Inheritance Tax Act 1984 section 147

Scotland: legitim etc.

Section 147 deals with the inheritance tax treatment of Scottish estates where a testator dies leaving both a surviving spouse or civil partner and a person under 18 who is entitled to claim legitim (or equivalent civil partnership rights), and the will's provision for the spouse or civil partner would leave insufficient estate to satisfy those claims.

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