Inheritance Tax

Information and announcements

• Description of tax (PDF 39K)
• Tax parameters (Table A.8) (PDF 13K) also (XLS 32K)
• Tax receipts and taxpayers
• Tax expenditures and ready reckoners

Statistical tables

Analysis of receipts (Table 12.1)

• Table 12.1 Years 2002-03 to 2008-09 (PDF 17K) also (XLS 38K)

Exemptions and reliefs: estates above IHT threshold (Table 12.2)

• Table 12.2 Years 2002-03 to 2006-07 (PDF 20K) also (XLS 45K)

Estates notified for probate: numbers and tax by range of estate for years of death (Table 12.3)

• Table 12.3 Years 2002-03 to 2006-07 (PDF 41K) also (XLS 23K)

Estates notified for probate: assets in estates by range of net estate (Table 12.4)

• Table 12.4 Years 2006-07 (PDF 19K) also (XLS 42K)

Estates notified for probate: assets by sex, age and marital status of deceased (Table 12.5)

• Table 12.5 Years 2006-07 (PDF 79K) also (XLS 86K)

Taxpaying estates : assets by sex, age and marital status (Table 12.6)

• Table 12.6 Years 2006-07 (PDF 73K) also (XLS 85K)

Assets held in taxpaying discretionary trusts at ten year anniversary by range of value (Table 12.7)

• Table 12.7 Years 1998-99 to 2007-08 (PDF 15K) also (XLS 38K)

Assets held in taxpaying discretionary trusts at ten year anniversary by asset type and by year of ten year anniversary (Table 12.8)

• Table 12.8 Years 1998-99 to 2007-08 (PDF 15K) also (XLS 40K)

Destination of assets on death (Table 12.9)

• Table 12.9 Years 2000-01: (PDF 6K) also (XLS 20K)