Inheritance Tax Act 1984

132 Wasting assets.U.K.

(1)Section 131 above shall not apply if the transferred property is tangible movable property that is a wasting asset.

(2)The transferred property is a wasting asset for the purposes of this section if, immediately before the chargeable transfer, it had a predictable useful life not exceeding fifty years, having regard to the purpose for which it was held by the transferor; and plant and machinery shall in every case be regarded as having a predictable useful life of less than fifty years.