Potentially Exempt Transfers (PETs)
On your death any large gifts you made during the last 7 years of your life can be added back to your estate. Any gifts made within 3 years of death will be added back at their full value, this reduces by 20% of the value of the gift each year so that after 7 years the Inheritance Tax (IHT) value is nil. This can be a complex area requiring a full and comprehensive breakdown of your portfolio(s) and we recommend seeking advice.
This is to avoid you giving everything away on your deathbed and avoiding IHT. Generally small gifts under £250 and all gifts totalling under £3,000 per year don’t count and special gifts such as wedding presents, up to £5,000 to a child, £2,500 for a grand-child or £1,000 for anyone else don’t count either. Most other gifts will be added back to your estate on death and taxed.
At Richardson & Associates Independent Financial & Mortgage Services Ltd we specialise in estate tax planning and can help you reduce your estate’s liability and/or insure for the tax. Please call us on 0191 5214408 for an informal conversation to see if we can help.
TAX TREATMENT IS BASED ON INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
INFORMATION IS BASED ON OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF TAXATION LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS. ANY LEVELS AND BASES OF, AND RELIEFS FROM TAXATION, ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY DOES NOT REGULATE INHERITANCE TAX PLANNING.
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