Section 162 Liabilities.

United Kingdom

(1)

A liability in respect of which there is a right to reimbursement shall be taken into account only to the extent (if any) that reimbursement cannot reasonably be expected to be obtained.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3) below, where a liability falls to be discharged after the time at which it is to be taken into account it shall be valued as at the time at which it is to be taken into account.

(3)

In determining the value of a transferor’s estate immediately after a transfer of value, his liability for F1inheritance tax shall be computed—

(a)

without making any allowance for the fact that the tax will not be due immediately, and

(b)

as if any tax recovered otherwise than from the transferor (or a person liable for it under section 203(1) below) were paid in discharge of a liability in respect of which the transferor had a right to reimbursement.

(4)

A liability which is an incumbrance on any property shall, so far as possible F2and to the extent that it is not taken to reduce value in accordance with section 162B, be taken to reduce the value of that property.

(5)

Where a liability taken into account is a liability to a person resident outside the United Kingdom which neither—

(a)

falls to be discharged in the United Kingdom, nor

(b)

is an incumbrance on property in the United Kingdom,

it shall, so far as possible F3and to the extent that it is not taken to reduce value in accordance with section 162B, be taken to reduce the value of property outside the United Kingdom.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: See Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1)and (2)—for any liability to tax arising on and after 25July 1986any reference in the legislation to capital transfer tax has effect as a reference to inheritance tax.
F2: Words in s. 162(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 2(2)
F3: Words in s. 162(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 36 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 36 para. 2(3)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: By Finance Act 1986 s. 100(1), on and after 25 July 1986 the Capital Transfer Tax Act 1984 may be cited as the Inheritance Tax Act 1984.