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How to avoid tax charges on gifts in trust
Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 11:23am
Discretionary trusts can be a good way of avoiding inheritance tax on your capital. They can also allow you to exert control over the trust assets by being a trustee. However, there is an entry tax (or chargeable lifetime transfer) of 20% on all transfers that exceed an individual’s inheritance tax nil rate band (£325,000 in 2009/10 tax year). This can be a major obstacle where assets exceed this amount. Normally a gift into trust is still chargeable to inheritance tax in the fir....
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