Introduction Ten year anniversary charge
14.Paragraph 4 adds new subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C) to section 64 of IHTA.
15.New subsection (1A) sets out the conditions for treating property held by the trustees of a settlement as part of the trust capital when calculating the ten year charge (the deeming rule). Those conditions are that the property is income of the settlement, it arose before the start of the five years ending immediately before the ten year anniversary, it arose from relevant property comprised in the settlement and when the income arose no person was beneficially entitled to an Interest in Possession in the underlying property.
16.New subsection (1B) excludes from the deeming rule (in the case of settlements made by persons not domiciled in the UK) income which arose from relevant property but is at the ten year charge represented by property situated outside the UK or is represented by a holding in an Authorised Unit Trust or Open-Ended Investment Company.
17.New subsection (1C) excludes from the deeming rule income which arose from relevant property but which is reinvested in exempt gilts which would (if properly treated as accumulated income) be excluded property.
18.New subsection (1C)(b) ensures that that exempt gilts within a settlement will only be excluded property where all the beneficiaries who could ever become entitled to capital or income from the settled property meet the necessary condition.
19.Paragraph 4(2) amends section 66 of IHTA and adds new subsection 2A. The effect of the amendment is that income brought within the charge as a result of s 64(1A) is charged to tax at the full rate in section 66(1).
20.Paragraph 4(3) provides for the changes to apply to tax charges arising under section 64 IHTA on or after 6 April 2014.