When the replacement property (
IHTM25311) provisions apply,
IHTA84/S107 (2) restricts business relief by providing that the
relief shall not exceed what it would have been had the replacement
or any one or more of the replacements not been made. For this
purpose a replacement resulting from the formation, alteration or
dissolution of a partnership, or from the acquisition of a business
by a company controlled by the former owner of the business, is to
be disregarded, IHTA84/S107 (3).
IHTA84/S107 (2) is an anti-avoidance provision and its
purpose is to prevent a person who has qualified for relief from
purchasing a much more expensive property shortly before death or
making a transfer.
Your approach to IHTA84/S107 (2) should be practical. If
there is any indication that the deceased's/transferor's resources
were being rearranged into considerably more extensive business
property to obtain increased relief on the death/transfer, you
should refer the case to Technical Group. Otherwise you should
adopt a reasonable approach aimed at quantifying and agreeing the
restricted relief in a practical way. The approach you should adopt
is illustrated by two examples: one which deals with the equivalent
provisions for replacement property in an agricultural relief case
(
IHTM24113), and another which involves
agricultural and business relief (
IHTM24114).
