] S.I. 1981/881, amended by S.I. 1983/1040, 1987/1128, 1989/1079, 1990/1111, 1991/1249, 1995/1459 and 1996/1472.back