Inheritance Tax Act 1984 section 49

Treatment of interests in possession

Section 49 establishes the principle that a person with an interest in possession in a trust is treated as owning the underlying trust property for inheritance tax purposes, subject to important restrictions introduced from 22 March 2006 and an anti-avoidance rule for purchased interests.

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