Inheritance Tax in Scotland: 2015/16

ISBN-13: 9781780437897 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 640 str.

Bill Pagan;Fiona McDonald

Opis

This essential guide to Scottish inheritance tax provides a clearly structured analysis of the major tax provisions together with the tips and planning techniques you will need to apply them successfully. This is the only text to take full account of the peculiarities of inheritance tax in a Scottish context. The book focuses on the day-to-day issues tax advisers frequently encounter in practice. Packed full of useful features, including worked examples, diagrams, and common-sense know-how, tax advisers using this essential book will be directed to explanations and answers to key inheritance tax questions and scenarios.

Spis treści

Overview of Scottish Issues for Inheritance Tax Chapter 1: Inheritance tax: introduction Chapter 2: Lifetime transfers Chapter 3: IHT on death Chapter 4: Valuation of assets Chapter 5: Gifts with reservation of benefit Chapter 6: Compliance Chapter 7: Trusts: interest in possession Chapter 8: Relevant property trusts Chapter 9: Exemptions and excluded property Chapter 10: Reliefs – General Chapter 11: Business property relief and agricultural property relief Chapter 12: Lifetime planning Chapter 13: Wills and estate planning Chapter 14: Transferable nil rate bands Chapter 15: The family home Chapter 16: Pre-owned assets