Part IV Inheritance Tax

57 Reduced rates of tax.

1

In the M1Inheritance Tax Act 1984 (in this Part of this Act referred to as “the 1984 Act”) section 8(1) (indexation of rate bands) shall not apply to chargeable transfers made in the year beginning 6th April 1987.

2

For the Table in Schedule 1 to that Act there shall be substituted the Table set out below:

Table of Rates of Tax

Portion of value

Rate of tax

Lower limit

Upper limit

Per cent

£

£

Lower Limit £

Upper Limit £

Per cent.

0

90,000

Nil

90,000

140,000

30

140,000

220,000

40

220,000

330,000

50

330,000

60

3

Subsection (2) above applies to any chargeable transfer (within the meaning of the 1984 Act) made on or after 17th March 1987.